Senior Behavioral Health Nursing Leader

TriHealth; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TriHealth is seeking a Senior Manager - Behavioral Health at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati to lead inpatient behavioral health intake and nursing practices across the system. You will partner with ED and behavioral health leaders to standardize processes, improve workflows, and ensure high-quality patient care.

This nursing leadership role focuses on strategic planning, regulatory readiness, staff development, and system-level performance improvement, with responsibility for 60–99

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5-7 years progressive nursing leadership experience required.
• 2-3 years clinical nursing experience required.
• RN license required.
• BLS for Healthcare Providers required.

Responsibilities

• Provides system-wide leadership for inpatient behavioral health intake, nursing practice, quality, safety, patient access, and clinical outcomes.
• Oversees inpatient behavioral health intake, inpatient therapy, and social work services.
• Leads standardization and optimization of behavioral health intake processes across Emergency Departments to promote safe, timely patient placement and transitions of care.
• Partners with ED, nursing, behavioral health, therapy, and social work leaders to improve workflows and reduce variation in practice.
• Identifies key quality and performance indicators and leads system-wide performance improvement initiatives.
• Advances evidence-based behavioral health nursing practices, including suicide prevention and restraint-related initiatives.
• Serves as a clinical advisor and system resource for behavioral health nursing best practices, policies, procedures, and clinical decision-making.
• Develops and implements clinical competencies, education, training, and practice standards for behavioral health team members.
• Mentors and supports leaders and team members to promote professional development and clinical excellence.
• Leads strategic initiatives related to behavioral health intake, therapy, social work, and nursing practice.
• Supports accreditation, regulatory compliance, and alignment of clinical practice with organizational policies and standards.
• Promotes recruitment, retention, professional development, and a positive culture for behavioral health nursing.
• Builds collaborative relationships across nursing, physicians, EDs, and other interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care.
• Encourages continuing education, specialty certification, evidence-based practice, nursing research, professional organization involvement, and community engagement.
• Provides leadership and oversight for a direct/indirect report span of 60–99 team members, including 60–99 indirect FTEs.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Nursing

Quality Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

TriHealth is seeking a Senior Manager - Behavioral Health at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati to lead inpatient behavioral health intake and nursing practices across the system. You will partner with ED and behavioral health leaders to standardize processes, improve workflows, and ensure high-quality patient care.

This nursing leadership role focuses on strategic planning, regulatory readiness, staff development, and system-level performance improvement, with responsibility for 60–99