Clinical Director

Description

Who We Are:

Founded as part of the Odyssey Eating Disorder Network. Aster Springs is unique in our ability to work with our clinicians, leaders, and experts nationally to ensure the care provided at Aster Springs is evidence-based and industry leading within our state-of-the-art facility. Our Aster Springs Nashville location provides residential eating disorder treatment in a safe and serene environment to heal. Located just minutes away from downtown Music City, our multidisciplinary treatment team provides tailored treatment plans designed to meet the unique needs of each client. 

What We Offer

•        Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
•        Multiple Career Development Pathways
•        Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
•        PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
•        Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
•        100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
•        100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
•        100% Company Paid Life & ADD
•        401K with Company Match
•        Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
•        Generous Team Member Referral Program
•        Parental Leave

How You Will Contribute

Provides clinical leadership and oversight of program service delivery including direct supervision of the clinical team and leadership support for clinical support teams, ensuring high quality program service delivery and ongoing clinical skill development. Leads ongoing program and clinical quality improvement, provides clinical team members with education, training, and clinical leadership development. Coaches and mentors team members in navigating complex and/or difficult communication situations in an honest, accurate, and respectful manner. Demonstrates proficiency in communicating with external partners; clearly articulates the mission, vision, values of company and communicates their importance to others in pursuit of clinically excellent, client-centered care.

This person will provide support and clinical supervision for Aster Springs Nashville Residential, PHP and OP services. 

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization:  Maintains frequent and close working relationships with the Executive Director, Business Development team members, Admissions team members, Nursing leadership, milieu leadership, and all clinical team members.  

Outside the organization:  Initiates and maintains professional working relationships with clients and their families, referral partners, clinical partners and vendors, as needed.

Position Responsibilities

1. Provides compassionate and professional guidance to clients, families and referring partners seeking clinically excellent eating disorder treatment services.
2. Ensures clinical programming schedules are defined, coordinated, staffed and delivered in a manner that provides high-quality clinical care with an emphasis on client safety.
3. Leads continuous quality improvement for clinical programming.
4. Provides clinical supervision to associate level and licensed therapists in individual and group settings, offering guidance and feedback to motivate and positively develop the clinical team.
5. Works closely with the clinical and direct care teams to ensure a safe, high-quality, therapeutic environment is consistently maintained.
6. Provides ongoing training to all staff members to advance treatment skills, cultural sensitivity and compliance with licensure and accreditation standards.
7. Oversees weekly treatment team meetings to coordinate care, communicate client needs and progress, and ensure consistent and quality care.
8. Communicates with referral sources and families, keeping them informed of treatment goals, plans and progress.
9. Collaborates with utilization review team members, ensures clinical documentation meets standards necessary to meet client’s level of care, advocates for difficult cases, as needed.
10. Ensures clinical programming and documentation adheres to licensure, accreditation, and payor contract standards, provides oversight to other staff to maintain compliance.
11. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications related to specialized treatment modalities and population served.

Qualifications

What We're Seeking

Education and Experience

Position requires a Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or closely related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience within a behavioral healthcare setting. Position requires a LCSW, LMFT, or closely related license. Must be licensed to practice and provide clinical supervision in the State of TN.  Previous experience treating complex mental health disorders including eating disorders utilizing evidence-based techniques is required.

 Other Requirements

• Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance and acceptable driving record. 
• Clearance of TB test, Health Physical, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.

Aster Springs provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Aster Springs reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” 

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