EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Highlands Behavioral Health (Littleton, CO)

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Executive Director (ED) - Highlands Behavioral Health System

Highlands Behavioral Health System is located in Littleton, CO a suburb just 25-minutes from the center of downtown Denver. Littleton is rated one of the Top 100 places to live in the US. Downtown Littleton is jammed packed with historic architecture, impressive arts and culture options, great weather and an array of outdoor activities. This little city is incredibly family friendly and a fantastic place to live and raise a family.

Highlands Behavioral Health System (HBHS) is a fully licensed 86-bed psychiatric hospital accredited by The Joint Commission. The Hospital serves adults and adolescents ages 11 or older. Highlands also offers day treatment programs for both adults and adolescents beginning at age 11. Since 2007, Highlands Behavioral Health has impacted the lives of nearly 25,000 individuals and their families who have sought treatment. As a specialty behavioral health hospital, the unique environment sets HBHS apart and helps to ensure that patients know their individual mental healthcare needs will always be addressed in a welcoming, private, and confidential manner.

To learn more visit: https: https://www.highlandsbhs.com/

Highlands Behavioral Health System is currently seeking a dynamic Executive Director (ED). This Behavioral Health Executive will have a proven record of accomplishment providing services in a for-profit Behavioral Health Hospital or has managed a large Psychiatric/Behavioral Health department within a large Acute care Hospital. Candidates must show a strong employment history with progressive growth throughout their career. The ideal Executive Director (ED) candidate will be responsible for directing the day-to-day operations, managing and developing staff, assuring high quality care, sound fiscal operations, maintaining a strong referral base and compliance with Joint Commission and CMS regulations while continually monitoring the facility's services and delivery systems.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Achieves budgeted financial objectives. Increases revenues and income before inter-company allocations, maintains or decreases the effective bad debt rate, achieves the margin percentage, and implements operating cost controls in the areas of staffing, supplies, purchased services, etc.

• Manages cost-based patients. Performs profitability assessment and complies with PRO objectives to insure adequate reimbursement.

• Focuses on census building efforts and strategic planning.

• Recruits physicians in targeted specialty areas, coordinates medical staff participation in new hospital ventures and targets and develops new areas of medical care to offer at the hospital.

• Supervises the development of more comprehensive outpatient care and ambulatory programs.

• Develops positive relationships with local industry, local government, potential key health care providers, and the general public.

• Interacts and communicates with UHS Corporate Office and Vice Presidents. Ensures the timely submission of month-end financial and operational reviews, contributes to the development of and participation in corporate-wide strategic planning efforts and maintains good communication with the corporate office in areas where periodic reporting of results is requested.

• Ensures that hospital employees respond promptly to corporate requests for information. Communicates circumstances and events of operations to supervisor and other appropriate people to keep all apprised.

• Markets defined services through direct contact with physicians and payors, community organizations and industry, to increase revenue and volume of services.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree is preferred
• Currently working as a behavioral executive at an inpatient Behavioral Health facility or as a Director of an acute care facility with a multi-unit psych department.
• A working knowledge of behavioral health management practices and clinical operations.
• An advanced knowledge of state and federal regulatory and various accreditation requirements related to behavioral health management.
• Working knowledge of operations and financial management and marketing methods.
• Ability to travel a minimum of 10% of the time.

This opportunity offers the following:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• Bonus opportunity

UHS is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means.

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