Project Access Outpatient Coordinator at Chestnut Health Systems

Overview

This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring our success in our Missouri office. The Outpatient Coordinator will guide a dedicated team and foster collaborative relationships within the community to improve the lives of those we serve. Availability on weekends and evenings may be required.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leading provider of integrated health care services. Since 1973, Chestnut has grown to almost 800 committed, compassionate employees providing substance use, mental health, and primary care treatment to patients in Illinois and Missouri. We provide fully integrated care for all our patients by combining behavioral health care services with our community-based primary care health centers. Chestnut also conducts research and training throughout the U.S.A.

**Please note to be considered for a position you must attach a resume, complete the application, and answer all screening questions. 

Responsibilities

• Leadership and Supervision: Oversee the outpatient programming in Missouri; managing staff, services, and ensuring effective program delivery.
• Program Development and Evaluation: Lead the planning, implementation, and continuous evaluation of services in line with policies, especially focusing on grant deliverables to improve program outcomes.
• Evidence-Based Practices: Champion evidence-based practices, including recovery philosophy that embraces hope, respect, empowerment, health, wellness, spirituality, trauma-informed care, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA).
• Community Engagement and Collaboration: Serve as a leader within Chestnut and the community by fostering positive interactions, particularly with families, courts, hospitals, and other Missouri-based colleagues.
• Staff Hiring and Training: Recruit, train, and evaluate staff, interns, and volunteers. Supervise staff pursuing Missouri professional licensure.
• Referral Management: Manage and maintain referral sources, working closely with residential treatment, hospitals, courts, and probation services to ensure a seamless referral process.
• Direct Client Services: Provide direct services to clients and their families, maintaining service expectations at assigned levels.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a human services field
• Missouri licensure as an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT
• A minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience and 3 years of clinical experience
• CADC in Missouri preferred
• Experience in project management preferred
• Must have a valid driver’s license, private automobile insurance, and be insurable
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, and electronic medical records

Are you intrigued by this job but don’t meet every single requirement? Chestnut is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about any of our posted positions but your experience doesn’t line up perfectly, please apply anyway! We’d love to explore the possibilities with you.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leader in the effort to achieve health equity, providing high-quality health and human services in underserved communities. We deliver trauma-informed, fully integrated care by combining behavioral health with community-based primary health care. Chestnut’s research division is nationally recognized for its contribution to evidence-based practices. Our empathic and innovative employees live our mission of making a difference.

Chestnut offers a new salary structure and robust benefits!

EOE – Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience.