Bluebird Staffing

Director of Behavioral Health

Bluebird Staffing Fort Myers, FL

Job Description

DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Location: Fort Myers, FL

  • Relocation Paid. Must relocate to within 50 miles of Fort Myers, Florida

Start: ASAP

Job Description

  • Responsible for the overall clinical leadership and operation of the divisions clinical services, in accordance with behavioral health regulatory requirements
  • Serve as a clinical expert, provide education and consultation services to ensure adequate resources are provided to meet patient and program needs
  • Provide direct patient care and clinical supervision to clinicians in the system
  • Ensure the behavioral health policies and procedures are in place and aligned with best practice for therapeutic care
  • Oversee the peer review process and provides feedback
  • Ensure productivity measures are being met
  • Provide administrative guidance and consultation to leadership
  • Develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate clinical services to ensure they are within the best practices of mental health standards
  • Monitor, assess and train staff on clinically related procedures
  • Work with the practice to ensure the provision of high-quality, cost-effective services while ensuring excellent patient experience, with attention to patient access, employee engagement and clinical performance metrics.

REQUIRED

Education: Doctorate degree in psychology (PhD or PsyD)

Experience: 3+ years management experience in the health care field

Licensure: PSYD or PHD from the State of Florida required

Certification: CPR/CPI

Preferred

  • Behavioral Health JC/DNV survey experience preferred.

Other

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster cooperation across departmental lines and manage information, environmental and fiscal resources to accomplish goals
  • Must be able to maintain and demonstrate a broad knowledge of tasks and assets necessary to accomplish the company objectives
  • Must have knowledge about needs and requirements of third-party payers and the ability to be culturally sensitive to diverse groupings of employees and consumers of services as well as maintain knowledge of age/disability competency to the program areas served
  • Must possess good analytical skills
  • Must be able to work tactfully and cooperatively with staff

Benefits

Bluebird Features and Benefits :

  • Competitive compensation & stipends
  • Weekly pay
  • Day 1 Health Benefits - Medical , Vision, Dental plan
  • 401k plan with Vanguard
  • Guaranteed Stipends on Hospital canceled shifts
  • Double OT on 48-hour work weeks
  • Paid orientation for onboarding requirements
  • Paid medical requirements by Bluebird
  • Nurse Referral Bonus Program
  • Extension bonuses
  • No off-shore recruiters
  • Dedicated recruiter available 24/7 to assist with all of your travel contract needs
  • Exclusive contract opportunities
  • Government contract opportunities
  • Seniority level

    Director
  • Employment type

    Contract
  • Job function

    Health Care Provider
  • Industries

    Staffing and Recruiting

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