Director of Clinical Services

Coastal Harbor Health System is comprised of a 145-bed hospital for children and adolescents, providing both short- and long-term inpatient care, and a 50-bed inpatient hospital serving men and women, ages 18 and up. We offer compassionate patient care to those who need it the most, serving not only local patients, but also those located across the country.

Our hospitals are conveniently located in beautiful, historic Savannah, GA in a quiet setting that provides unparalleled anonymity and privacy, enabling patients to concentrate on treatment.

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Position Summary: Supervise, direct, and provide leadership to professional program staff. Provide professional guidance and training that involves the assessment and diagnosis of children and adolescents. Consistently monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of program services offered. Monitor for program compliance with state and federal accreditation bodies. May rotate among UHS facilities on a periodic basis in order to enhance exposure to a variety of services, programs, and management styles.

Benefit Highlights:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

If you would like to learn more about this position before applying, please contact Sherri Lloyd, Group Recruiter, at View email address on click.appcast.io or by phone at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. .

Qualifications : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily. An individual must be able to perform their duties in a positive work mode and serve as a positive

role model and influence for youth and peers. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,

skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

perform the essential functions.

Education and or Experience:

LPC/LCSW/LMFT (REQUIRED)

Knowledge Requirements : Theoretical knowledge of program practice and principles. Knowledge of client

population and the means and measures to respond to those needs. Fundamental knowledge and demonstrated use of

basic management skills and leadership principles.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

licensure applicable to field of study.

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical

procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and

the general public.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions,

percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Elementary

use of computer spreadsheet programs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish and analyze facts, and use sound judgment in

reaching valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or

diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to think and act quickly and calmly in

emergency situations.

Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk,

talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift

and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move a minimum of 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities

required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, color and depth perception, and ability to adjust

focus. The employee may occasionally be required to physically restrain clients, using authorized restraint

procedures as a last resort for protection of client and staff.

Work Environment: The work environment for this position is a residential facility setting. While performing the

essential functions of this job, the employee will be exposed to clients who may ask inappropriate personal

questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make

insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, and exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive

or self-destructive behaviors. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, and may be

subject to occasional local or long distance travel as required by facility needs. The noise level in the work

environment is moderate. This facility is a smoke free environment; however employees may be exposed to second

hand smoke if patients smoke outdoors in the designated smoking areas.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this

employee. The Director of Clinical Services will be required to follow any other instructions and to

perform any other duties as requested by the CEO.