Executive Director STEPS Detox

STEPS Detox • Lake Charles, LA

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About The Position

The Residential Executive Director provides strategic, operational, and administrative leadership for a residential substance use disorder treatment facility. This position is responsible for ensuring the STEPS Detox facility delivers safe, ethical, clinically effective, and financially sustainable services in accordance with organizational policies, licensing regulations, accreditation standards, payer requirements, and established standards of care. The Executive Director oversees the facility's daily operations, census development, employee performance, patient experience, regulatory compliance, clinical and medical coordination, financial performance, and community relationships. The Executive Director works collaboratively with executive leadership and departmental leaders to maintain operational stability, strengthen program quality, promote staff accountability, and support positive patient outcomes. This position requires a highly visible and engaged leader who can manage complex facility operations, respond effectively to challenges, develop high-performing teams, and maintain a culture of professionalism, safety, collaboration, and patient-centered care.

Requirements

• Strategic, operational, and administrative leadership experience.
• Experience in a residential substance use disorder treatment facility.
• Knowledge of organizational policies, licensing regulations, accreditation standards, payer requirements, and established standards of care.
• Experience overseeing daily operations, census development, employee performance, patient experience, regulatory compliance, clinical and medical coordination, financial performance, and community relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively with executive leadership and departmental leaders.
• Ability to maintain operational stability, strengthen program quality, promote staff accountability, and support positive patient outcomes.
• Ability to manage complex facility operations.
• Ability to respond effectively to challenges.
• Ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Ability to maintain a culture of professionalism, safety, collaboration, and patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic, operational, and administrative leadership for a residential substance use disorder treatment facility.
• Ensures the STEPS Detox facility delivers safe, ethical, clinically effective, and financially sustainable services.
• Oversees the facility's daily operations, census development, employee performance, patient experience, regulatory compliance, clinical and medical coordination, financial performance, and community relationships.
• Works collaboratively with executive leadership and departmental leaders to maintain operational stability, strengthen program quality, promote staff accountability, and support positive patient outcomes.
• Manages complex facility operations, responds effectively to challenges, develops high-performing teams, and maintains a culture of professionalism, safety, collaboration, and patient-centered care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed