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Head of Psychiatric Practice

lifestance healthFort Wayne, IN

yesterday

Occupations

PsychiatristsPhysicians, All OtherMedical and Health Services Managers

Industries

Offices of Physicians, Mental Health SpecialistsOutpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse CentersOffices of Mental Health Practitioners

$252,000 - $315,000/annually

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About the role

LifeStance Health is seeking a collaborative, mission-driven psychiatrist to advance enterprise psychiatric practice excellence. In this role, you will develop clinical standards, evidence-based frameworks, and quality improvement initiatives to support clinicians and operations nationwide. You will help shape the future of mental healthcare by designing psychiatric Centers of Excellence and fostering clinician wellbeing. Join our rapidly growing behavioral health practice group and make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes. Practice Info Outpatient care setting, both in-person at clinics nationwide and through digital health telemedicine offerings Serves children, adolescents, and adults suffering from a variety of mental health issues
Responsibilities:
  • Establish and maintain organizational psychiatric practice standards, treatment frameworks, and clinical expectations across markets and service lines
  • Lead development and implementation of evidence-based psychiatric guidelines, tools, protocols, and practice resources
  • Partner with Medical Leadership, Clinical Operations, Quality, Clinical Excellence, Learning & Development, and Measurement-Based Care teams to improve psychiatric care quality, safety, consistency, and outcomes
  • Identify and address psychiatric practice variation through data review, education, and performance improvement initiatives
  • Build and oversee a comprehensive clinician education and professional development curriculum across specialties and practice settings
  • Design and oversee psychiatric provider excellence programs, including onboarding support, competency frameworks, mentoring structures, and ongoing professional development
  • Assist with transition to uniform and singular EHR use across the organization and developing efficient EHR workflows and policies that support the clinical user
  • Support development and review of psychiatric clinical policies, protocols, and standards that align with applicable laws, regulations, and professional expectations
  • Compensation$252,000 - $315,000/annually
  • Competitive bonus plan
  • Equity potential
Qualifications:
  • MD or DO with board certification in Psychiatry (Required)
  • Active, unrestricted medical license and ability to maintain appropriate licensure requirements (Required)10+ years of psychiatric clinical experience, including progressive leadership experience within healthcare or behavioral health organizations (Required)
  • Demonstrated experience developing clinical standards, treatment frameworks, quality improvement initiatives, or provider excellence programs (Required)
  • Strong understanding of psychiatric standards of care, patient safety, clinical governance, regulatory expectations, and evidence-based practice (Required)
  • Familiar with value-based care frameworks (Required)
  • Ability to influence senior clinical and operational stakeholders across a complex, matrixed organization (Required)
  • Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive communication skills (Required)
  • Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States (Required)
  • Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture (Required)
  • Multi-state behavioral health or outpatient mental health leadership experience (Preferred)
  • Experience leading physician practice transformation, clinical quality, or provider development initiatives (Preferred)
  • Published research or quality improvement scholarship (Preferred)
  • Experience using outcomes data, measurement-based care, or population-level clinical metrics to guide practice improvement (Preferred)
  • Experience representing psychiatric leadership in governance forums, executive discussions, or external professional settings (Preferred)

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JOB OVERVIEW

Salary

$252,000 - $315,000/annually

Experience level

Manager

Location

Fort Wayne, IN

Occupation

Psychiatrists

Industry

Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists

Posted

yesterday

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