Director Behavioral Health Services

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Director Behavioral Health at Lasting Hope Recovery Center, you will be a dynamic leader, guiding and empowering our team to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care through continuous growth and operational excellence.

 

Every day, you will lead and mentor team members, oversee clinical operations, and advocate for patient and team needs, driving professional development and achieving unit goals.

 

To be successful in this role, you will embody accountability and confidence with superior communication skills for all interactions. You'll skillfully navigate challenges, ensuring individual performance and overall unit success.

 

• Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations
• Oversees the functional and technical job performance of team members
• Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit and Hospital needs, and collaborates with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met
• Manages performance including: goal-setting, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognize, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and our commitments using corrective action
• Monitors and oversee customer and patient engagement, growth, quality initiatives and patient safety for multiple departments, utilizing regulatory and organizational knowledge and policy for multiple areas as separate functions
• Coordinates and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards and communication methods in line with system policies and processes

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) and minimum of seven (7) years experience in the discipline
• Must obtain Master's Degree within two (2) years
• Active RN license in the state of Nebraska
• Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Where You’ll Work

A 64-bed adult psychiatric facility, Lasting Hope Recovery Center is a place of healing. All of the rooms are private. At Lasting Hope Recovery Center, patients find comfort and a team of caring professionals working for them. Often, mental illness and substance abuse occur at the same time. CHI Health Lasting Hope Recovery Center offers an entire range of treatment and prevention services to meet the needs of patients experiencing both challenges. Treatment is built on personal strengths and support systems that treat individuals experiencing these illnesses.