Vice President of Behavioral Health

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the behavioral health department’s strategic vision, service offerings, and operational plans, aligning with organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with Corporate Strategy staff, CEOs, ambulatory leadership, and local managers to implement actions to achieve strategic plans.
• Makes quarterly reports regarding achievement of strategic plan targets and goals.
• Lead multidisciplinary care teams, set clinical quality standards, and drive performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and reduce harm.
• Evaluates the quality of services being provided in the service line through an ongoing quality improvement program, in accordance with the ARH System Quality Program.
• Assure action plans are developed for identifying areas of improvement, and progress monitored.
• Oversee growth, expansion, and integration of behavioral health programs; manage budgets, resource allocation, and financial performance.
• Provides direction and leadership for the Behavioral Health service line in an efficient manner by planning, organizing, and controlling all activities to obtain maximum results by growing existing services and developing and implementing new services.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, accreditation, and quality standards; maintain compliance with clinical guidelines and policies.
• Stays abreast of changes in regulation/standards that affect Behavioral Health, including reimbursement and communicates changes to service line team, CEOs, ambulatory leadership and senior leadership as appropriate.
• Work closely with division presidents, local CEOs, ambulatory administrators, physician leadership, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams to optimize care coordination, patient experience, and to manage and operate Behavioral Health services within the service region.
• Build relationships with community partners, managed care organizations, and stakeholders to expand access and improve services.
• Establish training programs for staff at all levels to support effective behavioral health practices. Implements community outreach and education programs about behavioral health services.
• Recruit and retain Psychiatrist/Psychologists/APRN’s in collaboration with CEOs, ambulatory leadership, and ARH Physician Recruitment staff. Participates in recruitment and retention activities related to the ARH behavioral health service line scope of services.
• Affirms ARH meets the terms of the KY State Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability contract.
• Perform routine travel to service locations providing care to behavioral health patients in any care setting.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Nursing, Behavioral Health, or related field
• 7–10+ years of progressive leadership in behavioral health or healthcare operations, with experience managing multi-site or system-level services
• 5+ Years of Inpatient Behavioral Health Experience