Program Director — Mental Health Outpatient Program

Job overview

The Program Director role is onsite in Vancouver, WA, with a salary range of $80,168.40–$91,468 per year. The director leads Lifeline Connections’ outpatient mental health programs for adults, children, and youth across multiple locations. The role provides clinical, operational, and administrative leadership to maintain service quality, compliance, staff competency, and program outcomes. It oversees performance and budgets, develops improvements using data and feedback, and works with organizational leaders and community partners to support sustainable outpatient services.

What you'll do

• Lead outpatient mental health programs
• oversee clinical quality, compliance, referrals, caseloads, supervision, credentialing, documentation, treatment planning, and outcomes
• supervise and develop staff
• monitor performance and budgets
• support audits, accreditation, and reporting
• implement quality improvements
• maintain stakeholder relationships.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

program director

mental health outpatient

clinical leadership

behavioral health

program operations

staff supervision

quality improvement

vancouver wa

lifeline connections

full-time

$80,168.40–$91,468/year

children and youth services

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Supervises clinical supervisors and MHOP staff; requires experience overseeing mental health services for children and youth.

About the employer

Lifeline Connections is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians). Sector: 62.