Program Director, Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

401(k) with match

Wellness programs

Career development

Job summary

Lifepoint Health in Portsmouth, VA seeks a Program Director of Behavioral Health to lead operations, staff hiring and development, budgeting, and compliance across behavioral health programs. The role collaborates with hospital leadership and the board to align strategy with the organization’s mission and community needs.

The position requires advanced degrees, state licensure, and extensive leadership experience, with a salary range of $150,000-$175,000 per year and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Licensure in state of practice.
• 5 years of leadership experience.
• 7 years in this discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maintains overall responsibility for operations.
• Hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates nursing staff.
• Participates in nursing care as needed and ensures documentation.
• Participate in on-call schedule accordingly.
• Ensures policies established by the Governing Body are implemented.
• Directs strategic planning and marketing for programs.
• Prepares and submits annual budget for program as directed by VP, Finance Behavioral Health.
• Monitors community needs and hospital medical activities.
• Oversees leadership regarding program mission, productivity, and compliance with laws.
• Consults with leaders; maintains communication to foster morale.
• Ensures maintenance of facilities in good, safe state.
• Presents reports to hospital board/committees.
• Attends hospital board and committee meetings.
• Ensures regulatory compliance and accreditation readiness.
• Establishes performance improvement standards for care.
• Reviews plans to achieve program objectives aligned with the mission.
• Leads liaison between hospital and medical staff; represents programs externally.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Healthcare administration

Education

Master's in Social Work

Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy

Master's in Professional Counseling

Bachelor's in Nursing

Job description

Program Director, Behavioral Health

Your experience matters

Lifepoint Health is committed to a culture of service excellence as demonstrated by our employees' adherence to the service excellence principles of Pride, Teamwork, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Fun, Professionalism, and Responsibility. Our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer and employee we serve.

How you'll contribute:

A Program Director who excels in this role:

• Maintains overall responsibility for all aspects of operations.
• Responsible for hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of all nursing staff.
• Participates in providing nursing care as needed and ensures services are carried out and documented appropriately.
• Participate in on-call schedule accordingly.
• Assures that all policies established by the Governing Body are implemented appropriately.
• Directs the strategic planning and marketing for programs, with input from division leadership.
• Prepares and submits an annual budget for program as directed by VP, Finance Behavioral Health, showing the expected revenue and expenditures as required by the board.
• In coordination with the board, the medical staff, and other finance personnel, responds to the community's needs for quality health care services by monitoring the adequacy of the hospital's medical activities.
• Oversees and provides direction to leadership regarding behavioral health programs' mission and objectives, expected productivity and efficiency, establishing policies and procedure and compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances.
• Consults with leaders on a regular basis; evaluates leadership competence and makes changes as necessary; keeps lines of communication open; works with hospital leadership to foster high employee morale and a positive work environment for employees.
• Ensures maintenance of physical properties in good and safe state of repair and operation.
• Presents to the hospital board, and/or the committees, periodic reports reflecting the services and financial activities of the hospitals and such special reports as may be required by the boards.
• Attends all meetings of the hospital board and committees.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies and governing health care delivery and the rules of accrediting bodies by continually monitoring behavioral program operations, programs and physical properties, and ensuring changes where required.
• Ensures that programs maintain accreditation, licensing and quality patient care through the establishment of performance improvement monitoring programs and standards.
• Reviews plans for the achievement of programs' specific objectives and established goals, and periodically reviews, evaluates and updates such plans. Said plans shall at all times reflect the hospital's mission statement.
• Ensures that the leadership team acts as effective liaisons between the hospital and the medical staff; meets with and communicates with program and hospital medical staff as needed; represents the behavioral health programs and hospital at external functions.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage - tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

Applicants should have a Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling or Nursing preferred; Nursing - minimum Bachelor's degree preferred.

Additional requirements include:

• Licensure in state of practice
• 5 years of leadership experience
• 7 years of experience in this discipline

Salary Range: $150,000- $175,000

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Behavioral Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.