Behavioral Health Program Manager

Mental Health Coordinator

Coordinates day-to-day activities of assigned mental health program. Functions as a team leader to interdisciplinary healthcare team. Oversees quality of care, patient experience, clinical and financial performance. Ensures program compliance with regulatory requirements and maintains quality standards.

Job Responsibility :

• Coordinates day-to-day activities of assigned mental health program.
• Participates in program planning and evaluation as well as implements and monitors program policies, procedures, and treatment modalities to facilitate optimal effectiveness.
• Coordinates program structure including scheduling of admission of new patients, therapy sessions, activities, and vocational services to chemically dependent clients.
• Develops supporting services for families of client population.
• Monitors expenditures to ensure operations are within budgetary limits, oversees the ordering of program supplies from purchasing and ensures development of nursing care standards, and effective plan for delivery of nursing care within the methadone clinic.
• Ensures compliance with hospitals and regulatory agencies pertaining to patient care and medical records.
• Conducts formal training seminars on various topics within the field of chemical dependency under the auspices of the funding sources.
• Ensures agency staff is exposed to ongoing training in specialty areas.
• Participates in psychometrics data collection related to clinical services.
• Monitors and evaluates referral, admission and discharge activities as well as reports on performance, justification and / or corrective action as well as coordinates training for program staff to foster optimal therapeutic interaction with patients.
• Ensures program compliance with government and agency regulations, maintains program documentation in accordance with internal and external guidelines and maintains databases and generates necessary reports.
• Performs related duties as required.

All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification :

The salary range and / or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and / or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity). The salary range for this position is $70,470-$116,870 / year.

It is Northwell Health's policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed / religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex / gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.