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What is the difference between Director Remote Behavioral Health vs Clinical Director?

AspectDirector Remote Behavioral HealthClinical Director
CredentialsMaster's or Doctoral in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling; licensure often requiredSimilar credentials; licensure in relevant clinical field typically required
Work EnvironmentRemote, telehealth platforms, healthcare organizationsIn-person or hybrid healthcare facilities, clinics, hospitals
Employer & IndustryBehavioral health agencies, telehealth companies, healthcare systemsHospitals, clinics, mental health facilities
Primary FocusOverseeing remote behavioral health programs, staff, and patient careManaging clinical teams, patient treatment plans, and service quality

The main difference is that the Director Remote Behavioral Health focuses on managing remote behavioral health services, often via telehealth, while the Clinical Director typically oversees in-person clinical operations. Both roles require similar credentials and work within healthcare settings, but their work environments and delivery methods differ.

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Director, Nursing (CNO) Resource - Behavioral Health (Remote)

Lifepoint Health

Louisville, KY • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 9 days ago

LifePoint Health rating

5.9

Company rating: 5.9 out of 10

Based on 272 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

766th of 895 rated healthcare providers

Job description


Schedule: Days: M-F
Job Location Type: [Remote]
Travel: 100%
Your experience matters
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.
More about our team
The Director of Nursing & Quality Resource is responsible for serving in an interim role across various behavioral health facilities when a vacancy exists. This leader will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the delivery of quality general and psychiatric care consistent with the facility's goals and objectives. Works closely with all Department Directors to recommend/provide required staff development and tailored programs based upon data analysis. The Director of Nursing & Quality Resource will also assist with the revision of nursing policies and procedures standards of performance, and communication regarding nursing issues to medical staff, department directors and administration. This role requires extensive travel with the ability to work from home.
How you'll contribute
A Director of Nursing & Quality Resourcewho excels in this role:
  • Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations.
  • Enhances hospital visibility by involvement in community regarding mental health and substance abuse community needs.
  • May supervise nursing management team where licensed and appropriate.
  • Functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, referral sources, and employees.
  • Ensures that the inpatient programs are staffed with the appropriate resources to ensure high quality of care delivery.
  • Oversees the Infection Control Plan, understand the Infection Control Monitors and the JC Standards associated with Infection Control.
  • Meets hospitals staffing and budget benchmarks.
  • Assures adequate supervision and evaluation processes for all staff members and delegate these responsibilities as appropriate.
  • Assists with orientation for new employees.
  • Routinely reviews job assignments and utilization of staff.
  • Monitors the hospitals quality/risk program as needed.
  • Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of all regulatory standards including TJC, Medicaid, state, and federal laws.
  • Works with hospital employees to identify risk/safety concerns and leads the team to take correction action as needed.
  • Collects and analyzes data on hospital performance.
  • Collects incident reports; records, analyzes, investigates data and reports to Quality Council and CEO.
  • Utilizes the PDCA method to develop improvement plans for the hospital.
  • Acts as a role model for excellent customer service and holds all staff to this standard.

Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for
Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in Nursing required; Master degree Nursing is preferred with experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred.
Additional requirements include:
  • Experience in healthcare quality, patient assessments, family motivations, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.
  • Prior leadership experience strongly preferred.
  • Active RN license with willingness to obtain Compact license in various states as needed.
  • CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days

EEOC Statement
"Lifepoint Health" is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."
You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

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Lifepoint Health serves patients, clinicians, communities and partners across the healthcare continuum. Our diversified healthcare delivery network extends from coast to coast, consisting of community hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and additional sites of care.

Industry

Health care and social assistance

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Brentwood, TN, US

Year founded

1999

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