Behavioral Health Director

About the role

Manages and directs the operations of multiple business locations ensuring sustained high quality of care and services to persons with disabilities. The Director leads and directs the administrative, clinical, financial, and employee relation functions and implements and enforces compliance with company, state and federal policy.

Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership: Creates and communicates a compelling vision that motivates others; conveys the purpose and importance of the corporate vision and mission; links department, team and individual initiatives to those of the organization. Measures staff satisfaction with services and organizational performance and identifies areas for improvement. Maintains a constant focus on efforts to improve performance, quality, and efficiency of work processes and services provided.
• Financial Performance: Develops, implements, monitors, and analyzes the unit budget. Responsible for managing operational P&L and making decisions based on financial performance. Reviews financial reports monthly and involves other unit staff, service users, and personal outcome data in the budgeting, revenue and expenditure process. Ensures all billing is accurate and submitted within specified timelines. Reviews receivables monthly to determine needed actions.
• Strategic Growth: Pursues opportunities for growth and development of new business for RHA. Establishes and maintains good relationships with Local Management Entities (LMEs) and private case managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a human services field, healthcare management or general business/public administration, required.
• Graduate degree (MBA or MHA) preferred.
• Prefer 3–5 years of experience in prior management positions with comparable responsibility as determined by the corporation.
• P&L Management Experience.
• Valid driver’s license including personal vehicle insurance coverage.
• Must maintain proficiency in professional field if licensure and maintenance of credentials is a part of professional certification.
• Pre-employment screening: Complete criminal background name check in the registries (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities), drug testing, education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements, proof of employment history or references (if required).
• Positions that require driving: Proof of driver’s license, driver’s insurance, and vehicle, if required for providing transportation for individuals.

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday.
• Employee perks and discount program to help you save money.
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only).
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only).
• 401(k) retirement savings program.
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial.
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees).
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities.