Director, Behavioral Health

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Responsible for leading, developing, and directing a comprehensive program of behavioral health designed to meet the needs of patients and their families. Directs the activities of administrative and clinical staff. Responsible for overall program development and direction as well as day-to-day operations. Represents the behavioral health program in the community and ensures working relationships among medical and community agencies and organizations. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values

 

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A Brief Overview
Responsible for leading, developing, and directing a comprehensive program of behavioral health designed to meet the needs of patients and their families. Directs the activities of administrative and clinical staff. Responsible for overall program development and direction as well as day-to-day operations. Represents the behavioral health program in the community and ensures working relationships among medical and community agencies and organizations. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values

What you will do

• Leads, develops, and directs a comprehensive program of behavioral health designed to assess and treat the psychological needs of the community and their families. Plans scope and emphasis of mental health services and programs for inpatient care and emergency services.
• Oversees day-to-day operations and administration of the hospital clinical behavioral health programs including development and management of annual budgets and financial resources.
• Identifies and executes strategies to enhance the quality of patient care through enhanced teamwork and close collaboration with hospital leaders and medical staff. This identification may occur through multiple departments, divisions, or agencies.
• Collaborates with medical staff leadership to develop and/or revise standards of care with attention to evidence-based practice.
• In collaboration with medical leadership, leads the development and successful attainment of quality indicators in all mental health patient care areas.
• Provides leadership and expertise in the entire revenue cycle for mental health services including support for payor contracting, individual letters of agreement for services, coding for charges, coordination of medical versus mental health benefits and follow up on collections.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, DNV and other applicable regulatory standards and practices with special emphasis on the unique requirements for mental health services.
• Manages and maintains a competent, productive, and quality staff. Motivates, develops, and directs associates in the department; conducts performance evaluations and disciplinary actions; participates in the recruitment and hiring of new associates; serves as resource for enhancement of professional competency.
• Interacts and collaborates with MHMH CMOs and other senior leaders in the process of coordinating psychiatric consultation-liaison services for the MHMH Adult facilities.
• Serves as Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare representative at State level meetings pertaining to psychiatry and behavioral health issues (i.e. THA Psych Section, TDMHSAS Commissioner, etc.).

Education/Formal Training Requirements

• Master's Degree Counseling
• Master's Degree Psychology
• Master's Degree Social Work

Work Experience Requirements

• 3-5 years Administrative and clinical management
• 5-7 years Clinical healthcare (acute or hospital)

Licenses and Certifications Requirements

• Licensed Professional Counselor Tennessee - Tennessee Board for Professional Counselors and Marital and Family Therapists

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of individual and group therapy concepts and methods, as used with addictive disease clients.
• Knowledge of current methods of treatment of psychiatric diseases and alternative treatment delivery.
• Knowledge of basic principles of research, statistics, data collection, and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience and capability to lead implementation of behavioral health prog