Director of Behavioral Health, Minot, ND

What's in Minot, ND?  Minot is family friendly with fun, Scandinavian traditions - with the only park in the world representing all five Nordic countries, a zoo that has been in operation since 1921 with over 65 species.  It has a low unemployment rate and a lower cost of living than the US average.   

Signet Health, a national behavioral health management company, is actively recruiting for a full-time Director of Behavioral Health to manage a comprehensive, 26-bed behavioral health program (General Adult, Adolescents) and full-service, comprehensive Outpatient Programs located at Trinity Health Minot in Minot, North Dakota. 

This facility, part of Trinity Health, serves a wide region of  Eastern North Dakota.   

This dynamic and seasoned professional will be experienced running a large, hospital-based, behavioral health program. 

This is a highly visible position with strategic responsibility, working collaboratively with Signet Health and hospital leadership creating a respected and cohesive service to serve the community.    

Signet Health offers a very competitive and broad compensation package. 

Primary Responsibilities/Duties:  

• Advance physician engagement and drive operational excellence in patient care delivery.

• Recruit behavioral health physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinical staff in cooperation with Hospital recruitment teams.

• Closely align with regional strategic and business development initiatives to oversee referral development and marketing efforts for the behavioral health service line.

• Develop and implement strategic operating and capital budgets.

• Provide personnel management oversight and development/growth of the staff.

• Planning and implementation of behavioral health system integration throughout the Trinity Health Minot network.

• Collaborate with clinical and quality leadership to optimize organizational performance in regard to national quality measures.

• Serve as the system expert and operational go-to for Behavioral Health within the Leadership Team.

• Assures the highest level of clinical quality and regulatory compliance for the behavioral health service line.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree required, Master’s degree (preferred) in Healthcare, Business Administration, or related degree.
• Progressive Behavioral Health operations experience for a minimum of 5 years with at least 3 years in a similar role and of similar size hospital program.
• Experience in managing physician relationships.
• Experience developing and implementing a continuous improvement culture with a strong familiarity of process improvement methodologies and systems that sustain an environment of quality and cost improvement.