Senior Manager - Behavioral Health

Senior Manager - Behavioral Health

Full Time Day Shift - TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital 

Location: 

375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Work Schedule: 

• Full Time Days - (80 hours bi-weekly)

Job Overview:

This nursing leadership role has system-wide responsibility for inpatient behavioral health intake across system Emergency Departments and serves as the nursing clinical advisor and subject matter expert for behavioral health best practices. This nursing leadership position provides strategic, system-level leadership for quality, safety, access, clinical outcomes, competency development, and evidence-based behavioral health nursing practice. The role leads standardization and optimization of inpatient behavioral health intake, partners closely with Emergency Departments and behavioral health teams, and advances initiatives that strengthen patient care, regulatory readiness, staff capability, and the behavioral health care environment.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree  (Required)
• 5-7 years experience Progressive Leadership in Nursing in a related field (Required)
• 2-3 years of clinical experience in Nursing (Required)
• Membership in related professional organization preferred
• Certification within specialty area within 2 years of hire
• Registered Nurse (Required)
• BLS for Healthcare Providers

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides system-wide leadership for inpatient behavioral health intake, nursing practice, quality, safety, patient access, and clinical outcomes.
• Oversees inpatient behavioral health intake, inpatient therapy, and social work services.
• Leads the standardization and optimization of behavioral health intake processes across Emergency Departments to promote safe, timely patient placement and transitions of care.
• Partners with Emergency Department, nursing, behavioral health, therapy, and social work leaders to improve workflows and reduce variation in practice.
• Identifies key quality and performance indicators and leads system-wide performance improvement initiatives.
• Advances evidence-based behavioral health nursing practices, including suicide prevention and restraint-related initiatives.
• Serves as a clinical advisor and system resource for behavioral health nursing best practices, policies, procedures, and clinical decision-making.
• Develops and implements clinical competencies, education, training, and practice standards for behavioral health team members.
• Mentors and supports leaders and team members to promote professional development and clinical excellence.
• Leads strategic initiatives related to behavioral health intake, therapy, social work, and nursing practice.
• Supports accreditation, regulatory compliance, and alignment of clinical practice with organizational policies and standards.
• Promotes recruitment, retention, professional development, and a positive culture for behavioral health nursing.
• Builds collaborative relationships across nursing, physicians, Emergency Departments, and other interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care.
• Encourages continuing education, specialty certification, evidence-based practice, nursing research, professional organization involvement, and community engagement.
• Provides leadership and oversight for a direct/indirect report span of 60–99 team members, including 60–99 indirect FTEs.

Working Conditions:

Bending - Occasionally

Climbing - Occasionally

Concentrating - Consistently 

Continuous Learning - Consistently 

Hearing: Conversation - Frequently 

Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently

Interpersonal Communication - Consistently 

Kneeling - Occasionally

Lifting <10 Lbs. - Frequently 

Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Frequently 

Lifting <50 Lbs. - Occasionally

Pulling - Rarely 

Pushing - Rarely 

Reaching - Rarely 

Reading - Consistently 

Sitting - Consistently 

Standing - Frequently 

Stooping - Occasionally 

Talking - Frequently

Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently 

Use of Hands - Frequently 

Color Vision - Occasionally 

Visual Acuity: Far - Occasionally

Visual Acuity: Near - Occasionally

Walking - Frequently

Leadership Performance Standards

TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results:

Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 

1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance

Leadership Competencies: 

• TriHealth Way of Leading 
• TriHealth Way of Serving 
• Transformation Change 
• Drive for Results 
• Build Organizational Talent

Leadership Tactics: 

• Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. 
• Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 
  • 25 or fewer team members = monthly 
  • 26-50 team members = every other month 
  • 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly
• Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages.
• Model, coach and validate team members use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD).
• Recognize team members for safety wins, positive performance and demonstrating SERVE and ALWAYS behaviors, TriHealth Way of Leading, Serving and Delivering Care.

Job Keywords: Registered Nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, Charge RN, Nursing, Hospital, Acute Care, Inpatient Care, Supervisor, Leadership, Psychology, Psych, Behavioral Health