Head of Psychiatric Practice

At Life Stance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.

Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!

• Belonging:
  We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.
• Empathy:
  We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.
• Courage:
  We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.
• One Team:
  We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.

As a full-time employee of Life Stance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.

This role is responsible for advancing enterprise psychiatric practice excellence by developing standards, evidence-based frameworks, provider excellence programs, and quality improvement initiatives to support psychiatric clinicians, patients, and clinical operations. Success looks like psychiatric standards, reduced unwarranted variation, improved quality and safety, and measurable improvement in psychiatric outcomes. This role will help to design and implement psychiatric Centers of Excellence, establish measurable quality frameworks, and build sustainable pipelines for clinician recruitment, retention, education, and wellbeing at a national organization.

This role is part of a team who will be assisting with implementing the and guiding the directives of the CMO team. We are seeking a highly collaborative, mission-driven professional with strong emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and exceptional executive functioning. The ideal candidate is a mature and efficient team player who communicates thoughtfully, remains solutions-oriented under pressure, and consistently puts shared goals above personal agenda.

This person should be energized by the opportunity to help shape the future of mental healthcare and thrive in a high-accountability environment built on trust, focus, and mutual respect.

Consistent with Life Stance’s values, every member of the Life Stance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description.

• 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…