What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Outpatient Services position at UHS?
Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. www.highlandsbhs.com.
Position Summary
The Director of Outpatient Services is responsible for the clinical oversight for all outpatient therapy services. The Director manages all activities involving outpatient referrals from initial call through completion of treatment plans, coordinating caseloads, developing and managing the outpatient staff, and marketing the program. This goal for this position is to maximize referral potentials from assigned accounts, and develop new business to achieve the goals and objectives of the business developmental systems.
Required Experience:
- Experience providing individual, family and group therapy
- Experience in providing adolescents and adults treatment
- Experience with medium to high acuity populations, preferably IOP and PHP settings
- Proficiency in utilizing diagnostic assessments (i.e., PHQ-9)
- Experience working with cross-cultural populations
- Experience in adjusting course of treatment as required
- Excellent communication skills; written and verbal
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for healthcare organizations
- Experience working with utilization management
Total Rewards for our Director of Outpatient include:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
- Competitive Compensation
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
- Pet insurance
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Free Basic Life Insurance
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
- More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
SHIFT: Monday - Friday
If you need assistance or would like to reach someone in the Human Resources department at Highlands please email:
HIGHLANDSBHSHumanResourceContact@uhsinc.com.
Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.
For full consideration, please apply directly to our website: Highlands Behavioral Health System (uhsinc.com)
Qualifications
EXPERIENCE: 1 year of supervisory experience, 2 years of operational/director experience in a behavioral health setting, 2 years of experience providing individual, family, and group therapy.
EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in counseling (LPC) or Master's degree in social work (LCSW) required.
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION: LPC or LCSW, licensure required.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com
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