Clinical Director

Schedule:Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM (Occasional early morning presence early evening presence.)

Salary: $100000 - $120000 per year (DOE)

Full-time Leadership Role Residential Treatment Center

Embark Behavioral Health in Alexandria VA is hiring a Clinical Director to lead our residential treatment center. Join a passionate team working to reduce adolescent anxiety depression suicide and help create joy and healing across generations.

The Clinical Director provides oversight to the therapists and case managers and leads program development and management of clinical and administrative tasks. The Clinical Director also occasionally provides direct services for group individual and family therapy in addition to their supervisory responsibilities.

Embark operates facilities across the US that support adolescents young adults and their familys mental health and well-being by offering a full continuum of care from Long Term Residential and Wilderness Therapy environments to our IOP/PHP clinics to virtual outpatient care. Our local IOP & PHP clinics are a critical part of our strategy to increase access to life-saving mental health treatments for families with insurance.

• Serve as a key member of the leadership team driving strategic initiatives and fostering a culture of excellence.
• Lead the Clinical and Nursing Departments in developing and implementing short- and long-term plans.
• Ensure clinical integrity through adherence to policies innovative therapeutic interventions and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee admissions discharges and treatment planning to ensure successful outcomes.
• Recruit retain and mentor top clinical talent to build a high-performing mission-driven team.
• Provide expert guidance crisis management support and supervision to clinical and nursing staff.
• Cultivate a culture of employee engagement satisfaction and continuous professional development.
• Foster a collaborative care environment with clients families and the treatment team.
• Manage a small caseload (23 clients) offering direct therapeutic support and building meaningful relationships.
• Champion holistic family-system-based approaches to therapy that promote generational healing.
• Participate in on-call rotations
• Partner with the Executive Director to develop systems and processes that elevate operational metrics.
• Ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation and maintain compliance with all licensing and regulatory agencies.
• Lead risk management efforts including investigations root cause analysis and trend identification.
• Provide ongoing training for clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure excellence across all facets of care.
• Lead clinical and residential training sessions and participate in professional development events

Required Qualifications

• Access to an established Mastery Program that offers professional and financial opportunities for professional growth.
• Medical Dental & Vision Insurance Multiple plan options including PPO and HDHPs with HSA eligibility and company contributions.
• Paid Parental Leave Up to 6 weeks fully paid for exempt employees and 4 weeks for non-exempt.
• Life & Disability Coverage Company-paid life AD&D and long-term disability; voluntary life and optional short-term disability available.
• 401(k) with Company Match Retirement savings with matching contributions after eligibility period.
• PTO & Holidays Competitive PTO accrual plans and paid holidays throughout the year.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Free confidential support for lifes challenges.

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.We are committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience we offer through the diversity of our employees and community. We actively seek to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who contribute to our excellence diversity of viewpoints and experiences and relevance in a global society.

Embark does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin age disability genetic information marital status veteran status or any other protected status under applicable laws. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

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