Clinical Director

Clinical Director

Recovery and Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio

Employees of Darke County Recovery Services, DBA Recovery and Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio are expected to value highest ethical standards, quality clinical care, and good customer service. We also value quality communication skills in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary and often multi-agency service environment.

The Clinical Director provides leadership and mentoring to the agency’s clinical staff and establishes and promotes DCRS professional, clinical and ethical values and standards to which all clinical staff are expected to adhere. The CD, in accordance with organizational directives, also promotes quality of care at the agency level and is responsible for establishing and maintaining the organization’s standards of care on both clinical and programmatic levels.

The CD is responsible for the overall organizationally established productivity, compliance, and outcomes agency performance goals.

• Manages all clinical supervision processes throughout the agency in accordance with DCRS standards.
• Addresses client concerns and/or grievances in accordance with agency protocol.
• When necessary, coordinates specialized diagnostic, treatment planning, interventions and psychotherapy services in collaboration with inter- and intra-agency stakeholders.
• Provides emergent consultation and intervention for interagency stakeholders.
• Maintains efficient and timely clinical documentation.
• Integrates services and/or makes referrals to appropriate professionals or outside agencies as indicated.
• Participates in the assessment of program needs and peer review, as well as cooperate with performance improvement objectives.
• Oversees supervision of interns in professional training or graduate level unlicensed mental health therapists.
• Performs community outreach and education assignments including mental health education and prevention programs, as well as consultation services.
• Complies with confidentiality and protected health information rules and assures that the agency is also in compliance with said rules.
• Facilitates staff meetings, in‑services, case conferences, etc. as designated.
• Performs other related duties as assigned including support activities as needed to augment functioning of the agency.
• Collaborates in maintaining a clean, safe workplace, including maintenance of CPR/First Aid skills and aggressive client management skills (TAPS or equivalent).
• Monitors, identifies, and when necessary, initiates strategies to maintain/achieve agency performance and compliance with DCRS established productivity, compliance, and outcomes performance goals/standards.
• Address clinical staff performance issues (performance evaluations, disciplinary action, etc.).

Must have obtained independent licensure in mental health profession (LISW or LPCC) and must be willing to provide licensure supervision if licensure includes training supervision designation. Prefer three years or more of supervisory experience in mental health field, good oral and written communication, computer literacy to perform and review electronic health record documentation and communicate through email system, and good customer service skills to enhance agency relationships with clients and community partners.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have a valid license to drive a motor vehicle and a safe driving record.

Employee must be comfortable driving vehicle in varied weather conditions found in the geographic region.