Clinical Director

About the role

In this Clinical Director role at Amae Health, you will own the design and execution of integrated care delivery for severe mental illness within your region. You will set the clinical vision, ensuring that treatment approaches are both evidence-based and responsive to the complex needs of patients dealing with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and co-occurring substance use. A core part of your ownership involves building the conditions for your interdisciplinary team to succeed, which includes hiring, coaching, and holding clinicians accountable for high-quality outcomes. You will be responsible for creating an environment where clear context is provided, obstacles are proactively removed, and team members are empowered to make informed decisions. This position requires you to balance empathetic, expert-level clinical intervention with strategic planning to improve patient outcomes and team retention. Your leadership will be measured not only by clinical metrics but also by the strength of the team you build and the sustainability of the care model. You will act as a visible, predictable, and generous leader, translating organizational strategy into actionable plans for your direct reports.

Key facts

What you'll do

Coordinate daily interdisciplinary meetings to refine treatment plans and improve patient outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness.

Provide complex patient management by delivering empathetic, expert clinical intervention and support to both patients and the clinical team.

Lead collaborative problem-solving sessions to identify systemic issues, document lessons learned, and apply them to future workflows.

Ensure required training is completed to maintain alignment with evolving best practices in severe mental illness care and treatment protocols.

Develop and implement precision medicine approaches that use multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data to individualize patient treatment.

Utilize purpose-built tools and longitudinal data to guide real-time clinical decision-making across the interdisciplinary team.

Champion sustainable care delivery by advocating for thoughtful caseloads, robust infrastructure, and continuous learning partnerships with academic and health system stakeholders.

Foster clear, adaptive, and dynamic communication strategies that are effective in both one-on-one therapeutic settings and group environments.

Demonstrate leadership, coaching, and negotiation skills to inspire teams and balance the needs of patients with organizational objectives.

Plan and design events and care pathways that organize multiple responsibilities and streamline the integration of psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietetics, and community health services.

Maintain a comprehensive view of health that enables effective work across diverse patient demographics and clinical settings.

Ensure basic computer skills are mastered to facilitate smooth use of necessary tools, platforms, and electronic health records.

Promote familiarity with Los Angeles medical and social service systems to enhance patient navigation and access to care.

Uphold a deep understanding of patient rights and integrate this knowledge into all clinical interactions and treatment planning.

Requirements

The posting states a pay range of $125,000 to $145,000.

The posting states a bachelor's degree requirement. An unrestricted California license as a Psychologist, LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, or LPC is held.

Prior experience working with severe mental illness, mental health challenges, and addiction is required, including counseling patients and creating personalized treatment plans.

A comprehensive view of health enables effective work across diverse settings with patients and colleagues.

Clear, adaptive, and dynamic communication serves one-on-one and group settings.

Leadership, coaching, and negotiation skills inspire teams and balance patient and organizational needs.

Planning and event design experience organizes multiple responsibilities.

Basic computer skills enable smooth use of necessary tools and platforms.

Familiarity with Los Angeles medical and social service systems and understanding of patient rights are preferred.

Practical notes

Typical interview steps

Leadership hiring usually includes a strategy case, a people scenario, and a values conversation. Candidates may be asked to turn around a struggling team or plan for growth. Past results are examined closely, especially how decisions were made. Interviewers dig into specific decisions you made and their consequences. Preparing two or three decision stories with numbers and lessons is the best use of time.

Good to know

Severe mental illness care is delivered through integrated, team-based models that combine psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietetics, and community health work.

Precision medicine approaches use multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data to individualize treatment.

Clinical teams use purpose-built tools and longitudinal data to guide real-time decision-making.

Sustainable care delivery relies on thoughtful caseloads, infrastructure, and continuous learning with academic and health system partners.

Questions to ask

Useful questions for the interview: what a typical week looks like, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback works.

Asking how the role has changed recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining is also reasonable.

Questions about the manager's priorities are especially valued.

Career growth

Leadership careers move from manager to senior manager, director, and executive roles. Each step adds more scope and more responsibility for outcomes. The best leaders keep learning how to delegate, communicate, and decide. Leadership careers reward a record of building and developing people. The higher you go, the more your communication shapes the whole organization.