Associate Clinical Manager Behavior Health

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives and annual bonus program

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

403b employer match

Wellness program

Education benefit

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado seeks an Associate Clinical Manager Behavioral Health to lead a unit serving Mental Health Virtual Urgent Care and Crisis Services. Responsibilities include policy implementation, team development, and coordinating patient care with a multidisciplinary team.

The role also involves staffing oversight, budget input, and acting as a clinical liaison with families and referring providers to ensure high-quality care and exemplary service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Area of Study: Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field.
• Three (3) years' experience in a behavioral health setting; equivalency may substitute for degree or experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages the implementation and maintenance of unit/department specific policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Develops, coaches, and evaluates team members; mentors staff in improving clinical practice.
• Provides leadership on hiring decisions and budget input; supports cost-containment and staffing decisions.
• Leads direct patient care with expert clinical knowledge and promotes best practices.
• Oversees admission, discharge, and flow of patients; manages inventory and supplies.
• Interprets regulatory standards and ensures compliance with quality and safety initiatives.

Education

Bachelor's

Master's degree - Preferred

Job description

Job ID: 108733

Location: Aurora

Job Overview

The Associate Clinical Manager Behavioral Health is responsible for managing a unit/department by implementing and maintaining specific policies, procedures, and guidelines; leading team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating expert clinical knowledge; ensuring compliance with quality and safety initiatives and practices; and partnering with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families. The Associate Clinical Manager also provides leadership and management to unit/department team members and assumes responsibility for staffing levels, materials management and space utilization to meet the patient care, training and fiscal needs of the division. Finally, the Associate Clinical Manager serves as the primary clinical liaison with families and referring providers, facilitating exemplary customer service/responsiveness, assisting with complex clinical triage/new referral scheduling and other customer service needs.

The departments covered will be Mental Health Virtual Urgent Care and Crisis Services.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages the implementation and maintenance of unit/department specific policies, procedures, and guidelines while ensuring consistency with evidence-based practice and organizational policies, standards, and procedures.
• Champions clinical practice and professional growth by working with Departmental leadership to meet the educational needs of the unit/department and by monitoring and participating in the assessment of basic clinical competencies. Develops, coaches, and evaluates team members. Mentors team members in creating/evaluating projects focused on improving clinical practice.
• Provides leadership on decisions involving hiring, terminations, promotions, and disciplinary actions as required.
• Contributes to financial planning by monitoring expenditures, supporting cost-containment, and providing input on budget decisions.
• Leads unit/department team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating expert clinical knowledge and promoting clinical best practices in daily work.
• Oversees the admission, discharge, and general flow of patients; and monitors inventory and orders diagnostic/ treatment materials and clinical supplies.
• Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to employees and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.
• Ensures staffing resources are utilized appropriately and adjusts coverage to meet patient and unit needs.
• Partners with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families. Rounds with patients, families and team members to promote patient family experience and quality patient care.
• Resolves operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
• Serves as the primary clinical liaison with families and referring providers, assisting with triaging and scheduling of new patient referrals, complex customer service issues and providing expert clinical consultation as needed to meet the needs of the community.
• Assists team members in achieving unit outcomes, performance and professional development standards; identifies opportunities for continual improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's degree - Preferred
• Area of Study
  • Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field.
• Experience
  • Three (3) years' experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Equivalency
  • Professional experience, in addition to the required experience, may substitute the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.
  • A Master's degree may substitute for the required experience on a year-for year basis.
• Licenses & Certifications
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers/CPR
  • Appropriate state license/certification for their field of expertise. Depending on the discipline, employees may also be required to have national certification in their area of specialty (e.g. LCSW, BCBA, LPC)
  • LPC or LCSW preferred

Schedule/Shift

• 40hrs FT
• Days with evening coverage as needed

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $100,649.67 to $150,974.51

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Estimated Close Date: 11/10/2026