Promoted to oversee both Alsana Santa Barbara's residential and partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient facilities within the program director capacity.

• Attends to operational aspects of Alsana's residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment programs in Santa Barbara. • Identifies preventive measures regarding behavioral issues with clients and direct care staff to aid the Director of Clinical Services in the implementation of behavioral interventions with both clients and staff. Maintains timely and accurate documentation of such interventions.• Works closely with Senior Program Director to manage clinical issues that affect the milieu and assists in implementing corrective actions.• Provides continuity and serves as a liaison between the treatment team, clients, and direct care staff.• Orients new clients to Alsana’s policies and procedures and welcome new clients into the community.• Hires, trains, and supervises direct care staff, coordinators, and housekeeping (as appropriate) including screening, interviewing, scheduling to the census, conducting performance reviews, and chart reviews/audits.• Responsible for staffing efficiencies including sick/vacation and overtime management.• Coordinates admissions/transitions to program, working closely with Director of Clinical Services and intake team.• Executes discharge/transitions out of program and coordinates with appropriate parties to ensure a smooth transition to the next level of care.• Ensures new admissions are firmly integrated into the milieu within the first 24 hours.

• Maintains each client’s physical and psychological safety at all times including assigned tasks, e.g. taking and recording vital signs, weights, recording meals and reporting results to nursing and/or the physician.• Completes accurate documentation of observations and notifies supervisor of any unusual findings, e.g. change in vital signs, unusual weight change, refusing meals, etc.• Documents patient progress per procedure.• Assists with the provision of basic first aid as directed by the RN/LVN staff according to facility policy, including all appropriate follow-up documentation.• Ensures that documentation accurately reflects all changes in client’s condition and notifies the nurse and interdisciplinary team members per program policy.• Provides one-on-one assistance to clients in crisis as directed by the nurse or therapist and the client’s plan of care.• Assists clients with nutritional and dietary needs as indicated by the facility’s nutritionist and interdisciplinary plan.• Keeps clients and significant others informed. Assists with family concerns in a pleasant and efficient manner. Seeks assistance of licensed staff when needed.• Maintains and communicates the level system with clients. Advises licensed staff of issues related to level system compliance.• Leads/Co-leads and facilitates groups for Residential/ Partial Hospital/Intensive Outpatient Clients. Participates in an evening and weekend group rotation.

Used consultative sales approach to understand and meet customer needs. Maintained routine communication with clients to assess overall satisfaction, resolve complaints and promote new offerings.

Clinical psychology research assistant with toddlers with Autism. Performed Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) as a behavioral therapy.

Investigated the effect of systemic administration of kinase inhibitors upon the incubation of cue-elicited cocaine-seeking, and the consolidation and retrieval of cocaine-related extinction learning. Ran self-administration operant conditioning experiments and was the co-author on scholarly research presentation.