Behavioral Health Department Manager, Vienna / Chantilly, VA

Company Overview:

At Blackbird Health, we envision a world where every child receives the care and support they need to thrive—emotionally, socially, and developmentally. That’s why we're transforming how pediatric mental health is assessed and treated, so we can make world-class care available in local communities. 

Our whole-child diagnostic approach reveals the full story behind each child’s challenges, allowing us to address both the symptoms and their underlying causes. This leads to precise and sequenced treatment that achieves meaningful outcomes that last. Currently, we provide virtual and in-person mental health services - including comprehensive evaluations, medication- management and therapy - across Pennsylvania and Virginia with plans to expand to new markets in 2025. 

Why You’ll Love Working at Blackbird:

• Innovative, integrated care model providing excellent clinical care for kids and families
• Hybrid work model – a mix of in-person and telework
• Competitive, comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental coverage (available day 1 of employment), 401k (with a company match), and employer-paid life insurance coverage
• Generous PTO, including time off for professional development/CEU's
• Excellent administrative support so you can focus on your patients, including full credentialing services
• Weekly clinical consultations and ample time for supervision: this is paid time for all providers
• Supportive work culture, clinical development, and trainings
• Integrated clinician-led leadership team that emphasizes the importance for interdisciplinary care and the unique perspective of our different care team members
• Opportunities to support your professional growth as our organization grows, regardless of what career growth looks like to you
• Our team is made up of intelligent, humble, compassionate, and hardworking people. Joining us means you'll have an automatic network to turn to for best practices, professional development, and opportunities to share your expertise
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About the Role

As a Blackbird Behavioral Health Department Manager, you will:

Provide leadership for a behavioral health team under the direction of the Director, Behavioral Health Services and the Director, Medical Services. You will provide administrative support to the Director, facilitate weekly clinical supervision groups, and deliver excellent clinical care to a caseload. You will also be allotted 25%-50% administrative time to support clinic staff including but not limited to:

• Oversee the day to day clinical operations of Blackbird’s established clinic in Vienna, VA and new clinic in Chantilly, VA
• Supervise therapists’ clinical care to ensure Blackbird quality standards are met or exceeded
• Ensure therapists are meeting productivity and caseload standards by supporting their ability to build, manage and maintain their schedules
• Manage therapists’ and medical professionals PTO use according to departmental procedures and policies
• Provide training of new therapists’ on job responsibilities, workflow, clinical policies, clinical model, and documentation standards
• Monitor and provide ongoing education therapists and medical professionals’ as needed to support understanding of clinical model, clinical policies, and documentation standards
• Deliver excellent care to patients, maintaining ~26 patient-facing hours per week.
• Address patient and family concerns as needed, including direct outreach to patients and families and coaching of clinicians as necessary
• Partner with Human Resources to document and address any clinician-specific performance issues
• Identify and escalate any needs of the clinic and on-site team - e.g., space constraints, technology constraints, schedule constraints) to ensure high employee engagement
• Work with the Director of Behavioral Health and Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition to support recruitment and retention of therapist talent
• Provide clinical supervision for prelicensure staff (if applicable)
• Attain goals as outlined in the company and individual annual objective and key results (OKR) document 
• Meet with pediatric practices and physicians locally to develop relationships for patient referrals

About You

You will be a great fit for our team if you have:

• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions, early identification, and best practices
• A passion for working with kids, adolescents and families
• Strong relationship management skills -  you can meet with the practices and physicians locally to build relationships, describe our model, support requests, and provide excellent care to