Clinical Director

Clinical Director

Morgantown & Williamson, West Virginia
In partnership with Ascension Recovery Services

Join a team that’s changing lives.

At Wise Path Recovery Centers, we are building and scaling high-performing behavioral health programs designed to deliver clinical excellence without compromise.

This Clinical Director role is not a traditional, sit-in-an-office leadership position. It is built for a strong operator-clinician—someone who can drive quality, hold standards, and elevate teams across multiple sites.

You will serve as the clinical backbone across Morgantown and Williamson, ensuring consistency, compliance, and meaningful patient outcomes—without unnecessary hierarchy or redundancy.

Why This Role is Different

• True Regional Oversight: Lead two facilities with a focus on outcomes—not busy work
• High Impact: Direct influence on clinical quality, compliance readiness, and team performance
• Lean Leadership Model: We prioritize strong leaders over overbuilt org charts
• Build What Matters: Enhance programming, supervision, and family engagement

General Description

The Regional Clinical Director is responsible for the clinical leadership, oversight, and performance of therapeutic services across multiple facilities. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care while maintaining compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards.

This leader will directly manage clinical teams, oversee documentation quality, provide supervision, and lead survey readiness efforts, while also stepping in operationally when needed to maintain continuity of care.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Oversight

• Provide clinical leadership across Morgantown and Williamson facilities
• Ensure all programming aligns with ASAM criteria, evidence-based practices, and trauma-informed care
• Lead treatment team processes and sign off on clinical reviews requiring licensed oversight
• Serve as the escalation point for complex clinical cases and crises

Clinical Supervision & Team Management

• Provide documented clinical supervision to licensed and license-eligible clinicians
• Conduct session observations and deliver structured, actionable feedback
• Manage direct reports including:
  • PTO and scheduling oversight
  • Performance evaluations and competency checklists
  • Hiring, onboarding, and training
• Support coverage planning to ensure continuity of care

Quality, Documentation & Compliance

• Conduct routine chart audits, documentation reviews, and clinical service hour analysis
• Ensure timely and compliant completion of all clinical documentation
• Serve as the clinical lead for:
  • Joint Commission readiness and surveys
  • State licensing reviews (OHFLAC)
  • Medicaid and regulatory compliance activities
• Implement corrective action plans and quality improvement initiatives

Utilization Review & External Coordination

• Lead and support Acentra reviews and payer interactions
• Partner with UR and Medical teams to ensure medical necessity and appropriate level of care

Program Development

• Enhance and expand:
  • Weekend programming
  • Family programming and engagement
• Ensure consistency in group and individual service delivery across sites

Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with Executive Directors and Operations to align staffing models and clinical outcomes
• Participate in leadership meetings and cross-functional initiatives
• Contribute to ongoing program development and system-wide clinical strategy

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field
• Active West Virginia clinical license (LCSW, LICSW, LPC, or equivalent with diagnostic privileges)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in behavioral health or substance use disorder treatment
• Minimum 2 years of clinical leadership or supervisory experience
• Experience with clinical documentation standards, audits, and compliance requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Multi-site or regional leadership experience
• Experience leading Joint Commission or state surveys
• Strong background in ASAM levels of care (3.5, 3.7)
• Experience in detox and residential settings

Work Conditions

• Full-time, exempt leadership role
• Travel required between Morgantown and Williamson facilities
• Primarily on-site presence with flexibility based on business needs
• Participation in on-call rotation and clinical escalation support

Equal Employment Opportunity & Reasonable

Accommodations

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. The organization provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require accommodation to perform the essential functions of this position, please notify HR. Requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to ensure equal employment opportunities.

ARS also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief, in accordance with applicable laws.

Why This Role Matters

Our West Virginia programs are positioned to deliver meaningful impact in communities that need sustainable, high-quality addiction treatment.

This role ensures we don’t just operate facilities—we deliver consistent, accountable, clinically excellent care across them.