Director of Residential Addiction Services

Silver Hill Hospital•New Canaan, CT

12h•$300,000 - $350,000

About The Position

The Director of Residential Addiction Services provides oversight and management of Silver Hill Hospital’s Dual-Diagnosis Residential Program, a comprehensive psychiatric assessment and evaluation program addressing patients’ mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. The Director works with internal and external stakeholders to ensure safe, patient-centered, evidence-based, high-quality program delivery. The Director maintains a clinical caseload and provides or oversees clinical services, including psychiatric assessment, consultation, individual and group therapy, psychoeducation, clinical supervision, and other interventions. The role supports consistent, high-quality assessment and care, monitors patient safety, coordinates crisis response and stabilization, and participates in daily huddles and safety rounds. The Director also represents the program to referrers and hospital teams, supports communication with referrers, and collaborates with hospital leadership and departments to improve services and respond to patient and family feedback and regulatory or accreditation standards. The Director fosters an inclusive, cohesive team environment; recruits, onboards, supervises, coaches, and evaluates clinical staff; and supports their professional growth. The role requires remaining calm in stressful and emotionally charged situations and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. The position requires an M.D. and a Connecticut medical license; board certification in Psychiatry is required. Management experience is preferred. The base annual salary range is $300,000–$350,000. Silver Hill Hospital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage through Cigna; health savings opportunities; employer-paid life insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; a 401(k) plan; generous paid time off; and additional voluntary benefit options through Cigna, MetLife, and New York Life. Benefits are subject to plan terms, eligibility requirements, and organizational policies.

Requirements

M.D. degree.
Licensed in the state of Connecticut.
Board certified in Psychiatry.
Ability to function optimally in a stressful environment and remain calm in emotionally charged situations.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Management experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain a clinical caseload in accordance with requirements set by the Chief Medical Officer.
Represent the program and communicate its offerings to business development team members, referrers, and hospital departments and teams.
Assess referrers’ preferences and communication needs and ensure timely communication.
Provide consultation, psychiatric assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, psychoeducation, clinical supervision, and other clinical interventions.
Work with clinicians and clinical leadership to ensure assessments are consistently delivered in accordance with quality standards of care.
Help the team identify transference and countertransference dynamics and facilitate reflection to improve understanding of and responsiveness to patients.
Monitor patient safety and well-being and respond immediately to safety risks in accordance with hospital policies, including use of the “Hot Spot” report and arranging inpatient stabilization when needed.
Ensure team participation in daily morning huddles; report emergent issues, patient status on the “Hot Spot” report, and census updates.
Convene huddles to address emergent patient-care and patient-flow issues.
Participate in and contribute to safety rounds.
Oversee crisis management in collaboration with residential staff and the Nurse Supervisor, including supporting and guiding residential counselors on patient-care and safety concerns.
Identify opportunities for new, revised, or enhanced services and collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer and other stakeholders to implement programming or workflow changes.
Collaborate with the Patient Experience and Quality Departments on initiatives arising from patient and family feedback and regulatory or accreditation standards.
Foster cohesive teams and an inclusive environment where staff voices are welcomed, trust and camaraderie are supported, and respectful communication is encouraged.
Develop clear and inclusive decision-making processes.
Work with the People Success Department to recruit, interview, orient, and onboard new clinical staff, including contractors.
Supervise and coach direct reports, foster their professional growth and development, and complete performance appraisals.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.