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 & Tools
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