Clinic Director (Japan)

A Career with the Cohen Clinic
The Cohen Clinic is part of Cohen Veterans Network, Inc. (CVN), a global nonprofit (501c3) integrated network of mental health clinics serving military families. CVN works to improve quality of life for our clients, and our vision is to ensure that every military family member has access to high-quality mental health care to help them lead fulfilling and productive lives. The Cohen Clinic network in Asia offers a unique opportunity to serve U.S. military families stationed at U.S. military bases in the region. Point Clinical Services PLLC provides the licensed clinicians that deliver clinical services at the Cohen Clinics.If selected for this position, relocation assistance will be provided to Japan as applicable.

What you’ll do 
We are seeking to add a Clinic Director to lead our clinic team. Under the direction of the Vice President of Operations - Asia, you are responsible for leading an interdisciplinary team, focused on providing targeted, evidence-based practices in an outpatient mental health clinic that serves individual adults, couples, families, and childrenSpecifically, you will: 

• Oversee all clinic operations, to include client access, clinical care, safety, and risk processes, staffing and morale, training, quality assurance and evaluation, facility management, communications and events, TRICARE and commercial billing processes, and general financial oversight.

• Provide oversight of staff performance, program development, and continuous quality improvement to support access to care and positive client outcomes.

• Translate organizational goals into actionable clinic-level strategies.

• Ensure that the clinic adheres to all CARF accreditation and general compliance, privacy, and security standards.

• Foster a culture of quality, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Serve as a key liaison between clinic staff and CVN leadership

• Ensure clinical staff adhere to evidence-based practice guidelines in a targeted treatment model.

• Oversee clinical supervision for licensed staff as required by discipline.

• Ensure clinical staff are consistently meeting top quality standards for documentation, timeliness, utilization, diagnosis, treatment, and client screening, disposition, and safety. Ensure all clinical staff are up to date with clinical training and licensure renewal.

• Monitor key performance indicators such as utilization, documentation completion, and wait times.

• Manage clinic budget, productivity targets, and financial/billing performance in collaboration with the VP of Ops-Asia and CVN leadership.

• Co-facilitate with lead clinician weekly multidisciplinary team meeting to review and present cases.

• Maintain staffing levels within the clinic, and prioritize staff retention, recruitment, and create strong processes for staff onboarding, role training, and feedback.

• Represent the clinic within the community, and consistently communicate with AAFES, installation command, community stakeholders, and referral partners.

• Develop and foster a positive and uplifting culture of collaboration, peer consultation, and commitment to ongoing education and professional improvement.

• Maintain clinic readiness for licensing, accreditation, and payer reviews.

• Ensure adherence to confidentiality, privacy, and risk management policies.

• Provide clinical care as needed to support clinic access and to maintain clinical proficiency.

What’s required

• Must have one of the following degrees: Master’s Degree or higher in Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Counseling, Psychiatric Nursing, or Mental Health Counseling OR a Ph.D. or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.

• Must have specialized training and expertise in evidence-based treatment.

• Must have an active, unrestricted clinical license and meet billing requirements for Tricare.

• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain SOFA status for overseas assignment.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in leading, managing, and supervising within a clinical setting. 10-15 years of clinical experience is preferred.

• Experience across a range of evidence-based modalities beyond individual adult treatment to include child, couples, and family treatment is preferred. 

• Must have experience treating and diagnosing PTSD as well as co-morbid diagnoses (e.g., SUD, depression, anxiety), with evidence-based treatments and providing clinical supervision in these areas.
• Knowledge of DSM-V-TR diagnoses is required.
• Experience using an electronic health record system required; experience using Cerner a plus.

• Some travel may be required

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits of Working in a Cohen Clinic

• Competitive salary ($125,000 - $145,000) and generous benefits package.
• Free access to training, supervision, mentorship, and continuing education through our larger organizational structure.

• Centralized administrative, billing, and operational support, allowing clinicians to focus more on client care.
• Access to shared clinical resources, standardized systems, and evidence-based protocols.
• The opportunity to contribute to meaningful, client-centered care within a supportive clinic environment; the ability to make a difference in the lives of those who have served and those who support our military.

• Access to ambient listening clinical documentation tool to aid in documentation completion.

• Reimbursement for job-related license renewal fees.

• Paid federal holidays.

The base salary does not include discretionary annual bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

This position requires access to Protected Health Information (PHI) to carry out identified job responsibilities. HIPAA training and compliance are required.