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Wellpath

Regional Director Mental Health

Wellpath, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States, 71603


Compensation Range : $ - $ / year

You Matter :

Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Autonomy in a warm team environment

Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work-life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

Company paid life insurance

Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us :

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference :

The Regional Director of Mental Health (RDMH) is responsible for ensuring that mental health services meet or exceed local standards of care and are consistent across all sites. They provide guidance and support to mental health programs, staff, and custody/security staff, collaborating with operational and clinical leadership. The RDMH also participates in patient safety, recruiting, retention, and business development initiatives and supervises the Regional Mental Health Specialist in their region. The RDMH occasionally participates in co-creating performance management plans for mental health staff, with input from the Health Services Administrator and/or Regional Director of Operations.

Key Responsibilities :

Provides clinical oversight, direction, and case consultation to optimize compliance with contract requirements, accreditation standards, and policies and procedures, including patient safety initiatives with a focus on suicide prevention.

Designs, implements, and monitors mental health programs and evidenced-based treatment programs, collaborates with onsite mental health leaders to ensure all mental health staff are adequately trained, and provides clinical support and oversight for mental health staff through case consultations and debriefings.

Supervises the Regional Mental Health Specialist and deploys them to assist sites, participates in interviewing and selecting Mental Health Professionals, and provides mental health training for members of the Field Operations team.

Develops a strong network of community-based mental health resources to assist when patients are released back into the community, and works with community resources to develop programs inside correctional facilities and in the community to support patients’ mental health needs upon release.

Participates in the ongoing development and implementation of the Quality Improvement Program with a specific focus on Critical Clinical Event reviews, and develops and monitors standards of care and the use of evidenced-based practices at each facility, including those in Restricted Housing and the Mental Health Special Needs population.

Qualifications & Requirements :

Education

Master’s degree or higher in psychology, social work or behavioral science field.

Experience

Minimum 5 years professional experience, correctional healthcare strongly preferred

Multi-site support experience preferred

Licenses/Certifications

Trained and licensed as a Mental Health Professional (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PhD, PsyD)

Licensed to practice psychology, counseling, social work or other related field in the State(s) where oversight is being provided by the appropriate state licensing board

Current (and must maintain) CPR certification

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer :

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply!

If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

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