Chief Clinical Officer

PaRC (Prevention and Recovery Center) is looking for talented healthcare professionals to join our team!

Part of the Discovery Behavioral Health family of brands, we are dedicated to helping our patients and their families cope with alcohol and substance abuse and find a path of hope, health and healing.

Our success and outstanding reputation for quality programs in the field of recovery depend on the motivated, enterprising and qualified professionals we recruit and retain. Our employees are caring and committed. They enable us to give exceptional and pioneering treatment and the tools individuals and their families need to reclaim sobriety and pursue rich lives.

If you are looking for an organization that thrives on growth, celebrates diversity of thought, and rewards passionate execution, you’ve come to the right place. Because we put clients first, it is our honor to support and reward those who serve them.

Compensation Range: $120-140k per year.

Compensation will be dependent upon geographic region, education, and experience.

Our Offer to You!

We are dedicated to empowering our employees with their professional and personal development by providing:  

• 401(k) 
• Healthcare benefits 
• Vacation and sick days
• Employee referral program
• Employee discounts to various stores, amusement parks, events, etc.
• Continuing education (CE) programs and training
• Weekly training opportunities 
• Advancement opportunities within the organization

Chief Clinical Officer is responsible for directing the continuum of training and operations within the Clinical Department, which will include the development and implementation of employee training programs, patient workshops, and clinical operations.  This position is responsible for ensuring that the facility programs, schedules, and curriculum are evidenced based modalities and ensures positive patient experience and outcomes.  This position is a member of the facility leadership team.

Responsibilities

The duties listed below reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

• Act on behalf of the organization in the overall clinical operation of the program.
• Direct and oversee clinical program operations, including budget management, developing marketing and strategic plans, and independent decision making for programs requiring clinical expertise.
• Develop, plan, and implement clinical program goals, objectives, personnel, resources, and equipment
• Creation and oversight of systems for clinical information management, including the flow of information to appropriate parties (i.e., Chief Executive Officer, Managing Members, court systems, attorneys, referents, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations and accreditation standards for clinical programming including the management of incident reporting, upholding a culture of safety and eliminating environmental risk
• Assign new clients to program clinical staff.
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate (to appropriate personnel) that new clients are oriented to the program(s), primarily noting rules, schedule, and structure.
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate initial referent communication regarding new clients.
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate initial family communication regarding new clients.
• Provide clinical consultation, oversight of case planning, and care coordination
• Confirm charting procedures are followed. 
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate (to appropriate personnel) ongoing communication with family, referent, and invested individuals regarding the client’s care.
• Liase with UR and identify, monitor, coordinate, and secure program extensions when clinically appropriate and continually monitor individual client appropriateness for levels of care 
• Oversee clinician’s strategies for individual sessions and guide sessions towards relevant topics which help to direct client thought process towards extending the treatment experience.
• Bring to clinician’s attention, situations indicative of an unproductive clinical process.
• Direct crisis intervention efforts and intervene as required
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate (to appropriate personnel) crisis sessions based only on determination of relevant clinical need.
• Monitor and assess client appropriateness for advancement through the program phase system.
• Coordinate, facilitate, or delegate (to appropriate personnel) client interventions when program rules and regulations infractions occur.
• Inform family, referents, and invested individuals when client interventions are necessary, with description of consequences or outcomes of continued client behaviors.
• Administratively discharge clients, when necessary, after consulting with treatment team and leadership team.
• Confirm all program discharges are documented and that the appropriate discharge form has been completed and signed by the client.
• Ensure the entire program adheres to appropriate group dynamics, based on group rules and facilitate group sessions when needed.
• Coordinate with HR and write-up employee infractions as they occur.
• Facilitate daily meetings with the clinicians to discuss client care.
• Confirm that clinicians are conducting their assigned number of individual sessions.
• Facilitate weekly meetings regarding the client extension process.
• Ensure the clients complete a program survey prior to successful discharge.
• Coordinate and communicate with Director of Clinical Outreach or Stars & Stripes Liaison, when appropriate, when referring clients out for ancillary services, aftercare, or program transfers upon Administrative Discharge.
• After any type of discharge, complete a thorough quality audit of the client’s chart within 24 hrs.
• Oversee, develop, and foster an atmosphere of positive community relations when applicable (i.e., neighbors, community resources, sober living centers, etc.).
• Support facility implementation of budgetary and policy decisions.
• Be fiscally oriented regarding budget (i.e., expenditures, client activities, curriculum changes, ancillary services, etc.).   

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• Master's degree in psychology, social work, Counseling, or equivalent required
  •    Minimum of associate level state licensure as a counselor, social worker, psychologist or equivalent required
  •    LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, Psychologist or another Related clinical license preferred.
  •    Current CPR/First Aid Certification.
  •    5-7 years' experience in the behavioral health field
  ▪    No master's degree required
  ▪    Substance Use Disorder Professional credential required
  ▪    Must be an approved SUD supervisor
  ▪    In addition to the above requirements must also have the following: 
  •    Substance Use Disorder Professional credential
  •    Approved SUD supervisor
  •    Computer competence (Microsoft Word, Excel, QuickBooks).
  •    Knowledge of state licensing regulations and standards
  •    Ability to recruit, train and terminate staff, if applicable to the facility.
  •    At least 3 years of supervisory experience.
  •    2 years of recovery/sobriety if personally represented as “recovering.”
  •    Compassionate communication skills.

Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! To provide truly innovative care, we need to have a diverse team around us. That’s why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting some but not all the above, we’d be happy to consider your application.  

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

For more information about our company benefits, please visit us at discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.