Senior Director, Behavioral Health

Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders!

This role offers the opportunity to lead and advance an integrated, patientcentered Behavioral Health model across ambulatory care. The Senior Director plays a critical role in shaping how behavioral health services are delivered across primary and specialty care, ensuring continuity, quality, and a personalized patient experience aligned with the organization's mission and values.

The Role

The Senior Director oversees the Integrated Behavioral Health program within the ambulatory care group, providing strategic leadership and administrative direction across primary and specialty care. This role is responsible for the continuous improvement, development, and advancement of Behavioral Health services across the division.

The Senior Director ensures alignment with the organization's vision, mission, values, and strategic goals while supporting achievement of the Triple Aim. This leader is accountable for building and sustaining a Behavioral Health infrastructure with standardized pathways and processes that ensure continuity of care and a personalized patient experience across all care settings.

What You'll Do

• Facilitate, coordinate, and be accountable for all services supporting behavioral health patients throughout every phase of wellness across primary and specialty care settings, in coordination with services across all eight campuses.
• Oversee the psychologist training program, including the practicum, American Psychological Association (APA) accredited internship, and residency programs.
• Build and facilitate strong partnerships with caregivers, physicians, providers, and leaders to advance strategic initiatives.
• Hire, direct, coach, and monitor the performance of direct reports to develop and maintain a high performing team aligned with organizational and departmental goals.
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate PMG Behavioral Health infrastructure to achieve the highest level of service, organizational strategic goals, and the Triple Aim.
• In partnership with the Director of Operations, support budget development, ongoing monitoring, accountability, and achievement of operational targets across areas of responsibility.
• Direct financial activities to ensure PMG Behavioral Health meets fiscal objectives, including planning for personnel, capital equipment, and supplies.
• Provide and oversee delivery of customer service that promotes goodwill and is timely, efficient, and accurate.
• Partner with Communications and Public Relations to develop and implement an effective communication program that reflects integrity and transparency for PMG Behavioral Health across the region.
• Contribute to special projects requiring multidisciplinary collaboration, serving as a counselor and facilitator to build bridges across departments and support services.

What You'll Bring

• Education
• Doctorate degree in a behavioral health-related field (e.g., Social Work, Psychology).
• Certification
• Current, related Oregon licensure.
• Experience
• Six (6) or more years of seniorlevel operations administration and management experience in Primary Care Behavioral Health and other Behavioral Health clinic services.
• Experience across multiple service lines, including outpatient services.
• Clinical and Professional Expertise
• Expert knowledge of:
• TraumaInformed Care
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT)
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research and evaluation strategies
• Skills and Capabilities
• Strong collaborative and teambased working skills.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills, particularly in highstress or sensitive interactions.
• Strong analytical, problemsolving, and decisionmaking abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Why Join Us?

• Lead Integrated Behavioral Health Care: Shape and advance a comprehensive Behavioral Health program that supports continuity of care across primary and specialty settings.
• Strategic and Clinical Influence: Partner with clinical, operational, and executive leaders to drive innovation, standardization, and improvement in behavioral health services.
• Mission Driven Impact: Support care delivery models that align with organizational values and improve outcomes for patients and communities.
• Build for the Future: Help develop sustainable infrastructure, training programs, and clinical pathways that strengthen behavioral health care across the region.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a senior behavioral health leader with a passion for integration, clinical excellence, and systemlevel impact, we invite you to apply. Join a team committed to advancing personalized, highquality behavioral health care across ambulatory services.

At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1856 when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence is located in areas ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 413736

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Behavioral Health

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 5016 RS BEHAVIORAL HLTH

Address: OR Portland 4400 NE Halsey St

Work Location: Providence Health Plaza (HR) Bldg 1-Portland

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Pay Range: $76.29 - $121.96

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.