Senior Director, Mood Disorders Center

The Child Mind Institute • Full-time • New York, New York • 8m ago

Summary:

Child Mind Institute is recruiting a Senior Director to lead one of the therapy teams that comprises the Child Mind Medical Practice. We are a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, social workers, speech-language therapists and learning specialists who work closely to ensure each family gets the care and attention they need. Our clinicians are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders.

The Senior Director manages a team of psychologists and social workers providing diagnostic evaluations and evidence-based treatment services to children with anxiety and mood disorders. They are responsble for ensuring that our clinicians have the professional development and support they need to provide the highest quality clinical care. The Senior Director works with practice leadership to create a collaborative and supportive environment that allows our clinicians to accomplish our shared goals.

In addition to managing the team, the Senior Director will also provide comprehensive evaluations and evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents, and young adults.

This position reports to the Clinical Director. This is an exempt, full-time position located in our New York or California offices.

We’re dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We’ve become the leading independent nonprofit in children’s mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow’s breakthrough treatments.

The Child Mind Institute is proud to be named a Great Place to Work-Certified company! Our competitive compensation and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

Child Mind Institute is committed to creating an inclusive culture where all employees feel welcomed and valued.  

Responsibilities:

Clinical

Supervise and mentor clinical staff and trainees; ensure high quality, evidence-based clinical care
Manage patient and family escalations
Ensure compliance with clinical standards of care and best practices
Ensure that clinicians have an appropriate case mix and focus based on their professional goals and practice needs
Perform clinical activities; diagnostic evaluation, neuropsychological evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents

Management

Support the professional growth of the team’s clinical faculty; encourage and foster innovative ideas and provide opportunities for development
Assess job performance of current staff through performance evaluations
Participate in recruiting and interviewing new clinicians across all clinical domains

Administrative

Along with administrative leadership, review clinical productivity thresholds; remove barriers to meeting goals
Participate in new program development as content expert
Participate in the strategic planning and support the execution of Child Mind Institute’s overall goals and mission

Qualifications:

Doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program in clinical psychology
Minimum 5 years of clinical practice in child mental healthcare
Must have current, valid, unrestricted license, or be eligible for license, to practice child and adolescent psychology or social work in the states of New York or California
Board certification or eligible for certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology
Demonstrated clinical excellence in your field
Demonstrated leadership abilities and team building skills
Strong teamwork ethic; positive, flexible attitude; ability to take complete ownership of responsibilities
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals/groups
Flexible attitude and ability to adapt to change
Passion for the Child Mind Institute mission

Special Considerations:

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The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.