• Leads the development and implementation of program area including innovation and investigation goals, and in coordination with other functional and program areas.
• Works to strategically grow CCR through identifying, vetting, and developing new projects, partnerships, and funding opportunities in alignment with strategic priorities.
• Ensures that program area has clear plan for investigation or quality improvement that demonstrate the impact of the work and identifies areas for improvement. Works to develop new areas of work and funding, including working with Operations to create proposals and budgets that provide adequate support for program goals in alignment with strategic priorities.
• Serves as a relationship manager for key partnerships with focus on those that have high potential for impact, represent new growth opportunities and enhance the reputation of CCR at local, regional and national levels.
• Writes philanthropic, grant and proposals in collaboration with partners within and outside of Lurie Children’s; ensure goals, objectives and reporting requirements are met; support ongoing communication with funders and potential funders and strategic partners.
• Accountable for program and project staffing in alignment with program and project budgets including selecting, onboarding, and training of new team members. Provide input in performance reviews of team members.
• Promotes evidence-based practices through training and delivering supported implementation/technical assistance on clinical mental health interventions. This includes collaboration with national experts to complete certified trainer credentialing and disseminate interventions, supported implementation and research and evaluation efforts.
• Participates in dissemination and quality improvement, evaluation, and research of program efforts, and scholarly activities including publishing and presenting at local, regional, and national conferences, focusing on identifying school mental health projects that have high potential for contributing to the research literature and for raising the visibility of CCR, Department and Hospital.
• Represents CCR and Lurie Children’s in public spaces, including acting as a content expert regarding matters of child and adolescent behavioral and mental matters, and by responding to media requests.
• Contributes to CCR and Hospital advocacy mission through participation in local, state, and national stakeholder and advocacy boards related to mental health services and the impact of trauma and violence on children, youth, and communities.
• Provides supervision and mentoring for postdoctoral fellow(s) and trainees (psychiatry fellows, psychology, and social work interns). Participates in the educational mission of the Department and Hospital including presentations at didactics, provides clinical supervision to designated personnel (trainees, staff, and interns) as assigned per program, completing evaluations as required.
• Assumes other programmatic, operations and administrative responsibilities as assigned.
• Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers, and others.