Clinical Program Manager

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is hiring for a Clinical Program Manager II for the Desert Willow Treatment Center (DWTC) in Las Vegas. The Clinical Program Manager II serves as the Hospital Administrator for DWTC. This position provides senior‑level leadership and accountability for DWTC, with responsibility including but not limited to setting program direction, ensuring regulatory compliance, and overseeing the quality, safety, and effectiveness of clinical services.

This role establishes program mission, goals, and objectives and directs all program activities in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes and Administrative Code, Medicaid requirements, and national best practices. The Clinical Program Manager II leads management and supervisory staff; reviews and responds to incidents, complaints, and denials of rights; ensures timely reporting, documentation, and corrective action when required. The position plays a central role in workforce development by identifying training needs, developing internal and external training strategies, and promoting consistent implementation of clinical and practice standards.

This role represents DCFS at the local, regional, and statewide level and collaborates with community partners, stakeholders, and other State agencies to strengthen Nevada’s System of Care for children and families. The Clinical Program Manager II participates in policy development, interagency agreements, budget planning, contract development and monitoring, quality assurance, and legislative information requests, etc. The Clinical Program Manager II provides strengths‑based supervision to direct reports, establishes clear performance expectations and structure, monitors outcomes through supervision and data review, and ensures accountability through evaluation and corrective action when necessary.

Licensure in the State of Nevada as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment.

Clinical Program Managers plan, organize, implement and direct one or more mental health, intellectual disabilities, and/or child development service delivery programs by establishing goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; monitoring and evaluating program performance; developing and monitoring budgets; integrating programs with other state and community services; and supervising clinical and administrative staff, typically including licensed Psychologists and/or subordinate supervisors of professional clinicians.

A Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in clinical psychology, clinical social work, counseling, or a curriculum related to the option(s) identified, and four years of post‑Master’s degree professional experience in a human service delivery setting, two of which included the development, management and/or oversight of program budgets, and one of which included supervision of professionals in the option(s) identified;

OR a Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.

D.) from an accredited college or university in clinical psychology, clinical social work, counseling, or a curriculum related to the option(s) identified and three years of experience as described above, two of which included the development, management and/or oversight of program budgets and one of which included supervision of professionals in the option(s) identified; OR two years of experience as a Clinical Program Manager I in Nevada State service.

Assigned programs may consist of 24‑hour treatment facilities, outpatient/community services typically with 24‑hour response capability for client emergencies and a goal of reducing the need for inpatient admissions, or a combination of inpatient and outpatient/community services. Subordinate clinical staff works primarily in the fields of clinical social work, psychological assessment and therapy, developmental disabilities, child development, and/or marriage, family and child counseling.

Allocation to this series is reserved for positions whose primary focus is the…