Head of Behavioral Health

About the Role:

• The Head of Behavioral Health serves as the senior clinical leader for Headway’s nationwide behavioral health network.
• This role is responsible for setting and stewarding the organization’s clinical vision and maintaining clinical quality and patient safety.
• They will function as the organization’s subject-matter expert in behavioral health standards and regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee clinical audits, chart reviews, and investigations related to clinical performance or safety concerns.
• Develop and maintain a system of clinical procedures for high-acuity scenarios.
• Collaborate with credentialing teams to oversee vetting standards, privileging criteria, and ongoing competency assessments.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in a behavioral health field (MD/DO, board certification in Psychiatry).
• 10+ years clinical experience with significant exposure to community, telehealth, and/or integrated care environments.
• 3+ years of leadership experience in a high growth tech environment overseeing clinical or clinical-operations systems around quality and clinical compliance systems at scale.