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• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

The Director of Competency Restoration Services oversees the administration, management, supervision, and development of competency restoration programs across multiple locations. This role is responsible for designing and standardizing competency restoration service models, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting the successful implementation and optimization of program operations. The position provides clinical leadership, operational oversight, and strategic direction to support high-quality, evidence-based competency restoration services. The Director also leads staff development, quality improvement initiatives, and program expansion efforts.

• Oversee the administration, management, supervision, and development of competency restoration programs across multiple sites.
• Design and standardize Jail-Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) and competency restoration program models, including clinical protocols, treatment pathways, and operational workflows.
• Ensure compliance with state regulations, accreditation standards, contractual requirements, and licensing standards.
• Develop staffing models, support program implementation, assist with budgeting and forecasting, and contribute to RFP and new business opportunities.
• Provide clinical leadership through supervision, training, mentoring, quality monitoring, performance improvement initiatives, and corrective action planning.

Education

• Doctorate in Psychology

Experience

• Minimum 5 years professional experience; correctional healthcare preferred.
• Experience developing and managing competency restoration programs strongly preferred.
• Multi-site support experience preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Trained and independently licensed.
• Licensed to practice psychology in the state(s) where oversight is being provided by the appropriate state licensing board.
• Current (and must maintain) CPR certification.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.