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Job Title: Director

Location: NEW POINT CAMPUS

Department Name: Adult Psych (AP)

Req #: 0000246269

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $88,844.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview
The Allied Therapy Supervisor oversees the development, scheduling, and implementation of structured group therapies and structured therapeutic activities across adult and child inpatient psychiatric units at the New Point Campus. This leadership role supervises a multidisciplinary clinical team—including occupational, creative arts, and recreation therapists—while drawing on evidence-based practices to introduce innovative program elements to the milieu. The Supervisor balances direct clinical care with programmatic administration, ensuring regulatory compliance, outcome evaluation, and high-quality mentorship for staff, students, and interns.

Qualifications

Required:

• Valid New Jersey Allied Therapist License or equivalent professional certification (e.g., OTR/L, ATR-BC, LCAT, CTRS).
• Minimum of one (1) year of specialized clinical experience in a psychiatric setting.
• Demonstrated competency in clinical supervision, training, or mentoring within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Strong baseline of leadership, organizational, and evidence-based program development capabilities.

Preferred:

• Prior supervisory or leadership experience within an acute adult psychiatric inpatient setting.
• Experience acting as an clinical site supervisor or preceptor for occupational therapy students, psychology interns, or counseling interns.
• Proficiency in clinical data collection to track, analyze, and evaluate therapeutic milieu outcomes.

Scheduling Requirements

• Full-Time (FT) Day

Essential Functions

• Supervises, monitors, and evaluates the daily clinical performance of staff occupational therapists, creative arts therapists, recreation therapists, and occupational therapy students.
• Develops, implements, and continuously revises the schedule of group therapies and structured activities for acute inpatient units (including STCF/2N, 2S, 2D, and 3N/S) in collaboration with the AIPU Director and Nurse Manager.
• Provides direct allied therapy services by facilitating scheduled group and individual treatment sessions for patient populations.
• Coordinates and arranges operational coverage for therapeutic activities and inpatient groups during staff absences to maintain continuity of care.
• Conducts timely occupational therapy screenings for newly admitted child and adult inpatient populations within 24 hours of admission to assess further intervention needs.
• Adds targeted, individualized clinical interventions to the multidisciplinary plan of care during active participation in patient treatment planning meetings.
• Serves as the designated site supervisor, preceptor, and mentor for incoming employees, occupational therapy students, and psychology/counseling interns.
• Trains, mentors, and guides Bachelor's-level Mental Health Workers (MHW) in the proper delivery of psychoeducation and structured patient leisure activity groups.
• Integrates evolving treatment models and evidence-based best practices into the core inpatient curriculum to support continuous program development.
• Designs and executes clinical outcome studies to measure the efficacy of group and milieu therapies across the inpatient service lines.
• Conducts internal in-service training and educational consultations to maintain staff competencies and ensure strict compliance with outside accrediting agency regulations.

Benefits and Perks
At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing. These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Planning Support
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Community and Volunteer Opportunities
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
• ….and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.