Future role

Clinical Director

Lead clinical governance, quality, supervision architecture, and interdisciplinary standards across Chancewell programs. This organizational role is distinct from the regulatory LPHA qualification and will be finalized against applicable MCO criteria.

The work

What you will own

These responsibilities describe the core work of this role. Final assignments remain within the professional's verified qualifications, scope, privileges, and program requirements.

01

Establish and maintain clinical-governance policies for assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, service authorization, risk management, supervision, consultation, and care transitions.

02

Define the clinical decision rights of LPHAs, therapists, psychiatric providers, QMHP-CS staff, supervisors, quality personnel, and operational leaders.

03

Design and oversee a supervision and consultation structure that meets confirmed program and MCO requirements without conflating the Clinical Director title with LPHA status.

04

Set standards for suicide and safety risk assessment, crisis escalation, incident review, mandated reporting, and coordination with emergency or higher levels of care.

05

Monitor documentation quality, medical necessity, utilization patterns, clinical variation, corrective action, and selected quality indicators across programs.

06

Lead clinical peer review, case consultation, competency expectations, and service-readiness decisions for privileged clinical functions.

07

Support payer credentialing, audits, program implementation, and responses to confirmed MCO clinical-leadership requirements.

08

Partner with psychiatric, operational, compliance, quality, and executive leadership to resolve risks and translate requirements into workable clinical systems.

09

Report material clinical risks, trends, capacity constraints, and corrective-action status to executive leadership and governance bodies.

Required

Minimum qualifications

  • Active, unrestricted Texas clinical license acceptable to Chancewell and applicable MCOs.
  • Independent clinical-practice authority.
  • Significant behavioral health leadership and supervision experience.
  • Knowledge of Medicaid, managed care, quality, risk, and documentation.
  • Successful credentialing, primary-source verification, and required screenings.

Valued

Preferred qualifications

  • Community behavioral health leadership.
  • MHTCM and MHR experience.
  • Program development, payer audit, and accreditation experience.
  • Experience leading services for children and adults.
Employment and engagement notice.
Compensation, schedule, caseload, benefits, service availability, start date, and W-2 or legally supportable contractor classification will be stated during the interview and written-offer process.

Apply for this role

Start your Chancewell application.

Submit the form below with a current resume. Chancewell will confirm receipt by email. Submission does not guarantee an interview, offer, credentialing approval, client assignment, minimum hours, or any particular classification.

Chancewell is not an emergency service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. For mental health or suicide-related crisis support in the United States, call or text 988.