Clinical Manager (Psychiatry)

Description

The mental health system is breaking—dominated by corporate interests, non-clinical leaders, and clinics prioritizing profits over quality care. Clinicians are overworked, undervalued, and stripped of autonomy, forced into environments that fail to inspire or sustain them. At Lorenz Clinic, we’re different.

We prioritize excellence by hiring only the top 5% of therapists, ensuring you’ll work alongside smart, inspiring colleagues. We offer time to thrive: paid time off, paid burnout time, consultation, CEUs, holidays, and generous parental leave. Clinicians have control over their workload, a supportive community, and a shared commitment to quality over profit. And you can help us advance that cause. 

Make a difference on Main Street, not Wall Street. Join Lorenz Clinic and help build the future of mental healthcare—clinician-led, inspiring, and sustainable. Join us, and never give up hope for what mental healthcare could be.

Position Overview

Under general direction, Clinical Managers (CM) plan, develop, manage, and oversee the administration of behavioral health clinic operations and services, managing a team of clinicians. In conjunction with subordinate professional-level and administrative-level staff, the CM maintains and enforces acceptable professional and ethical standards of the program’s clinical staff according to the Leadership Team’s clinical vision. The CM also serves in a consultative role to staff mental health professionals and mental health practitioners. They participate in strategic planning and committee activities as assigned. CMs also monitor program activity and manage for clinical effectiveness and productivity.

Clinical Managers ensure the facility meets all related local, state, federal and accrediting-body rules and regulations. Clinical Manager assists the Director of Psychological Services in coordinating and managing patient care in the facility according to adopted policies/procedures, state and federal regulations, and accepted accreditation standards. Clinical Managers also serve as liaison between the clinical staff and Director of Psychological Services.   

Distinguishing Features

The Clinical Manager is distinguished from the lower level of staff clinicians in that the latter does not have responsibility for organizational unit performance, which includes program or people management, evaluation, reporting and statistics, or outcome monitoring. The Manager is further distinguished from the Director of Psychological Services in that the latter directs service line operations across all sites.

Ideal Candidates

• In addition to the qualifications, knowledge, and skills listed below, ideal candidates for this position will also exemplify the following essential attributes for success:
• A disciplined professional with a demonstrated history of high performance in rigorous systems for whom both client- and organization-first perspectives pervade all areas of their work
• A lifelong leader with a proven track record of service to others who has to others who has achieved sufficient clinical knowledge and skill in the operations and services of a behavioral health care clinic/program which provides behavioral health services
• Clinicians who are primarily motivated by service to clients or supervisees. The role requires 0.5 FTE time spent in direct client or supervisee service. Careerists whose primary motivations are the avoidance of client care or salary should reconsider whether the role is right for them. Every clinician at every level of our clinic sees clients. 
• A mental health clinician of uncommonly high competence in the domains of professionalism, ethical & legal standards, individual & cultural diversity, interpersonal relationships, scientific knowledge and methods, reflective practice, interdisciplinary systems, psychotherapeutic intervention, supervision, and management 
• A supportive manager capable of instructing, focusing, and guiding others in accomplishing performance and work goals and objectives of behavioral health clinic/program operations and services
• Someone capable of identifying and understanding how external issues (e.g., economic, political, social and health care trends) impact the work of behavioral health care services and who is able to motivate and inspire others by providing leadership and setting a sense of purpose for the Clinic and its programs 
• A competent decision maker capable of solving problems and taking appropriate action which is consistent with all available facts, constraints, and probable consequences in a fast paced, multidisciplinary environment by identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities, and comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions
• A collaborative spirit eager to actively participate as a member of a team contributing successfully to the completion of goals and objectives aligned with the mission, vision and values of the Clinic’s system of care
• An effective communicator who conveys information and in a manner that meets audience needs; someone able to develop and maintain effective relationships with others and who relates well to people from varied backgrounds and in different situations
• Someone who possesses an air of confidence and creates a good first impression by professionally commanding attention and earning the trust and respect of others
• A knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced clinical leader, skilled in the application of evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment methods

Knowledge & Skills

The most suitable candidates will possess the following knowledge and competencies:

• Managerial principles and practices including work planning, employee supervision, and resource allocation
• Principles and practices for maintaining and expanding funding sources while adhering to payer administrative requirements
• Principles and practices of program planning and evaluation
• Practices and techniques of programmatic analysis and reporting
• Psychological diagnostic methods and terminology
• Cultural and ecosystemic factors affecting mental health
• Clinical standards of practice and licensure requirements
• Principles and practices of direct client service delivery germane to child day-treatment and family focused home-based treatment
• Knowledge of current theories, principles, and practices for providing psychological services to clients 
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
• Office administrative practices and procedures including records management and the operation of standard office equipment
• Computer applications related to the work including the Clinic’s Electronic Health Record

Job Duties

• Supports and inspires clinicians, advances the clinic's Clinician Wellness Roadmap
• Assists the management team in compliance and accreditation efforts 
• Provision of clinical and administrative supervision within the clinic’s training program 
• The provision of clinical services including conducting diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, psychotherapy, and discharge planning for patients of the clinic. Again, the role requires 0.5 FTE time spent in direct psychotherapy or supervision service. We're clinicians first. 
• Other duties as assigned

This is an abridged job description. Contact HR for an unabridged version. This role is posted in Minneapolis because a minority of the duties may be performed from there on a hybrid basis at the clinic's option.  Lorenz does not have a clinic in Minneapolis proper, and most of the duties are in-person at one of the clinic's locations. 

Requirements

Either:

A) the equivalent of one year of experience as a PMHNP across the lifespan at Lorenz Clinic with a proven track record of leadership and exceeding position requirements or

B) the equivalent of three years of post-licensure experience as a PMHNP across the lifespan providing clinical services, of which one year must have been in a management or supervisory capacity equivalent to that of a Clinical Manager in an outpatient program.

And:

• Board-approved supervisor or eligible to become board-approved
• Possession of a master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited school of marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, professional counseling, or related field
• Possession of a valid, independent clinical license from one of the applicable licensing authorities; the Minnesota board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Minnesota Board of Social Work, Minnesota Board of Psychology, or Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health & Therapy
• Proven track record of directing programs and/or managing clinicians for effectiveness, productivity, and high ethical standards
• Cooperative work attitude toward management facility staff, patients, visitors, and clinicians
• Ability to promote favorable facility image with clinicians, patients, insurance companies, referral sources, and general public
• Ability to lead clinical staff in making ethically- and clinically- appropriate decisions and solve problems

Other Requirements

• Doctoral degree in nursing or psychiatry (DNP, PhD)
• Evidence of leadership qualities
• Strong ethical and moral character references
• Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in American English
• Computer literacy
• Ability to work full-time, in-person (our leaders are in the clinic, not on Zoom)
• Strong ethical and moral character references
• Competent in psychological consultation and supervision
• Possesses a National Provider Identifier (NPI) prior to first day of employment
• Approval for Medicare participation within 180 days of hire, if Medicare participation is allowed for license type

Benefits

Full-time, independently licensed clinicians enjoy a robust benefits package that includes paid burnout time, twelve weeks of paid parenting leave regardless of gender, and an annual CEU allowance. Employer-sponsored health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance are also available. A 401k with 401k matching is available. Paid time off, paid holidays, paid service/volunteer time, paid continuing education hours, paid parental leave, an employee assistance program, a flexible schedule, and professional development assistance in the way of an annual continuing education allowance round out the offering. 

As an active training clinic, most clinicians at Lorenz earn about 100 hours per year of board-approved continuing education just from showing up to work. The clinic hosts an annual conference, monthly grand rounds, and four hours per month of case consultation with a specialist. Above all, adding Lorenz Clinic to your resume is a distinctive badge of professionalism and quality recognized the field over. For the past decade and a half, Lorenz has been known as the psychotherapist’s clinic– one of the few practices many clinicians would entrust with their career or in many cases, their own family. For an unabridged job description or more information about our benefits, please contact human resources.

Compensation

The hiring range for this position is $175,000 - $214,000 annually, depending on experience, credentials, breadth of clinical competence, and clinical program. 

Individual & Cultural Diversity

Lorenz Clinic is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

Navigation & Search

Clinicians might find this posting beneficial if looking for positions using following search terms: licensed psychologist, mental health therapist, mental health, therapist, LPCC, LICSW, LMFT, counselor, psychotherapist, trauma therapist, family therapist, child therapist, children's mental health, clinical supervisor, outpatient psychotherapist, outpatient psychology. Pre-licensed therapists such as Licensed Graduate Social Workers (LGSW), Nationally Certified Counselors (NCC), or Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapists (LAMFT) should consider the practice’s Post-Master’s Fellowship position instead.