About Us
  • Bridgewater Recovery is a substance use treatment program focused on expanding access to high-quality detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, and ongoing recovery support.
  • Our mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based care for individuals and families impacted by substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
  • We are building a clinically grounded program focused on safety, accountability, strong documentation, ethical care, and long-term recovery outcomes.

Why Join Bridgewater Recovery

Build From the Ground Up
Serve as a founding clinical leader and help shape the clinical program, team culture, workflows, and standards from day one.

Lead With Purpose
Guide the delivery of evidence-based, trauma-informed substance use treatment for individuals who need a higher level of care.

Build and Mentor a Strong Team
Recruit, supervise, coach, and develop clinicians, counselors, case managers, and clinical support staff.

Collaborative Leadership Environment
Work closely with the Executive Director, Medical Director, nursing, admissions, utilization review, compliance, and operations teams.

Professional Growth
Join at the launch stage of a growing organization with the opportunity to build something meaningful and long-lasting.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Oversight
Provide clinical leadership for all therapeutic services, including individual, group, family, and recovery-focused programming.
Develop and oversee clinical programming across detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, and related recovery services.
Ensure programming aligns with ASAM criteria, evidence-based practices, trauma-informed care, payer expectations, and regulatory standards.
Serve as a clinical resource for complex cases, crisis situations, treatment planning, and clinical decision-making.
Clinical Supervision & Team Development
Recruit, train, supervise, and support therapists, counselors, case managers, group facilitators, and other clinical team members.
Provide individual and group clinical supervision, coaching, feedback, and performance support.
Lead clinical team meetings, case reviews, treatment team discussions, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Foster a clinical culture built on accountability, compassion, professionalism, ethical care, and strong outcomes.
Program Development & Treatment Planning
Help build clinical workflows, group schedules, treatment planning processes, documentation standards, and supervision structures.

Oversee assessments, treatment plans, discharge planning, clinical documentation, and continuity-of-care processes.
Collaborate with admissions, medical, nursing, case management, and utilization review teams to ensure appropriate care coordination.
Support pre-opening planning, licensure readiness, and go-live preparation.
Compliance, Quality & Documentation
Ensure clinical documentation is timely, accurate, complete, and compliant with state, payer, and accreditation expectations.

Support chart audits, utilization review, quality assurance, incident review, and corrective action processes.
Maintain readiness for licensing reviews, audits, inspections, payer reviews, and accreditation activity.

Qualifications

    Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Addiction Studies, or a related behavioral health field.
    Active Iowa clinical license or ability to become licensed in Iowa.
    Minimum of 3 years of experience in substance use disorder treatment.
    Prior experience leading, supervising, or managing a clinical team in a behavioral health or SUD treatment setting.
    Experience working in detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, outpatient, or another structured behavioral health setting.
    Strong understanding of substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health conditions, trauma-informed care, treatment planning, clinical documentation, and discharge planning.
    Working knowledge of ASAM criteria, evidence-based treatment practices, clinical documentation standards, and compliance expectations.
    Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Independent clinical licensure such as LISW, LMHC, LMFT, or equivalent.

    Experience with ASAM levels of care, including 3.5 residential and 3.7 detox.

    Experience launching a new treatment program or helping open a new behavioral health facility.

    Experience with Joint Commission, CARF, Iowa licensure, Medicaid MCOs, commercial payers, or utilization review.

    Experience developing clinical curriculum, group programming, documentation templates, and supervision structures.

    Work Conditions

    Typical schedule is Monday–Friday, with flexibility based on program needs.

    Participation in clinical escalation support, leadership meetings, and pre-opening planning as required.

    Compensation & Benefits

    Bridgewater Recovery offers competitive compensation based on experience, licensure, clinical leadership background, SUD treatment experience, and overall fit for the role.

    Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, EAP, professional development support, and performance-based bonus opportunity.

    Equal Opportunity Employer

    Bridgewater Recovery is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a respectful, supportive, and mission-driven workplace.