Behavioral Health Clinical Director

Asian Health Services, founded in 1974, provides health, social, and advocacy services for all regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. Our approach to wellbeing focuses on “whole patient health,” which is why we provide more than primary care services, including mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care to more than 50,000 patients in English and 15 languages: Korean, Lao, Burmese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mien, Karen, Mongolian, Karenni, Tagalog, Khmer, and Vietnamese. We offer medical, dental, and mental health services for all ages.

LOCATION: ADMIN-ARC

JOB SUMMARY:

The Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Clinical Director is responsible for the clinical oversight and management of the agency’s integrated behavioral health services. This role ensures high-quality, culturally responsive care through clinical supervision, training, and oversight of clinical program staff.  In addition, the clinical director assists with program management, productivity monitoring, and liaising with funders and also carries a small caseload providing direct services to IBH clients. This position reports to the Chief Medical Officer, with indirect supervision from the President.

• Leads program implementation, quality improvement initiatives. program(s)’ service delivery, and future program development.
• Provides administrative oversight and monitors clinical deliverables, productivity targets and patient access.
• Directs a system of care providers and funders regarding program management.
• Develops and manages IBH budget, optimizing resource allocation to sustain and grow services as needed.
• Contributes to grant development and oversees IBH-related grants.
• Serves on the Executive Leadership 2 (EL2) level with other directors to inform Executive Leadership 1 (EL1) and to implement strategic priorities and organizational initiatives.

• Provides weekly individual/group clinical supervision to staff assigned.
• Oversees all aspects of behavioral health services, including intake/assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment interventions, charting procedures, case management, consultation, and case closing procedures.
• Perform chart reviews to monitor clinical interventions and documentation of services, to ensure quality and appropriateness of services, including risk management.
• Be the Supervisor of the Day to manage client crisis and client care urgent needs for that day.
• Leads and/or facilitates staff meetings, training, peer review meetings, and consultations as assigned.
• Reviews and addresses any patient grievances and patient experience issues.

• Provide behavioral health services to a small caseload of clients, equivalent to 5 FTE of clinical supervisee load.
• Maintain timely and accurate service contacts per appropriate standards and regulations.
• Participates in cross-departmental meetings, including but not limited to Management, Cross-Component, Continuous Quality Improvement and Cross-Site Directors meetings.
• Function as a professional role model for staff.

• Fosters an environment that promotes trust and cooperation among clients and staff.
• Enforces clinic policies and procedures, including maintenance of client confidentiality under HIPAA privacy rules, to ensure that the principles of AHS are implemented.
• Plays an active role in planning organization-wide activities such as AHS general membership meetings, fundraisers, special clinic days, and other events.
• Participates in general membership meetings, fundraisers, and other public events, as required.
• Participates in outreach activities, and agency advocacy, and serves on ad hoc committees, as requested.
• Attends AHS staff retreats and Board of Directors meetings, as required.
• Participates in agency-wide quality improvement program processes and performance improvement teams to ensure excellence in the quality of services provided across the agency.

• Maintain valid California professional license in good standing in LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or other licensed mental health degrees.
• Eligible to provide clinical supervision for licensed registered staff.
• Knowledge of Behavioral Health documentation/billing/operations and HIPAA standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Clinical supervisory experience in behavioral health setting supervising licensed registered and case manager level staff.
• Program management experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Bilingual/bicultural in an Asian Language.
• Knowledge of cultural issues, community resources, and family dynamics.

• Maintain valid California professional license in good standing in LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or other licensed mental health clinical degrees.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The job requires the mobility to work in a clinic setting, strength to lift, carry and position supplies and small equipment; touch to conduct physical health assessments; vision to read handwritten and printed materials, and examine and observe patients; hearing and speech to converse in person and by telephone. The employee is occasionally required to lift 10 to 15 pounds. The job is performed in a moderate-to-loud work environment.

BENEFITS:

Medical, Dental, Vision premiums 100% paid by AHS

12 Vacation Days

12 Sick Days

13 Holidays and 3 Floating Holidays

3% 403B Employer Contributions and up to 2% Employee Match Contribution

Transportation Benefit Paid by AHS

FSA/Dependent Care Assistance

Long Term Disability  

Salary : $130,000 - $165,000