Director of RHOAR at Cumberland River Behavioral Health Inc – Middlesboro, Kentucky

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Include the following:

• Plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the overall operation of designated program.
• Assist in policy, procedure and system development and implementation.
• Provide leadership, program, and policy direction.
• Provides direct supervision of the Management Team and holds weekly staff meetings.
• Assist in the establishment of policies, procedures, and system development to meet all licensing and accreditation requirements.
• Recruits, selects, and evaluates the performance of personnel who are involved in the day-to-day operation of the program.
• Responsible for overall productivity of the program to meet standards per agency policy.
• Responsible for evaluating the program’s effectiveness and improving the overall performance.
• Operates the program in a cost-effective manner and monitors revenues and expenditures.
• May be required to perform drug screenings on clients as needed.
• Assess and determine the clinical interventions for the assigned consumers.
• Provide care based on ethical concepts, adhering to established standards of practice and will engage in activities or behaviors that characterize professionals.
• Ensure the accuracy, content, and completeness of client files.
• Provide services within time requirement as set forth in Agency policy and procedures.
• Respond to emergency situations in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other team members, as part of a multidisciplinary team, and independently, when necessary.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This position may require a master’s degree from an accredited school in social work, psychology, nursing, professional counseling or another related field. Meets Licensure Requirements for their respective boards if required to by their degree of education; or Certification in Recovery Services may be required; or a person with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, or Human Services and 3 years of experience within the organization as an outpatient therapist and a Professional Equivalent may be considered; or a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and one year experience or; a Registered Nurse with an Associate Degree in Nursing and three years experience. Submit to and pass a criminal record check and a drug screening test.

Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 5:00 pm Evening and weekend hours may be required.

Required Job Skills:

• Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy, and compassion when problem solving, handling conflict or in a crisis situation.
• Ability to complete record keeping in a timely fashion.
• Ability to formulate treatment objectives for the person served.
• Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds, and needs.
• Knowledgeable of Behavioral Health Concepts and how to incorporate concepts into practical application.
• Clinical expertise in crisis intervention and resolution
• Ability to work as part of a comprehensive community mental health team and to positively represent the agency in the community.
• Knowledgeable of the stages in recovery for behavioral health and/or chemical dependency

Additional Responsibilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation must be provided to enable the individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physically able to reach, push, pull, stoop, stand, walk, and lift up to 20 pounds.
• Possess a valid Driver’s License, maintain a safe driving record, and maintain the required minimum vehicle insurance amount for the State of Kentucky, if required for job performance.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, may be off-site from normal office location or placed at a Residential Program.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

Environmental Data and Job Hazards:

• Hours of work are structured 8.0 hour blocks of time but may be subject to irregular and/or flexible hours based on needs or demands.
• Position may require duties to include routine or reasonable anticipated tasks or procedures where there is a degree of actual or potential exposure to blood or other infectious materials.
• All staff are required to participate in yearly training courses regarding infection control and safety in the environment including hazardous waste and blood borne pathogens.
• All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence or other escalating and potentially dangerous situations including when police need to be summoned.
• All staff must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within one month of employment and maintain the certification, if providing direct care.

Required Job Performance:

• Maintain the required average daily census of the program per agency policy.
• Successful Performance Evaluation rating of 3 or above. (See Attached Performance Outcome Evaluation) A Performance Improvement Plan will be initiated on all scores below a 3 rating. An employee will be terminated if the Performance Improvement Plan is viewed as unsuccessful after 2 attempts.