Psychiatric Hospital Administrator

Woods Services; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 106,250 - 143,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

PTO - Paid time off

On-site medical center

403b retirement plan

Continuing education programs

Tuition-assisted program

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Woods Services in Pennsylvania oversees The Mollie Woods Psychiatric Hospital, providing administrative and clinical leadership for operations, budgets, and staff development. The role drives quality assurance, risk management, and community partnerships to ensure high standards of patient care and services.

The position emphasizes strategic planning, regulatory compliance, and ongoing process improvement across programs, with a focus on safety and effective team leadership.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree is required.
• 3–5 years in senior administrative leadership in a psychiatric hospital.
• Understanding of behavioral systems and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall management of the psychiatric hospital including clinical, administrative, fiscal operations.
• Oversee daily clinical operations and budgeting to improve efficiency.
• Supervise senior management staff and conduct annual performance evaluations.
• Implement policies, staffing models, and compliance with accreditation standards.
• Collaborate with clinical team on program development and staff training.
• Ensure safety, quality, and risk management across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Operations management

Regulatory compliance

Staff development

Communication

Risk management

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral science or related field

Job description

Overview

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods organization is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• PTO -Paid time off
• On-site medical center
• 403b retirementplan
• Continuing education programs
• Tuition-assisted program
• Career growth opportunities

Salary: Starting at $125000 / annually – depending on experience / education

Job Summary

Responsible for the overall management and leadership of The Mollie Woods Psychiatric Hospital, including oversight of administrative, clinical, fiscal and program operations. Manages personnel, and directly supervises senior-level management staff. Participates in quality assurance and risk management activities. Initiates and maintains positive relationships with referral sources; participates in marketing activities and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Assumes first line leadership responsibility and accountability for managing the delivery of patient care and ensures that the clinical needs of patients are met.
• Oversees the daily clinical operations according to the mission, strategic plan, policies of the hospital with ability to develop long range plans, goals, manage budgets, and improve operational efficiency.
• Orients, supervises, and evaluates care professionals and support staff.
• Responsible for the annual employee evaluation process including effective training, development, and continuous upskilling of staff.
• Designs, manages, and reports upon the implementation and operation of programming, including the following operational responsibilities: policies and procedures, staffing models, and administration in accordance with client needs, applicable regulations, accreditation standards, guidelines, and organizational objectives.
• Works closely with the Clinical team on the development and implementation of program milieu and service provision as well as staff training, development, continuous upskilling, and efficacy.
• Oversees quality assurance and incident/risk management, regulatory and ethical compliance, licensing, and accreditation activities with the ability to navigate complex high risks scenarios and enforce scenarios that prioritize patient and staff safety.
• Performs program evaluation and program development activities, including data analysis, report writing, dissemination of results, and providing leadership for new program initiatives.
• Participates in processes related to admissions & discharges, referral development, and marketing activities. Coordinates the development of and supervises admissions and discharge protocols and determines bundling of services.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of referral development (including off-site visitation and/or consultation), community relations, and media relations activities in collaboration with community partners, like Woods Services.
• Maintains effective communication and working relationships with Woods’ administration and all Woods’ Programs and Departments, as relevant.
• Provides other services related to organizational and programmatic needs as needed in consultation with the Board of Managers.
• Participates in regularly scheduled administrative/management meetings.
• Promotes a culture of safety and quality by ensuring continuity and consistency in the implementation of established standards, protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Ensures that Quality initiatives are integrated into the hospital and partner with Quality to identify any action plans.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Communicates effectively with people who serve family, and other staff and support systems; demonstrates skillful oral and written communication skills and leadership skills with sensitivity, depth, and professionalism.
• Facilitates active involvement of people served and their family/support systems in the service delivery process. Demonstrates that every interaction with the person, family, and staff is a teaching/learning opportunity
• Demonstrates understanding of and facilitates developmental/life transitions.
• Develops relationships with community resources and seek to integrate people served in participation in roles in the community.
• Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates recognition of and properly reports suspected abuse and neglect.
• Receptive to and demonstrates an open-mindedness to change; proactively works to learn and accept changes; accepts unexpected job tasks based on program and/or company needs.
• Models’ professional development through involvement with outside organizations, and advocacy work
• Sets and maintains professional boundaries.
• Ensures each team member demonstrates sensitivity to diversity issues and ensures that the culture of each individual - patients, families, and partners is understood and respected.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a recognized behavioral science, nonprofit leadership, population health, or human services field is required.
• Three to five years’ experience in senior administrative leadership role in psychiatric hospital setting.
• Extensive understanding of behavioral systems, psychiatric treatment standards, and State/Federal regulations, specifically JCHO Accreditation requirements and hospital billing procedures.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds, be agile, physically restrain, bend, squat, stretch, reach, push up and stand for several hours at a time.
• Must possess a current/valid Driver’s License, an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) as mandated by Woods’ insurance company, and successfully complete SMITH driver training.

About Woods Services

Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non-profit population health network and advocacy organization that along with its six affiliate organizations provides life-long innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs.

Our Langhorne campus is home to 550 residents and provides outpatient and day programs.