Clinical Director - Bradley School

SUMMARY:

Responsible for overseeing The Bradley School’s overall philosophy of therapeutic education within one or more of our school sites. Provides leadership in enhancing existing programming, proposing and developing new programming, and developing and enhancing strong collaborative relationships with public school systems and community agencies.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Difference
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:

• Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams
• Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes

By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.

• Oversees all site specific operations, including custodial and building repair.
• Works collaboratively with Brown University Health Property Management to address site specific operations.
• Oversees the development, implementation, and review of assessments and interventions for all students in the assigned Bradley School program(s).
• Supervises all Program staff (e.g., Psychologists, Social Workers, OTs, Speech/Language Pathologists, Teachers, Classroom Behavior Specialists, Nurses) in collaboration with appropriate departmental personnel.
• Works with appropriate departmental personnel in completing performance evaluations on all program staff.
• Makes recommendations to the BS Director regarding staffing needs and coordinates the process of selecting staff for the Program.
• Provides clinical leadership and consultation for team leaders and clinicians.
• Manages the referral and discharge process for all students.
• May act as a team leader for one classroom teams and may provide up to 10 hours of clinical service to students and families.
• Oversees the development and implementation of therapeutic educational programming within the stand‑alone school(s) and related public school partnership classrooms.
• Collaborates with local law enforcement and other relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of school‑based emergency procedures.
• Develops and implements philosophy of therapeutic education consistent with the BS mission in collaboration with the BS Director.
• Develops effective, flexible, and innovative approaches to therapeutic education with direct contact with referring school systems and community mental health professionals.
• Maintains excellent relationships with special education directors, school systems, and agencies/programs serving school‑age children and adolescents.
• Provides leadership in referral development and marketing activities for assigned Bradley School site.
• Collaborates with fellow Clinical Directors to address system wide staffing, program development, and program implementation issues.
• Develops budget on a yearly basis with revenue and expense projection and have contingencies if revenue projections are under or over budget.
• Generates, plans, and implements proposals for new programming consistent with the Program mission. 1‑3‑5 year plan for expansion and clinical quality improvement.
• Follows all policies and procedures for the assigned school site consistent with the BS standards of practice.
• Works with the BS Director in developing and implementing QA/QI activities for the assigned Bradley School site.
• May participate as a faculty member in Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University training program by providing supervision, teaching, and/or conducting research.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the BS Director.
• Observes all relevant BS guiding principles, policies, rules, and regulations, including those pertaining to Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, Infection Control, Risk Management, and Safety.