CARF Quality & Compliance Consultant (PRN/Contract)
About The Position
HCO Behavioral Health Services is a growing outpatient behavioral health organization committed to delivering high-quality, person-centered mental health services while maintaining excellence in compliance, quality improvement, and clinical operations. As we continue strengthening our systems and preparing for future CARF accreditation activities, we are seeking an experienced CARF Quality & Compliance Consultant to partner with our leadership team on a project-by-project basis. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced CARF professional who enjoys improving systems, strengthening organizations, mentoring leadership teams, and helping behavioral health organizations operate at the highest standards. The CARF Quality & Compliance Consultant will provide strategic guidance, auditing, training, and consultation to help strengthen HCO's compliance with CARF standards and industry best practices. This is not intended to be a full-time or ongoing position. Instead, the consultant will be engaged as needed for specific projects, quality improvement initiatives, mock surveys, documentation reviews, policy development, staff education, and operational consulting. The ideal candidate possesses extensive knowledge of CARF standards applicable to outpatient behavioral health organizations and can provide practical recommendations that improve organizational performance while supporting continuous quality improvement.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of CARF accreditation standards
- Experience preparing behavioral health organizations for CARF accreditation
- Experience participating in CARF surveys, mock surveys, or accreditation consulting
- Strong knowledge of outpatient behavioral health operations
- Experience conducting documentation audits and quality assurance reviews
- Experience developing policies, procedures, and quality improvement initiatives
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to provide practical, actionable recommendations
Nice To Haves
- Experience in outpatient behavioral health organizations
- Experience in community mental health services
- Experience in counseling and psychotherapy programs
- Experience in clinical quality assurance
- Experience in performance improvement
- Experience in regulatory compliance
- Experience in behavioral health accreditation consulting
- Experience with Louisiana behavioral health regulations and licensing standards
Responsibilities
- Evaluate organizational readiness for CARF surveys
- Perform mock CARF surveys and readiness assessments
- Identify compliance gaps and recommend corrective actions
- Assist leadership in prioritizing accreditation initiatives
- Provide strategic guidance related to CARF standards and interpretation
- Assist with survey preparation and post-survey improvement efforts
- Conduct quality assurance audits of clinical documentation
- Review assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and clinical records for quality and compliance
- Evaluate organizational compliance with CARF standards and applicable regulatory requirements
- Review policies, procedures, forms, and workflows
- Identify opportunities to improve documentation quality, consistency, and regulatory compliance
- Recommend operational improvements that strengthen quality outcomes
- Assist in developing performance improvement plans
- Help establish sustainable quality assurance processes
- Support implementation of corrective action plans
- Develop tools, templates, and resources to improve organizational consistency
- Provide training to leadership, supervisors, clinicians, assessors, and administrative staff
- Educate staff regarding CARF standards and best practices
- Assist with competency development and compliance education
- Facilitate workshops related to documentation excellence, quality improvement, and accreditation readiness
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership
- Provide guidance regarding clinical operations and quality initiatives
- Assist with special compliance or quality improvement projects
- Offer recommendations for strengthening organizational infrastructure
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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