Outpatient Competency Restoration Program Manager (HCPM/DBHR)

Posting number: 2026-06341

Department: Health Care Authority

Division: BHR

Job classification: HEALTH CARE PROGRAM MANAGER

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Mental Health, Miscellaneous, Project Management, Grants Administration, Health Care Support, Program Management, Insurance

Summary

Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (OCRP) Manager (HCPM/DBHR)

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As a Program Manager for the Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (Health Care Program Manager), you will play a key role in a statewide initiative that helps people with behavioral health or other conditions get the services they need to understand and take part in their own court case, all from within their own communities instead of a hospital setting. This position will lead programmatic oversight, contract negotiations, guide policy development, and partner with behavioral health agencies across Washington to shape a program that is expanding statewide. This is a great opportunity for those invested in behavioral health, criminal justice reform, and making a lasting impact. 

All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.

Division philosophy statement:

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery values and seeks diversity, equity, and inclusion as integral to the behavioral health field. We support, embrace, and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness, promote inclusion, and commit to remove systemic barriers that affect our workforce, our providers, and the people that receive prevention, treatment, and/or recovery support services.

About the division:

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) provides support for substance use treatment, mental health services, and problem gambling services through prevention, treatment, peer and recovery support. Programs promote strategies that support healthy lifestyles by preventing the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, supporting recovery from substance use, promoting recovery and resiliency, reducing stigma, and mitigating the effects of problem gambling on the individual and family. DBHR brings operational elements such as substance use and mental health into closer working relations to serve individuals more effectively and efficiently. The Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (OCRP) program manager is located within the Trueblood Team, a unit within Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery. The position is supervised by the Trueblood Team Supervisor.

About the position:

This position serves as Program Manager for the Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (OCRP) under the statewide and Trueblood v. WA settlement, overseeing community-based competency restoration services for people charged with crimes as an alternative to inpatient restoration. The role manages the full program lifecycle by developing goals, policies, and procedures while negotiating and administering multi-million-dollar contracts with licensed behavioral health agencies. This role will also provide technical assistance and compliance oversight to contracted providers, monitor performance metrics and forensic evaluation audits, and lead quality improvement initiatives. This position works closely with the other positions on the Trueblood team including the Forensic Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (FPATH), Forensic Housing and Recovery through Peer Services (FHARPS), the Post-FHARPS Global Leasing, and Trueblood Diversion program managers.

This position is eligible to telework and is typically not required to report on-site. The default assigned work location of all Health Care Authority (HCA) positions – both on-site and telework eligible positions – is within the State of Washington. This position reports to Olympia, WA. Frequency of onsite work will vary based on business and operational needs. All agency employees are required to report on-site in Olympia on their first and last days of employment to pick up and return state-issued equipment, regardless of telework status or location. 

Examples of duties

Some of what you will do:

• Serves as a statewide subject matter expert to top-level HCA managers, DSHS leadership, Attorney Generals, State Councils on matters regarding Outpatient Competency Restoration as it relates to the Trueblood Settlement Agreement.
• Provide direct guidance, oversight, and consultation to the teams, responsible for the accountability and performance requirements of the OCR