Clinical Director

LifeStance Health

. Provide oversight and support for psychotherapy clinicians .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesLead💰 $90,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in clinical leadership, oversight, and support for psychotherapy clinicians, with a strong focus on compliance, professional development, and quality improvement. Proven ability to enhance clinician engagement and satisfaction while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.

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Clinical LeadershipPsychotherapy OversightRegulatory ComplianceTeam DevelopmentKPI Reporting

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Hard Skills

Clinical Record ReviewRisk ManagementQuality ImprovementOnboarding TrainingClinical Strategy ImplementationClinical Competence AssessmentClinical ConsultationData MonitoringCompliance Risk MitigationBusiness Process Improvement

Soft Skills

Verbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationTeam EngagementCoachingMentoring

Certifications & Qualifications

Active LicenseMA Degree in Clinical Social WorkPhD/PsyD in Clinical Psychology

Industry Keywords

HIPAA ComplianceClinical SafetyPsychotherapyClinical Best PracticesState Regulatory Changes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide oversight and support for psychotherapy clinicians
Coach and educate new and tenured clinicians
Enhance ongoing clinician professional growth and development
Partner with the Practice Group Manager to plan and implement clinical strategy and related operations
Support recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of clinicians
Ensure clinical integrity and compliance through local monitoring and risk management
Provide clinically focused regional onboarding training and support caseload ramp
Provide training, education, supervision, coaching, and peer consultation forums
Mentor strong performers and encourage professional development
Foster a positive culture and empower clinicians with state leadership
Provide clinical support and oversight of psychotherapy clinicians
Report KPIs to regional leadership
Evaluate quality metrics and create clinician-focused strategic solutions
Provide onsite clinical consultation and support
Implement national clinical policies and state-specific procedures
Partner with operations leaders on personnel actions and clinician development
Monitor clinician satisfaction, retention, state, center-level, and clinic data
Facilitate clinician interviews and clinical competence assessments
Investigate and respond to clinical integrity concerns, complaints, incidents, and quality-of-care concerns
Support regulatory compliance, escalation, and reporting
Ensure adherence to HIPAA, confidentiality, clinical safety, and applicable regulations
Monitor state regulatory changes
Advise clinicians on subpoenas, court orders, and related legal matters
Conduct clinical record reviews
Identify quality improvement, risk management, and clinical integrity opportunities
Recruit, interview, hire, and train new staff

Requirements

What you’ll need

MA degree in clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, clinical counseling or related field or PhD/PsyD in clinical psychology
5+ years clinical experience
Experience in clinical leadership
Active license
Excellent verbal & written communication
Exceptional team and staff level engagement
Commitment to continuous learning and improvement based on current clinical best practices and standards of care
Experience managing a diverse team with a track record for hiring, coaching and retaining strong talent
Proven ability to improve business processes, methods, quality, and decision-making to achieve meaningful, measurable improvements
Experienced Clinician with demonstrated ability to develop the clinical practice of other clinicians
Effective at communicating and translating complexity to a clinical audience
Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate clinical compliance risk
Must reside and practice in the state where they serve as Director
Minimum 60% of time spent onsite supporting clinicians and collaborating with operations
Ability to sit, stand, bend, talk, hear, walk, and lift/move objects up to 25 pounds
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, plus ability to adjust focus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
401k retirement savings with employer match
Paid parental leave
Paid time off
Holiday pay
Employee Assistance Program
Quarterly division and national leadership meetings