Chief Operating Officer (COO)

mhca.org; Eatontown (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

mhca is a national association of innovative and entrepreneurial behavioral health organizations focused on developing C-suite executives.

The Chief Operating Officer will provide visionary, strategic, operational, financial, and cultural leadership for a multi-site Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) and community-based integrated healthcare organization serving children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Qualifications

• The candidate should be a mission-driven leader focused on client care as a top priority.
• Ideal candidate is a licensed clinician (MSW/LCSW or LPC; LCADC) with community-based program experience.
• Recent direct client contact is preferred to maintain frontline clinical perspective.
• Serves as a credible clinical voice within executive leadership to reflect frontline realities in decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provides visionary, strategic, operational, financial, and cultural leadership for a multi-site Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) and community-based integrated healthcare organization.

Job description

A national association of innovative & entrepreneurial
behavioral healthcare organizations
focused on the development of C-suite executives.

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Eatontown, NJ

Candidate Profile

The Chief Operating Officer provides visionary, strategic, operational, financial, and cultural leadership for a multi-site Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) and community-based integrated healthcare organization serving children, adolescents, adults, and families across a continuum of behavioral health, substance use, crisis response, special education, care management, peer support, and whole health services.

• Required: a genuine, mission-driven commitment to client care as the top priority in every decision — this is a non-negotiable expectation for this role.
• Ideal candidate is a licensed clinician (MSW/LCSW or LPC; LCADC ) with community-based program experience.
• Recent, direct client contact preferred, to keep an active frontline clinical perspective.
• Serves as a credible clinical voice and advocate within executive leadership — ensuring frontline clinical realities and client-care considerations are represented and heard in agency-level decision-making.

mhca is a results-oriented organization that operates in a fast, flexible, and focused mode. We take pride in the purposeful and productive involvement and participation of our members. Because mhca is composed of members who share common visions and priorities, we are able to quickly determine our objectives, commit the necessary resources, and accomplish our goals.