Mgr, Behavioral Health, Psychology

Kaiser Permanente; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in California is seeking a Senior Manager with a psychology background to oversee clinical teams, supervise doctoral candidates, and ensure compliant testing, documentation, and patient care. You will guide interdepartmental collaboration, manage performance, and implement evidence-based treatment approaches while maintaining regulatory standards.

The role requires a Doctorate in Psychology and California licensure, with extensive leadership experience in behavioral health

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in treatment planning.
• Minimum one (1) year of facilitation and development experience of clinical groups and programs.
• Doctorate degree in Psychology, Counseling, or Educational Psychology AND minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral health or other relevant healthcare field.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Psychologist License (California) required at hire

Responsibilities

• Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope.
• Ensures effective client care by mentoring others across teams on member/patient advocacy and care standards.
• Manages compliant services by providing guidance on guidelines and regulatory policies and documentation.
• Manages high quality counseling services by guiding multiple teams in interventions and crisis management.
• Drives program development and management across teams and evaluates outcomes.

Skills

Ambiguity management

Attention to detail

Communication

Leadership

Decision making

Cross-team collaboration

Problem solving

Learning agility

Strategic thinking

Mentoring and coaching

Education

Doctorate in Psychology or Counseling

Job description

Job Summary

In addition to the responsibilities below, this position is also responsible for managing doctoral candidates; monitoring internship and post-graduate relationships from beginning to end (e.g., performing interviews, signing off on clinical notes); overseeing the performance of and completing psychological tests and batteries and providing feedback; reviewing referrals and assigning assessment and/or testing cases; leading review of clinical documentation required for patient medical leave; and monitoring a teams review and approval of patient time off work requests to ensure accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

• Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams.
• Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making. Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.
• Ensures effective client care by: mentoring others across teams on member/patient advocacy, anticipating care issues, implementing customer feedback, and/or investigating and responding to member/patient complaints to increase satisfaction; participating in the development of member/patient care experience standards and ensuring high-quality member/patient care experience and service across teams; and providing guidance on determining the appropriate services for member/patient referrals and implementing standards for sharing information with providers.
• Manages compliant services by: providing guidance across teams on organizational, state, and federal guidelines as well as regulatory policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance, consulting with Compliance when necessary; and implementing processes to guide team on written and electronic documentation, records, and reports according to department, federal, and state regulations.
• Manages high quality counseling services by: providing guidance and feedback to multiple teams facilitating psychological/behavioral interventions; mentoring team on communicating with patients, members, or families to share results, discuss treatment plans, provide resources, and answer questions with empathy and support; and implementing procedures for assessing and treating urgent, high-risk clinical situations (e.g., crisis, suicidal), overseeing results to ensure appropriate interventions and prompt resolutions.
• Manages patient evaluations and diagnoses by: implementing and providing guidance to team on best practices for conducting member/patient assessments and mental health evaluations to determine diagnoses and recommending evidence-based treatment plans and approaches for identified diagnoses (e.g., individual and group therapy).
• Drives program development and management by: providing guidance, feedback, and best practices to ensure quality and effective therapy programs and managing the implementation of new programs (e.g., in-/out-patient psychotherapy, chemical dependency) across teams, implementing adjustments to improve impact of services; contributing to building systems and processes for outcome management as well as coaching team on recommending and implementing improvements to clinical treatment programs, designs, or protocols; and analyzing the productivity of therapy programs for providers and ensuring the optimal utilization of programs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Constructive Feedback
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Leadership
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Psychological Testing
• Acts with Compassion
• Behavioral Health Practice Protocols and Guidelines
• Behavioral Health Treatment
• Business Documentation
• Clinical Consultation and Supervision
• Clinical Quality Expertise
• Compliance Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Curriculum Development
• Financial Plan Budgeting
• Human Resources Policies & Regulations
• Human Resources Practices and Programs
• Interpersonal Skills
• Legal And Regulatory Requirements
• Medical History
• Mentoring and Coaching
• Psychological Assessments and Diagnostics
• Psychology Knowledge

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in treatment planning.
• Minimum one (1) year of facilitation and development experience of clinical groups and programs.
• Doctorate degree in Psychology, Counseling, or Educational Psychology AND minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral health or other relevant healthcare field.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Psychologist License (California) required at hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience in psychological testing.
• Three (3) years of experience working directly or indirectly with individuals with behavioral health conditions.

Primary Location: California,San Francisco,San Francisco 4141 Geary Medical Offices

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start: 09:00 AM

Working Hours End: 05:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Flexible

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-07|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports

Department: San Francisco Hospital - Mental Health/Psych-NonMD Prov - 0206

Pay Range: $194000 - $224400 / year

Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: No

Work Setting: Flexible

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.