Clinical Director

Are you looking for a holistic community and peaceful environment that appreciates your contributions and wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a cohesive clinical team where your skills are valued? Are you looking for a supportive and flexible workplace that also offers you autonomy and independence? Our group practice may be just the place for you.

Synergy Wellness Center, located in vibrant downtown Hudson with an additional office 5 minutes away in beautiful Bolton, is an integrative wellness community that provides a warm, peaceful and respectful environment for our staff. We offer a supportive and flexible workplace that allows our staff the ability to have a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Due to growth, we are hiring a Clinical Director to join our group practice. The position will be based in our Hudson and/or Bolton locations.

Synergy offers supervisory support, CEUs, employee wellness programs, complementary yoga memberships and discounts on other Synergy Wellness Center's services. Upon completion of eligibility requirements, full time employees (works 32+ hours a week) may participate in a full benefits package including PTO, medical, dental and vision insurance and a 401(k). We handle your insurance credentialing and have a strong intake and billing team which allows you to practice your art with administrative support in place. Synergy’s scope of services includes counseling, acupuncture, massage therapy, energy healing, yoga, meditation, functional and lifestyle medicine, health coaching, and specialty classes and workshops. Join our team!

Job Summary:

The Clinical Director provides clinical leadership to the clinical and non-clinical team members of our mental health counseling team, balancing quality of care, clinician and staff support, compliance, clinical and intake operations, in line with the company's strategy, goals and values. This is a co-leadership role with the Practice Director. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical oversight of treatment, quality outcomes for clients, HIPAA and licensing compliance, guide clinical decision making and treatment protocols 
• Ensure legal, ethical and professional standards are met (reporting, scope of practice)
• Evaluate for continuous improvement of all processes and procedures
• Serve as clinical escalation point for high risk cases and clinic’s risk management
• Provide individual therapy to clients in person and telehealth
• Provide individual supervision to supervisors, mentor clinicians’ clinical skills and professional growth
• Identify training needs, coordinate continuing education within scope of training budget
• Support clinician well-being and stress reduction to prevent burnout
• Ensure the team’s timely, high quality and clinically compliant documentation
• Provide team and individual feedback to highlight clinical strengths and areas of clinical improvement following semi-annual chart audits and as situations arise
• Develop, update and implement systems, policies, and procedures into Standard Operating Procedures to ensure consistent, efficient and effective workflows
• Foster a healthy, ethical, supportive clinical culture, clinician retention, modeling professionalism and values, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in clinical practice
• Lead clinical team meeting, peer supervision and supervisor meetings, in collaboration with Practice Director 
• Ensure collaborative communication between the Intake, Medical Billing and Clinicians
• Participate in company Manager and other meetings as appropriate
• Provide clinical coverage when Practice Manager and Supervisors are unavailable
• Represent the Therapy department at community and networking events 
• Assist with outreach to local physician, psychiatric and other referral partners to establish trust, credibility and profitable referral relationships
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to promote staff and team expertise; serve as the public face of the Therapy team to expand the company’s influence as mental health experts; educate internally and externally about services and interventions
• Oversee and contribute to new staff orientation regarding policies, documentation standards, clinical culture, introduction to Intake team, EHR requirements and general expectations
• Respond to client complaints, clinical incidents, external record requests and audits
• Oversee performance reviews, support Supervisors in addressing and improving employees’ work performance issues, provide feedback in a supportive corrective manner
• Oversee caseloads, progress notes, client retention, clinician productivity, financial performance and KPI’s to meet company’s clinical and revenue goals
• Advise leadership on hiring needs, waitlists and specialty gaps
• Ensure successful communication with Medical Billing for timely insurance verification and between and Intake and Clinicians for assignments, openings, and clinical expertise
• Oversee Intake staff, ensure streamlined processes, training, performance management, and maintain expectations including answering calls and emails, responding within 2 hours of inquiries, scheduling Intake during first client contact and send EHR welcome email
• Involve Intake Team in updating Intake SOP’s as needed
• Utilize Asana to monitor intake process and to communicate across the Company
  

Other Duties:

This description is not a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications (Skills, Experience, Education): 

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Counseling Psychology
• Licensure including LICSW, LMHC or LMFT
• Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience 
• Minimum 2-5 years of management experience, demonstrated leadership, record of providing clinical trainings, team oversight, revenue generation
• Prior participation in manager training
• A record of diverse work experience
• Clinical experience with clients from ages 5 through adulthood
• Specific training and experience with the following treatment modalities:  IFS, EMDR, ACT, CBT, DBT, and Somatic practices
• A record of overseeing successful administrative and clinical operations
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing and training on the development of quality clinical treatment plans, assessments and progress notes
• Desire to work in an innovative, integrative services company committed to client and employee wellness
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement
• Warm, friendly and thoughtful demeanor to facilitate exemplary customer service in a calm yet fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication 
• A history of building cohesive teams, a positive work culture, and an emphasis on individual and team relationships with direct reports and among all team members
• Openness to constructive feedback and flexibility to adjust strategies as needed
• Strong attention to detail and solid organizational skills with an ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and follow through on tasks independently
• Experience working successfully with leadership team and with a peer leader
• Trustworthy and able to handle confidential employee and client information
• Willing and able to learn new technologies and skills
• A solution focused approach to tackling problems and challenging situations
• A desire to market services through in person and digital means
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, familiarity with Jane.App

Work Schedule:

• The position is 32 hours per week consisting of a minimum of 18 weekly hours of direct clinical work in person and tele-health, and a blend of supervisory and administrative work, with approximately 4 supervisory hours and 10 administrative hours, supervising a maximum of 5 supervisees. 
  

Physical Requirements: 

• Prolonged periods of sitting 
• Working on a computer and using the telephone
• Sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, pushing, and pulling
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

Inclusion of all individuals and services are at the heart of Synergy Wellness Center.  Synergy Wellness Center is an equal opportunity employer. Synergy Wellness Center will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran’s status, age, limited English proficiency, housing status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other protected class. At Synergy Wellness Center, we celebrate and welcome varied ideas. If you require accommodation due to being differently abled, to complete the application process, please reach out, https://www.synergy-wellness-center.com/contact/