Freedom Behavioral Lake Charles is a rapidly growing psychiatric hospital proudly dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality care to adult and geriatric patients. We’ve built a positive, team-driven culture where supporting our patients—and each other—is at the heart of everything we do. Since opening our first facility in Magnolia, Mississippi in 2015, we’ve experienced exciting growth and now operate 12 locations across Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
As we continue to expand, we are thrilled to grow our Lake Charles team in preparation for increasing our capacity to 46 beds—allowing us to serve even more members of our community with excellence and care.
Our employees are truly the heart of our success. Their passion, dedication, and compassion make a difference every single day, and we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We proudly support our team with competitive pay, opportunities for advancement, ongoing training and development, and a strong commitment to maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
If you’re looking for more than just a job—if you’re looking for a purpose, a supportive team, and the opportunity to truly make a difference—then Freedom Behavioral Lake Charles is the place for you.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Quality Director at Freedom Behavioral Lake Charles is responsible for leading performance improvement efforts and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compliant patient care.
In this role, the Quality Director reviews clinical outcomes, conducts audits, and analyzes data to identify opportunities for improvement. They develop and implement quality improvement initiatives, maintain compliance with state, federal, and accreditation standards, and support regulatory survey readiness and response.
The Quality Director works closely with leadership and clinical teams to strengthen patient safety, reduce risk, and promote evidence-based best practices. They also provide staff education on quality standards and ensure accurate, timely documentation across departments.
This position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a thorough understanding of healthcare regulations and quality improvement processes.
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: Current clinical licensure in State of practice.
License: State of Practice.
Experience: A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a clinical setting in the healthcare and/or medical industry is required. Previous experience in quality or performance improvement activities is preferred. If below experience standards, they must be enrolled in ongoing coursework in performance improvement and CQI methodology.
BENEFITS:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Excellent staff to patient ratio
- Competitive Compensation
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(K) with company match
Freedom provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
****All Applicants selected for employment will be required to undergo a post-offer drug test and federal background investigation.****
