Clinical Director (Mental Health)
About The Position
The Clinical Director is a dual-role executive leader responsible for the clinical integrity, spiritual alignment, and operational success of Cornerstone Christian Counseling. This role provides high-level oversight of all clinical operations, ensuring that therapy remains both biblically sound and clinically excellent. As a strategic partner to the CEO, the Clinical Director fosters a healthy, high-performing culture that empowers clinicians to help clients heal, grow, and thrive. The Clinical Director will also maintain a personal client caseload of 13-15 clinical sessions per week. This role is ideal for an experienced clinician-leader who is passionate about leading a counseling practice through evolving industry trends, achieving data-driven outcomes, mentoring others toward excellence, and advancing a culture where both clients and clinicians flourish.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree or higher in counseling
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
- ACS-Approved Supervisor certification or equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in the mental health field
- Alignment with Cornerstone’s Statement of Faith
- Strong commitment to integrating biblical principles with clinical excellence
- Passion for advancing Cornerstone’s mission and vision
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop clinicians
- Strong clinical expertise with evidence-based and experiential modalities
- Excellent judgment in ethical, legal, and quality-of-care matters
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to implement systems and initiatives
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills
- Adaptability and openness to new technologies and evolving practices
Responsibilities
- Lead all clinical operations to ensure mission alignment, clinical excellence, ethical integrity, and strong client outcomes
- Develop and oversee clinician coaching and development systems, utilizing Cornerstone’s Clinician’s Guide to Clinical Excellence and outcome-based performance data
- Implement and monitor systems that track therapist performance, clinical outcomes, utilization, documentation compliance, and client retention
- Collaborate with the CEO, leadership team, and Caseload Management Team to address clinical performance, utilization challenges, and staff development needs
- Oversee organizational quality including, treatment plans, notes incident management, and all clinical, ethical, and legal concerns
- Ensure compliance with licensure, continuing education, regulatory standards, and evidence-based practices, while responsibly leading the ethical integration of AI and emerging clinical technologies
- Support and sustain a culture that expresses our Cornerstone values - Second Mile Service, Life to the Full, Authenticity, Biblically sound with Clinical Excellence
- Provide clinical oversight of the entire clinical team and lead regular clinical meetings to support mission alignment and excellence
- Mentor and develop clinical supervisors in leadership, coaching, and spiritual and clinical oversight
- Support licensed clinicians through recognition of high performance and structured performance improvement when needed
- Oversee supervision for some unlicensed clinicians in compliance with state licensing boards, including bi-weekly individual supervision sessions
- Conduct annual performance reviews for all clinical staff
- In collaboration with Cornerstone’s HR Specialist, performs interviews of potential clinical hires, assessing for personality fit as well as experience in the field and clinical excellence.
- Train all new clinical hires on all aspects of Cornerstone’s clinical expectations
- Mentor and guide new Cornerstone clinicians, alongside their clinical supervisor, through the initial three month onboarding/ramp up period.
- Provide individual, family, and couples therapy using evidence-based and experiential approaches (e.g., CBT, EMDR, Brainspotting)
- Maintain the highest standards of clinical care and documentation
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, with Cornerstone contributing $300 towards the employee medical premiums
- Paid Time Off Accrual and Paid Holidays
- Annual Professional Development Stipend and initial onboarding Ergonomic Stipend
- Retirement plan (currently offered through CO Secure Savings)
- Paid professional liability insurance
- Robust administrative, billing and marketing support
- Beautiful CO office locations for meeting with clients
- Family and Medical Leave Insurance: 12 weeks of paid leave for qualifying life events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
