Director Behavioral Health Services - Kellar Center
About The Position
Inova is seeking an experienced, mission-driven behavioral health leader to oversee the Inova Kellar Center, a provider of outpatient behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and families across Northern Virginia. The Center offers mental health and substance use disorder services, including individual, family, and group therapy; psychiatric evaluation and medication management; psychological and educational testing; intensive outpatient programs; partial hospitalization; and a special education school, with locations in Fairfax and Sterling. The Director designs, evaluates, analyzes, and presents data and performance metrics to support compliance with The Joint Commission standards and Virginia state behavioral health licensing regulations. The role develops and implements a strategic vision for ambulatory mental health outpatient and addiction treatment services across the Behavioral Health service line, provides direction and education to staff to support excellent patient experiences, and leads direct reports and facility teams. The Director also oversees risk management, operational and human resources activities, staff development and competency, performance improvement, and alignment of processes and resources for safe, efficient, and effective patient care. The role collaborates with service line executives and maintains relationships with community service boards, human rights advocates, licensing specialists, and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Master’s degree.
- Five years of related professional experience.
- Experience with P&L responsibility.
- Three years of progressive management experience.
- Active licensure as a Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner (LSATP).
- Complete DBHDS-approved risk management training within six months of hire, including risk screening, investigations, root cause analysis, and data analysis to identify risk patterns and trends.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in pediatric behavioral health, mental health, or an integrated healthcare setting.
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams that include physicians, psychologists, therapists, social workers, nurses, care coordinators, and other behavioral health professionals.
- Experience building collaborative relationships with pediatricians, primary care providers, schools, community organizations, philanthropic partners, and other healthcare partners.
- Knowledge of current trends, regulatory requirements, the Virginia Children’s Services Act, reimbursement models, and best practices in pediatric behavioral and developmental health.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain effective, responsive relationships with community service boards, human rights advocates, and licensing specialists.
- Manage risk management responsibilities mandated by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, including risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analyses, risk trend monitoring, risk management strategies, and reporting findings to leadership and regulatory bodies.
- Provide strategic direction and management to direct reports and facility employees.
- Support employee engagement and staff development for direct reports.
- Manage daily operations and oversight of human resources activities, and ensure team member training and competencies meet facility needs.
- Validate the completeness and accuracy of data, and identify and appropriately use benchmarks and best practices.
- Develop and produce customized outcome reports and analyses for staff, administration, medical staff, governance leaders, and external accreditation and licensing audiences.
- Align processes and resources to support safe, efficient, and effective patient care.
- Collaborate with service line executives to ensure operating unit compliance.
- Direct the development and implementation of performance improvement initiatives.
- Design, evaluate, analyze, and present data and performance metrics to support compliance with accreditation and state licensing standards.
- Develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for ambulatory mental health outpatient and addiction treatment services throughout the Behavioral Health service line.
- Provide staff direction and education to support excellent patient experiences.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
