Senior Clinical Director, Mental Health
Cabana Capitals
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Louisiana • United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build and launch Cabana’s 1:1 therapy offering, including care models, clinician workflows, policies, and clinical standards
- Serve as the senior clinical authority for Cabana
- Provide oversight of all clinical programming, including:
- - 1:1 therapy*
- - Live therapy-informed and coaching groups
- Design clinical care models, documentation standards, and workflows that meet payer and insurance requirements, including medical necessity, treatment planning, and outcomes tracking
- Define scope of practice, treatment frameworks, intake processes, escalation protocols, and documentation standards
- *You will be expected to maintain a patient case load at the start of this role, though it will be less than 20% of your time. Maintaining a small caseload initially ensures clinical grounding, model validation, and credibility with the care team.
- Serve as the clinical owner of insurance and payer-related requirements and documentation for Cabana’s therapy offerings
- Partner with Operations, Finance, and external billing partners to ensure clinical alignment with reimbursement models
- Define and oversee: Medical necessity criteria, diagnosis and treatment planning standards, session structure and clinical documentation required for reimbursement
- Support payer credentialing, audits, and utilization reviews from a clinical perspective
- Advise on which services, modalities, and populations are appropriate for insurance-covered vs. cash-pay offerings
- Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage therapists, clinical supervisors, and group moderators
- Create training programs and clinical guidelines for moderators and therapists
- Foster a culture of clinical excellence, teamwork, and continuous learning
- Act as a mentor and thought partner to clinicians operating in a digital-first environment
- Partner with Legal and Operations on compliance, audits, and risk mitigation
- Ensure adherence to ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements across states (licensure, HIPAA, duty to warn, etc.)
- Ensure clinical practices and documentation remain compliant with insurance, payer, and audit requirements, in addition to licensure and ethical standards
- Partner with Product and Engineering to translate clinical requirements into scalable, user-centered experiences integrated with the Cabana Live app
- Work alongside Business Development team to identify, develop and support patient acquisition channels
Requirements
- PsyD (or PhD in Clinical Psychology) from an accredited institution
- Active clinical licensure in at least one U.S. state (multi-state licensure a plus), including Louisiana. Ideal candidate is already licensed to practice in Louisiana currently or has the ability to obtain this license.
- 10+ years of clinical experience
- 3+ years of leadership and supervisory responsibilities
- Experience delivering therapy via telehealth
- Strong understanding of ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks in mental health care
- Comfortable owning outcomes while delegating execution to specialists
- Experience scaling multi-state clinical teams
- Experience with insurance-based care models
- Exposure to group therapy or hybrid care models (1:1 + groups)
- Familiarity with EHR systems and outcomes measurement tools
- Experience building or scaling clinical programs, products, or services from scratch
- Background in digital health, mental health startups, or innovative care models
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and making decisions without perfect information
- Experience overseeing group-based therapy or facilitation models
- Systems thinker who can balance clinical nuance with operational scalability
- A leader who enjoys building teams and systems, not doing everything themselves
Benefits
- Opportunity to shape a new therapy vertical from day one and improve how mental health services are delivered
- High ownership, high impact role with opportunity for promotion to VP of Clinical Services and/or Chief Clinical Officer roles
- Mission-driven team focused on modern, human-centered care
- Competitive compensation and equity opportunities
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (22 days per year of PTO plus 10 Federal Holidays)
- Bereavement Leave
- Service Hours for Volunteer work
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
clinical programmingtreatment planningdocumentation standardsmedical necessity criteriadiagnosis standardssession structurepayer credentialingutilization reviewstelehealth therapyclinical program development
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshipteamworkcommunicationdecision-makingadaptabilityorganizational skillsclinical excellencecontinuous learningsystems thinking
Certifications
PsyDPhD in Clinical Psychologyactive clinical licensuremulti-state licensure