Manager, Behavioral Health, Psychology

About the role

In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is responsible for managing doctoral candidates; monitoring internship and post-graduate relationships from beginning to end (e.g., performing interviews, signing off on clinical notes); overseeing the performance of and completing psychological tests and batteries and providing feedback; reviewing referrals and assigning assessment and/or testing cases; leading review of clinical documentation required for patient medical leave; and monitoring a team’s review and approval of patient time off work requests to ensure accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
• Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations.
• Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends.
• Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams.
• Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.
• Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed.
• Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress.
• Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources.
• Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Ensures effective client care by mentoring others across teams on member/patient advocacy, anticipating care issues, implementing customer feedback, and/or investigating and responding to member/patient complaints to increase satisfaction; participating in the development of member/patient care experience standards and ensuring high-quality member/patient care experience and service across teams; and providing guidance on determining the appropriate services for member/patient referrals and implementing standards for sharing information with providers.
• Manages compliant services by providing guidance across teams on organizational, state, and federal guidelines as well as regulatory policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance, consulting with Compliance when necessary; and implementing processes to guide team on written and electronic documentation, records, and reports according to department, federal, and state regulations.
• Manages high quality counseling services by providing guidance and feedback to multiple teams facilitating psychological/behavioral interventions; mentoring team on communicating with patients, members, or families to share results, discuss treatment plans, provide resources, and answer questions with empathy and support; and implementing procedures for assessing and treating urgent, high-risk clinical situations (e.g., crisis, suicidal), overseeing results to ensure appropriate interventions and prompt resolutions.
• Manages patient evaluations and diagnoses by implementing and providing guidance to team on best practices for conducting member/patient assessments and mental health evaluations to determine diagnoses and recommending evidence-based treatment plans and approaches for identified diagnoses (e.g., individual and group therapy).
• Drives program development and management by providing guidance, feedback, and best practices to ensure quality and effective therapy programs and managing the implementation of new programs (e.g., in-/out-patient psychotherapy, chemical dependency) across teams, implementing adjustments to improve impact of services; contributing to building systems and processes for outcome management as well as coaching team on recommending and implementing improvements to clinical treatment programs, designs, or protocols; and analyzing the productivity of therapy programs for providers and ensuring the optimal utilization of programs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Core

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Constructive Feedback
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Leadership
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Functional

• Psychological Testing
• Acts with Compassion
• Behavioral Health Practice Protocols and Guidelines
• Behavioral Health Treatment
• Business Documentation
• Clinical Consultation and Supervision
• Clinical Quality Expertise
• Compliance Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Curriculum Development
• Financial Plan Budgeting
• Human Resources Policies & Regulations
• Human Resources Practices and Programs
• Interpersonal Skills
• Legal And Regulatory Requirements
• Medical History
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Psychological Assessments and Diagnostics
• Psychology Knowledge

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in treatment planning.
• Minimum one (1) year of facilitation and development experience of clinical groups and programs.
• Doctorate degree in Psychology, Counseling, or Educational Psychology AND minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral health or other relevant healthcare field.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Psychologist License (California) required at hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience in psychological testing.
• Three (3) years of experience working directly or indirectly with individuals with behavioral health conditions.

Pay

$194,000 – $224,400 per year