Director - Behavioral Health
Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At Doctors Medical Center of Modesto hospital, we’re seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.
About the role
Directly reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer and the Behavioral Health Center Administrator, the Director of Patient Care Services is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, monitoring, and evaluating patient care given by a designated healthcare team. This role requires a Master’s Degree in psychiatric or mental health nursing, or its equivalent from a school of nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing, or qualification by education and experience in the care of the mentally ill.
The Director of Patient Care Services has twenty-four hour responsibility for patient care functions in the inpatient departments, intake, and is accountable for staffing, leadership, decision-making, fiscal guidelines, and effective department relationships. This role maintains an active approach to foster a supportive and collaborative professional environment of physicians, staff, and patients focusing on quality and efficiency.
Your leadership will directly influence patient care outcomes, staff engagement, and access for our community to critical behavioral health services. You will play a key role in advancing care delivery, reducing disparities, and strengthening our community’s mental health support system. Partner with a dedicated, interdisciplinary team of clinicians, nurses, therapists, and support staff who are united in delivering holistic, patient-centered behavioral health care.
Qualifications
- Minimum Education: MSN or equivalent in Psychiatric Nursing
- Minimum Experience/Skills: Minimum 5 years in a nursing management role, specifically in psychiatric nursing
- License/Certificates/Credentials: Current Registered Nursing license for the State of California
Benefits
The available plans and programs include:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program
- Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.
Pay
$75.61 - $120.99 per hour. Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience. Calculated based on a full-time position.
About the organization
Doctors Medical Center (DMC), part of the Central Valley Doctors Health System, is the largest full-care hospital between Stockton and Fresno, and from the Sierras to the San Francisco Bay Area, with a 394-bed general acute care and a 67-bed inpatient psychiatric capacity. DMC is known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care.
Doctors Medical Center offers a wide range of services including cardiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency and trauma services, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, women and children's services, medical/surgical, behavioral health, oncology, and critical/intensive care.