Director - Outpatient/Partial Hospital Programs - Behavioral Health

Director, Outpatient Services - Partial Hospitalization Programs - Behavioral Health

Peachford Hospital, one of the largest private behavioral health and addictive disease treatment facilities in the south, is recruiting a seasoned leader for our Partial Hospitalization Programs. 

What Role Will You Play?

The Director of Outpatient Services leads a group of full time and PRN master’s prepared therapists and other support staff as they work to provide compassionate care to our patients. This position is responsible for the overall leadership of outpatient programs and works with other hospital leaders to ensure a therapeutic milieu is in place.  The Director ensures proper staff assignments are made and follows through with team members to ensure all responsibilities are completed on a timely basis. Our Outpatient Therapists are responsible for delivering quality care to our patients and ensuring their safety and continued care and improvement and play a pivotal role in treatment planning and patient and family education.  Our Lodge Staff are responsible for the daily operations of our overnight lodging program available for patients in our partial program.

Peachford Hospital: Bringing Life Into Balance.

Peachford Hospital is a leading behavioral health and addictive disease treatment facility and has been providing compassionate care to children, adolescents, adults and seniors since 1973. Located in the established north Atlanta Dunwoody neighborhood, Peachford offers inpatient acute care, as well as partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.

For more information on our hospital, follow us on online:

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/peachford-behavioral-health
• peachford.com

What Is It Like to Work at Peachford?

Our hospital has a strong leadership team, with plenty of mentoring and coaching opportunities for advancement for to anyone interested in growing their career.  Our patients present us with clinical challenges and high acuity illnesses and require caring customer service.  We balance that with strong teamwork and a sense of humor that makes Peachford a challenging, yet fun place to work.   While taking care of our patients, we also strive to take care of each other.

Leaders at Peachford are empowered to manage their department in their own personal style, while working to support our diverse culture of employees.    If you like a challenge and the satisfaction of leading people who help others get the help they need, Peachford is the right place for you.

What Will You Get To Do?

The successful candidate in this position will be responsible for completing a variety of duties and tasks including:

• Developing and implementing programs and clinical services necessary to meet key mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of our outpatient s as well as monitoring and evaluating clinical programs, utilizing the input and skills of the hospital’s clinical leadership team.
• Leading the Outpatient Staff to ensure effective utilization of department resources including the hiring, training and managing department employees.
• Developing and implementing clinical policies and procedures pertaining to the Outpatient function which ensure program quality as well as high quality documentation of such work.
• Marketing the outpatient services department to internal and external customers.
• Encouraging and maintaining working relationship with and between physicians, allied health professionals, patients’ families and referral sources.

What Does Peachford Require for this Role?

A master’s degree in social work or clinical mental health counseling or other related is field and licensure as an LPC, LCSW, LMFT is required. Candidates should possess a minimum of 5 years clinical mental health experience with at least 3 years experience in a leadership role. Experience leading teams of employees and planning for and implementing change will also help ensure your success in this highly visible role.

Wait!  There’s More...

Peachford Hospital offers full time employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental and Vision Plans
• Generous Paid Time Off Plan
• 401k Retirement Plan with company match
• Continuing Education Offerings
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Stock Purchase Plan

Job Requirements:

A master’s degree in social work (MSW) or a related is field and licensure as an LPC, LCSW, LMFT is required. Candidates should possess a minimum of 5 years clinical mental health experience with at least 3 years experience in a leadership role. Experience leading teams of employees and planning for and implementing change will also help ensure your success in this highly visible role.

What Happens Next?

After you apply online and submit your resume, a member of our recruiting team will review your qualifications and experience.  If we are interested in scheduling an interview, someone will give a you call. You may log back on to this website to check the status of your application at any time. 

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We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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