At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.
Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!
LifeStance Health Values
Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.
Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.
Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.
One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.
Benefits
As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Senior Director, Clinical Practice & Therapeutic Standards is responsible for advancing enterprise clinical practice standards, therapeutic competency frameworks, and evidence-based care strategies that support consistent, high-quality care across LifeStance service lines. This role develops scalable standards, training frameworks, and clinical practice resources by partnering with Clinical Operations, Learning & Development, Measurement-Based Care, Research, and clinical leadership. Success looks like enterprise-wide adoption of evidence-based practice expectations, reduced unwarranted variation in care delivery, strengthened clinician capability, and measurable improvement in quality, fidelity, and outcomes.
Consistent with LifeStance’s values, every member of the LifeStance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description. Leaders at LifeStance are expected to foster a commitment to the organization’s values.
C onsistent with LifeStance’s values, every member of the LifeStance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description.
K EY RESPONSIBILITES
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Clinical Practice Standards & Practice Performance Improvement
Define and continuously improve enterprise therapy frameworks and clinical practice standards aligned with evidence-based care, patient populations, service lines, and organizational priorities.
Develop and maintain clinician competency frameworks across therapeutic modalities, specialties, and care models.
Drive consistent adoption of evidence-based practices through standardized resources, training, implementation support, and alignment with clinical leadership.
Leverage research, outcomes data, measurement-based care insights, and performance metrics to identify care improvement opportunities, reduce variation, and enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of care delivery.
Education, Training & Professional Development
Support the development of training, education, implementation, and certification resources related to evidence-based practice, specialty care, outcomes-informed treatment, and therapeutic competency development.
Partner with Learning & Development to design scalable onboarding, continuing education, and advanced learning pathways aligned to clinical competency…