Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Behavioral Health leader to join our outpatient team. Geisinger has made a significant investment in growth in the continuum of Behavioral Health services. With 155,000 annual outpatient visits delivered through telehealth and in person modalities, our team is seeking a leader who can help us transform our services to expand the community impact, while maintaining quality of care. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the operations of outpatient behavioral health services in 33 primary care and behavioral health locations across the Geisinger service area. The AVP Behavioral Health ensures the business units’ goals and objectives are aligned with the organization’s broader mission, vision, and strategies. You will foster and support the creation of new outpatient models of care to augment and evolve existing health programs and products. You will manage all fiscal and administrative aspects of outpatient behavioral health services.

Job Duties

• Responsible for operational activities and functions within behavioral health outpatient services.

• Directly support functions for providers integrated into primary & specialty care & behavioral health settings.

• Responsible for the overall operation and growth of the business units, in conjunction with physician leadership of the assigned business units.

• Develops and implements business unit policies and procedures in conjunction with physician leadership of the assigned business units.

• Establish long-range objectives and monitors financial performance of the business units with the physician leaders of the assigned business units.

• Ensures effective, efficient, and cost-effective use of non-clinical resources in order to maintain a productive environment.

• Provides direction to, holds accountable, develops, and evaluates non-clinical staff in their performance of all goals and objectives of the business units and the organization.

• Evaluates regularly the effectiveness of the business units’ organization and implements changes as necessary to promote strategic and operational effectiveness.

• Develops and maintains effective liaison with management, physicians, patients, and employees.

• Understands, supports, and participates in information technology, development, marketing, and public relations initiatives for the business unit and system.

• Provides administrative support to achieve the objectives of medical education and clinical research.

• Serves as a liaison with community and governing authorities.

• Serves as facilitator and point person for the assigned business units.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

The ideal candidate will have experience leading care model transformation initiatives and managing distributed teams.

Approximately 25% travel within the Geisinger service area is required.

Education

Bachelor's Degree- (Required), Master's Degree- (Preferred)

Experience

Minimum of 7 years-Managerial/Supervisory (Required), Minimum of 7 years-Healthcare (Required)

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Geisinger values who you are, where you are from, and where you are going. We seek out people of various backgrounds and cultures with unique abilities, non-traditional career paths and ambitious aspirations. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. Read more about Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruiting.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.