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Job Overview
We Care Health Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Clinical Program Director – Outpatient Behavioral Health to lead the daily operations, clinical services, and strategic growth of our outpatient behavioral health program.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing an outpatient behavioral health organization or program and providing leadership in clinical operations, compliance, staff supervision, credentialing, referral development, and program expansion. This individual will work closely with executive leadership to ensure high-quality care, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and continued organizational growth.
The Clinical Program Director will oversee all behavioral health services provided by We Care Health Group, LLC and may provide direct behavioral health services within their scope of practice, licensure, and credentialing requirements when needed.
Responsibilities
- Direct and oversee daily operations of the outpatient behavioral health program.
- Provide leadership, supervision, and operational oversight for multidisciplinary behavioral health professionals, including LPCs, LCSWs, LACs, LMFTs, LMSWs, and other licensed clinicians.
- Supervise clinical and administrative staff, including hiring, onboarding, training, scheduling, coaching, and performance management.
- Develop and improve policies, procedures, workflows, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with Louisiana behavioral health regulations, Medicaid requirements, HIPAA, payer requirements, and organizational policies.
- Oversee documentation quality, treatment plans, progress notes, EHR/EMR standards, productivity, utilization, and quality assurance activities.
- Manage provider credentialing, recredentialing, payer enrollment, and insurance participation.
- Maintain readiness for licensing reviews, audits, accreditation surveys, and regulatory inspections.
- Support CARF accreditation efforts and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
- Develop referral relationships with courts, probation and parole, hospitals, physicians, schools, community organizations, and other referral sources.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on strategic planning, program development, service expansion, and organizational growth.
- Provide direct behavioral health services when necessary within scope of practice.
Qualifications Required
- Demonstrated experience directing, managing, or overseeing an outpatient behavioral health program or behavioral health organization.
- Current Louisiana behavioral health license required: LPC, LCSW, LAC, LMFT, LMSW, or other qualified behavioral health license.
- Experience managing behavioral health operations, clinical services, administrative functions, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience supervising licensed behavioral health professionals and support staff.
- Experience with Medicaid, commercial insurance, credentialing, payer enrollment, and regulatory compliance.
- Knowledge of Louisiana behavioral health regulations, documentation standards, reimbursement, and quality improvement.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR/EMR).
Preferred
- Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
- Experience with CPST, PSR, IOP, outpatient therapy, and other behavioral health service lines.
- Experience with CARF accreditation, licensing surveys, audits, corrective action plans, and compliance.
- Experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families.
- Experience with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practices including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care, and Crisis Intervention.
- Experience developing referral networks and expanding behavioral health programs.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
- Leadership opportunity within a growing behavioral health organization.
- Opportunity to build and expand behavioral health services.
- Collaborative and supportive leadership environment.
- Professional development and career growth opportunities.
Schedule
- Monday–Thursday (Friday as needed)
- Flexible daytime schedule
- Occasional evenings as needed for meetings, community outreach, or program needs
Work Location
In Person
We Care Health Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing compassionate, high-quality behavioral health services while fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence.
Pay: $40,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year
Ability to Commute:
- Slidell, LA 70458 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Job Overview
We Care Health Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Clinical Program Director – Outpatient Behavioral Health to lead the daily operations, clinical services, and strategic growth of our outpatient behavioral health program.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing an outpatient behavioral health organization or program and providing leadership in clinical operations, compliance, staff supervision, credentialing, referral development, and program expansion. This individual will work closely with executive leadership to ensure high-quality care, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and continued organizational growth.
The Clinical Program Director will oversee all behavioral health services provided by We Care Health Group, LLC and may provide direct behavioral health services within their scope of practice, licensure, and credentialing requirements when needed.
Responsibilities
- Direct and oversee daily operations of the outpatient behavioral health program.
- Provide leadership, supervision, and operational oversight for multidisciplinary behavioral health professionals, including LPCs, LCSWs, LACs, LMFTs, LMSWs, and other licensed clinicians.
- Supervise clinical and administrative staff, including hiring, onboarding, training, scheduling, coaching, and performance management.
- Develop and improve policies, procedures, workflows, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with Louisiana behavioral health regulations, Medicaid requirements, HIPAA, payer requirements, and organizational policies.
- Oversee documentation quality, treatment plans, progress notes, EHR/EMR standards, productivity, utilization, and quality assurance activities.
- Manage provider credentialing, recredentialing, payer enrollment, and insurance participation.
- Maintain readiness for licensing reviews, audits, accreditation surveys, and regulatory inspections.
- Support CARF accreditation efforts and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
- Develop referral relationships with courts, probation and parole, hospitals, physicians, schools, community organizations, and other referral sources.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on strategic planning, program development, service expansion, and organizational growth.
- Provide direct behavioral health services when necessary within scope of practice.
Qualifications Required
- Demonstrated experience directing, managing, or overseeing an outpatient behavioral health program or behavioral health organization.
- Current Louisiana behavioral health license required: LPC, LCSW, LAC, LMFT, LMSW, or other qualified behavioral health license.
- Experience managing behavioral health operations, clinical services, administrative functions, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience supervising licensed behavioral health professionals and support staff.
- Experience with Medicaid, commercial insurance, credentialing, payer enrollment, and regulatory compliance.
- Knowledge of Louisiana behavioral health regulations, documentation standards, reimbursement, and quality improvement.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR/EMR).
Preferred
- Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
- Experience with CPST, PSR, IOP, outpatient therapy, and other behavioral health service lines.
- Experience with CARF accreditation, licensing surveys, audits, corrective action plans, and compliance.
- Experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families.
- Experience with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practices including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care, and Crisis Intervention.
- Experience developing referral networks and expanding behavioral health programs.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
- Leadership opportunity within a growing behavioral health organization.
- Opportunity to build and expand behavioral health services.
- Collaborative and supportive leadership environment.
- Professional development and career growth opportunities.
Schedule
- Monday–Thursday (Friday as needed)
- Flexible daytime schedule
- Occasional evenings as needed for meetings, community outreach, or program needs
Work Location
In Person
We Care Health Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing compassionate, high-quality behavioral health services while fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence.
Pay: $40,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year
Ability to Commute:
- Slidell, LA 70458 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinical program manager jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in public health, nursing, health administration, or a related clinical field
- Three or more years of experience managing clinical programs, care management, or population health initiatives
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems such as Epic, Cerner, or equivalent platforms
- Demonstrated experience with program evaluation, quality improvement methodologies such as PDSA or Lean
- Project management skills including familiarity with tools like Smartsheet, Asana, or Microsoft Project
- PMP, CPHQ, or clinical licensure such as RN or LCSW preferred by many healthcare and managed care employers
Tips for Your Clinical Program Manager Job Search
Align your resume to program lifecycle
Clinical program managers are hired to build, run, and scale programs. Structure your resume around program phases: design, implementation, evaluation, and scale-up. Hiring managers scan for evidence you've owned a full cycle, not just contributed to one.
Quantify outcomes, not just activities
Listing duties won't differentiate you. Replace 'managed clinical programs' with outcomes: enrollment numbers hit, protocol deviations reduced, or grant milestones met on time. Reviewers in healthcare operations respond to results tied to clinical or financial impact.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists clinical program manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by accreditation and payer type
Responsibilities shift significantly between fee-for-service, value-based care, and grant-funded environments. When you search, narrow by employer type to find roles where your experience with HEDIS metrics, IRB protocols, or Medicaid contracts directly applies.
Prepare a program brief for interviews
Bring a one-page summary of a program you managed: its objective, the population served, key metrics, and what you changed mid-course. Interviewers in clinical settings test structured thinking and your ability to adapt protocols under real constraints.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate salary
Before accepting an offer, clarify whether the role owns budget authority, headcount decisions, and cross-functional relationships with clinical staff. Titles vary widely, and a clinical program manager with no budget control has a very different growth ceiling than one who does.
Clinical Program Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most clinical program managers?
The companies hiring the most clinical program managers right now include American Heart Association, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Healogics, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Health systems, managed care organizations, and large nonprofits consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many clinical program manager jobs are remote?
About 36% of clinical program manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with remote availability highest in care management, utilization review, and population health roles where program oversight does not require on-site patient contact. Roles tied to clinical trials, community health, or inpatient programs are more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become a clinical program manager?
Most clinical program managers start in a direct clinical role, care coordination, or a program coordinator position, then move up by taking on project leadership responsibilities. Building experience with program design, quality improvement, and cross-functional team oversight is essential. A graduate degree in public health or health administration strengthens your candidacy, especially for roles in managed care or hospital systems.
Can you get hired as a clinical program manager with little experience?
Entry points exist if your background includes clinical work, care coordination, or program support roles, even without a formal program manager title. Employers hiring at the junior end of this role look for experience running a defined workflow, managing a caseload, or supporting a grant-funded initiative. Framing those experiences around program outcomes rather than job duties makes a meaningful difference in competitive applicant pools.
What does the clinical program manager interview process look like?
Most interview processes include an initial recruiter screen, a competency-based interview with the hiring manager focused on program design and cross-functional leadership, and a final round with clinical or operations leadership. Some employers ask candidates to present a program case study or respond to a scenario involving a protocol change under budget or staffing constraints. References from clinical or program leadership carry significant weight at offer stage.
Where can I find and apply to clinical program manager jobs?
You can find and apply to clinical program manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.
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