Manager Behavioral Health

Providence Swedish Medical Center; Everett, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Medical Group Northwest seeks a Manager of Behavioral Health to lead ambulatory programs and advance integration across Primary Care, Care Management Social Work, and Behavioral Health Urgent Care. You will supervise clinicians, shape workflows, and ensure smooth day-to-day outpatient operations.

The role requires a Master's in a relevant field and WA licenses, with at least 5 years of clinical and 3 years of supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field, or equivalent educ/experience.
• Upon hire: Washington Mental Health Counselor License, or; Upon hire: Washington Marriage and Family Therapist License, or; Upon hire: Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker License
• 5 years clinical experience in area of clinical specialty
• 3 years clinical supervisory, management or resource experience in the assigned technical or professional area or equivalent relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Lead ambulatory behavioral health programs across Primary Care Integration, Care Management Social Work, and Behavioral Health Urgent Care.
• Oversee onboarding, staffing support, productivity monitoring, and coverage planning.
• Drive system-wide improvements to support clinicians and deliver high-quality patient care

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staffing management

Outpatient operations

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field

Job description

Description

Are you a dynamic leader passionate about transforming behavioral health care? Providence Medical Group Northwest is looking for a Manager of Behavioral Health to champion our ambulatory behavioral health programs and make a lasting impact across Primary Care Integration, Care Management Social Work, and Behavioral Health Urgent Care. In this role, you'll drive meaningful change by leading a dedicated team of clinicians, shaping workflows, and ensuring seamless day-to-day operations in an outpatient setting. From onboarding and staffing support to productivity monitoring and coverage planning, you'll be the operational backbone that empowers our clinicians to focus on what matters most - delivering exceptional patient care. If you're a strategic thinker who thrives on building engaged teams and creating systems that work, this is your opportunity to lead with purpose and make a real difference in behavioral health.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field, or equivalent educ/experience
• Upon hire: Washington Mental Health Counselor License, or
• Upon hire: Washington Marriage and Family Therapist License, or
• Upon hire: Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker License
• 5 years clinical experience in area of clinical specialty
• 3 years clinical supervisory, management or resource experience in the assigned technical or professional area or equivalent relevant experience

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence Clinical Network (PCN) is a service line within Providence serving patients across seven states with quality, compassionate, coordinated care. Collectively, our medical groups and affiliate practices are the third largest group in the country with over 11,000 providers, 900 clinics and 30,000 caregivers.

PCN is comprised of Providence Medical Group in Alaska, Washington, Montana and Oregon; Swedish Medical Group in Washington's greater Puget Sound area; Pacific Medical Centers in western Washington; Kadlec in southeast Washington; Providence's St. John's Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Institute in Southern California; Providence Facey Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Foundation in Northern and Southern California; and Covenant Medical Group and Covenant Health Partners in west Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.