Dynamic Details- and Results-Focused Leader Committed to Optimizing Clinical and Operational Areas of Behavioral Healthcare

Behavioral Healthcare ￨ Multi-Program Design / Development ￨ Operations Management

Direxxxxxx Patient Care ￨ Therapeutic Milieu Management ￨ Individual / Group Treatment Planning

Team Building ￨ Training / Development ￨ Projexxxxxx Management ￨ Multi-Process Optimization

Strategic Analysis / Planning ￨ Quality Assurance ￨ Budget Control ￨ Policy / Procedure Development

Highly Accomplished Healthcare Administrator who makes sound decisions to continually reflexxxxxx positively on multi-site mental health and substance abuse treatment program initiatives in alignment with a facility s vision, value, and goals. Top Performer who offers solutions-centric critical thinking for insightful, change-oriented results, and who rises above healthcare challenges to improve the bottom line. Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with key decision-makers, healthcare teams, patients, and families, and who leads staff by example and with ethics and integrity.

Career Highlights Include:

  Demonstrating proven talent among in-patient adult, women s adolescent, and child areas.

  Designing clinical curriculums for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

  Direxxxxxxing a substance abuse treatment program with potential for $1+ million gross annual revenue.

  Axxxxxxively leading interdisciplinary treatment teams in quality clinical praxxxxxxices and standards of care.

  Providing hands-on executive support always willing to go the extra mile to surpass the status quo.

Master of Art Therapy Albertus Magnus College

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Albertus Magnus College

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) State of Xxxxxx (#002104 ￨ Since 2011)

Wexford Behavioral Health, Inc., City, State (2015 Present)

Chief Operating Officer

Capitalize on the opportunity to lead the forward-thinking administration of 13 Substance Abuse Treatment Programs throughout the Greater Hartford area, including training and managing 8 contraxxxxxxing licensed clinicians to exceed goals. Strategically steered communications among administrators of Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) contraxxxxxxed as program sites.

  Led quality-focused data collexxxxxxion and details-centric reporting initiatives.

  Drove business growth by recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing top contraxxxxxxors.

  Created service data recording forms and maintenance of clinical and financial data collexxxxxxion and reporting.

St. Vincent s Behavioral Health, Westport, XXXXXX (2003 2015)

Direxxxxxxor of Rehabilitation Services (2011 2015) ￨ Senior Rehabilitation Therapist (2007 2011)

Interim Direxxxxxxor of Rehabilitation Services (2008 2009) ￨ Rehabilitation Therapist (2003 2007)

Designed, implemented, and managed results-focused clinical programming for a 75+ bed in-patient behavioral health hospital. Led decision-making among 16 Master s-level Mental Health Clinicians tasked with improving delivery of daily adult, adolescent, and child unit programs. Trained, mentored, and managed Rehabilitation Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapist Assistants, and interns, including prioritizing workflow in alignment with staffing budget, completing evaluations and correxxxxxxive axxxxxxions, and reviewing documentation for quality assurance. Direxxxxxxed staff milieu management praxxxxxxices and behaviors during patient episodes requiring physical restraint. Spearheaded reduxxxxxxions in aggression, staff injury, and self-harm in patients requiring constant observation by developing daily behavior management treatment plans. Facilitated psychoeducational, skill building, process-oriented group therapies, and expressive arts group therapies. Assessed unmet substance abuse treatment needs of an adult in-patient population for a performance improvement projexxxxxx.

  Developed unit guidelines and a treatment workbook specific to the Adolescent Unit.

  Led clinical decision-making for Nursing Department in Direxxxxxxor of Nursing s absence.

  Initiated strategic group programming by nursing staff to increase hospital-wide 33%.

  Proaxxxxxxively liaised among AA and NA organizations to coordinate 11 weekly on-site meetings.

  Recognized as Lead Therapist within the Women s Unit, as well as the Intermediate Care Unit.

  Transitioned to individualized daily group treatment menu to increase patient participation by 23%.

  Collaborated in developing state-approved funxxxxxxional assessments to identify patient care treatment goals.

  Designed and led a multi-model interdisciplinary group treatment program to treat patients with substance use disorders; ultimately resulted in a 37% increase in patient participation in group treatment services.

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Dear__________________:

I am exploring a new career opportunity within a challenging [ Insert Job Title ] role, and I believe that I can make a positive contribution to your facility s success.

To acquaint you with my background, I offer proven talents in Behavioral Healthcare, Direxxxxxx Patient Care, Therapeutic Milieu Management, Individual / Group Treatment Planning, and Quality Assurance. I am also well-versed in Multi-Program Design / Development, Projexxxxxx Management, Operations Management, Policy / Procedure Development, Team Building / Training, Budget Control, Strategic Analysis / Planning, and Multi-Process Optimization, among other areas.

To complement this experience, please note that I earned a Master of Art Therapy and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Albertus Magnus College. I have also held credentials as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Xxxxxx (#002104) since 2011.

Currently, as the Chief Operating Officer for Wexford Behavioral Health, Inc., I successfully lead the forward-thinking administration of 13 Substance Abuse Treatment Programs throughout the Greater Hartford area. Within this role, I train, mentor, and manage a group of 8 top-performing contraxxxxxxing licensed clinicians committed to exceeding daily program goals. Furthermore, I strategically steer mutually beneficial communications among industry-leading administrators of Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) contraxxxxxxed as program sites.

A sample of my recent accomplishments include:

  Leading quality-focused data collexxxxxxion and details-centric reporting initiatives.

  Driving business growth by recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing top contraxxxxxxors.

  Creating service data recording forms and maintenance of clinical and financial data collexxxxxxion and reporting

As this is just an example of my abilities, please refer to my enclosed resume for additional rehabilitation therapist and leadership experience.

I am eager to discuss how my qualifications uniquely match your current and future needs, and look forward to interviewing with you soon.

Sincerely,

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