Senior Clinic Director

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here.  Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve.  Our staff use a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency.  Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Senior Director is a member of the Community Behavioral Health leadership team and is primarily responsible for all clinical and operational activities for the MHOTRS clinic under CCBHC umbrella. The Senior Director implements and reviews policies and operating structure of the clinic, makes recommendations for improvements, and monitors staff performance to ensure that the expectations and needs of clients are met. Sets standards and guidelines for client interactions. In addition, the Senior Director analyzes operations of the clinic site and oversees any efficiency improvements. With CBH leadership, the Senior Director creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the clinic and develops budgets/ policies/procedures to support optimal functioning of the clinic site.

The Senior Director cultivates and maintains relationships with City, State and other regulatory bodies, as well as payers, such as Managed Care, and with community organizations and partners.  The Senior Director supports and implements the agency’s new initiatives and projects, including continuous quality improvement and clinical outcomes.  

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Senior Director is a member of the Community Behavioral Health leadership team and is primarily responsible for all clinical and operational activities for the MHOTRS clinic under CCBHC umbrella. The Senior Director implements and reviews policies and operating structure of the clinic, makes recommendations for improvements, and monitors staff performance to ensure that the expectations and needs of clients are met. Sets standards and guidelines for client interactions. In addition, the Senior Director analyzes operations of the clinic site and oversees any efficiency improvements. With CBH leadership, the Senior Director creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the clinic and develops budgets/ policies/procedures to support optimal functioning of the clinic site.

The Senior Director cultivates and maintains relationships with City, State and other regulatory bodies, as well as payers, such as Managed Care, and with community organizations and partners.  The Senior Director supports and implements the agency’s new initiatives and projects, including continuous quality improvement and clinical outcomes.  

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong listening skills, attention to detail and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities.
• Experience managing leaders/supervisors and staff.
• Previous experience in the healthcare field preferred.
• Pleasant, friendly attitude, with an ability to adapt to change.
• Desire for personal/professional growth and development.
• Superior problem-solving skills.

 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Master’s degree in related field, LCSW preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a director of a large clinical program 

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Experience working with electronic medical records  
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook); comfortable and proficient using audio video platforms (Teams) and using business analytics systems. 

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform data entry into various computer programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Hybrid work setting. Position entails a combination of in person and remote work. 
• Travel required between program locations and other Jewish Board sites.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.