Behavioral Health Clinical Director

ODYSSEY BEHAVIORAL GROUP•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Founded as part of the Odyssey Eating Disorder Network. Aster Springs is unique in our ability to work with our clinicians, leaders, and experts nationally to ensure the care provided at Aster Springs is evidence-based and industry leading within our state-of-the-art facility. Our Aster Springs Nashville location provides residential eating disorder treatment in a safe and serene environment to heal. Located just minutes away from downtown Music City, our multidisciplinary treatment team provides tailored treatment plans designed to meet the unique needs of each client. This person will provide support and clinical supervision for Aster Springs Nashville Residential, PHP and OP services.

Requirements

Position requires a Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or closely related field and a minimum of 5+ years of experience within a behavioral healthcare setting.
Position requires a LCSW, LMFT, or closely related license.
Must be licensed to practice and provide clinical supervision in the State of TN.
Previous experience treating complex mental health disorders including eating disorders utilizing evidence-based techniques is required.
Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance and acceptable driving record.
Clearance of TB test, Health Physical, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
Current CPR and First Aid certification.

Responsibilities

Provides compassionate and professional guidance to clients, families and referring partners seeking clinically excellent eating disorder treatment services.
Ensures clinical programming schedules are defined, coordinated, staffed and delivered in a manner that provides high-quality clinical care with an emphasis on client safety.
Leads continuous quality improvement for clinical programming.
Provides clinical supervision to associate level and licensed therapists in individual and group settings, offering guidance and feedback to motivate and positively develop the clinical team.
Works closely with the clinical and direct care teams to ensure a safe, high-quality, therapeutic environment is consistently maintained.
Provides ongoing training to all staff members to advance treatment skills, cultural sensitivity and compliance with licensure and accreditation standards.
Oversees weekly treatment team meetings to coordinate care, communicate client needs and progress, and ensure consistent and quality care.
Communicates with referral sources and families, keeping them informed of treatment goals, plans and progress.
Collaborates with utilization review team members, ensures clinical documentation meets standards necessary to meet client’s level of care, advocates for difficult cases, as needed.
Ensures clinical programming and documentation adheres to licensure, accreditation, and payor contract standards, provides oversight to other staff to maintain compliance.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications related to specialized treatment modalities and population served.