Deputy Director of Behavioral Health
State of Nebraska

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Hiring Agency:
Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:
Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:
$0.000

Job Posting:
JR2024-00009987 Deputy Director of Behavioral Health (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
10-03-2024

Job Description:
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is dedicated to enhancing mental health and substance abuse services through innovative solutions and collaborative efforts. We are seeking a dedicated and motivated Deputy Director of Behavioral Health to join our team. If you are passionate about advancing behavioral health care and have a track record of leadership in this field, we want to hear from you!

The Deputy Director of Behavioral Health will provide guidance and strategic direction to a diverse range of stakeholders including hospitals, community providers, mental health centers, and Medicaid Managed Care organizations. This role involves leading integration initiatives, enhancing service delivery, and developing policy to improve outcomes within the public behavioral health system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads healthcare and holistic behavioral health integration initiatives with DBH partners.
  
• Provides operational assistance and consultation to improve service delivery and clinical outcomes for people served in the public behavioral health system.
  
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of behavioral health cross division clinical processes and system reviews.
  
• Works collaboratively within DHHS and behavioral health system partners to assess and analyze the performance of service programs including fidelity monitoring and other service reviews.
  
• Identifies key behavioral health service system performance indicators.
  
• Convenes and leads behavioral health stakeholders in generating service solutions and collaborates with experts, stakeholders, providers and consumers to advance them, including developing service proposals.
  
• Participates with Division and other DHHS executive staff in service development, budgetary, organizational, and other administrative clinical functions of the Division.
  
• Monitors national, state, regional behavioral health services and supports trends and clinical policy and practice.
  
• Serves as the DHHS DBH lead in consulting and assisting behavioral health service system planning to promote changes related to services.
  
• Ensures education/training to behavioral health stakeholders, DHHS Divisions, and facility staff that furthers best practices and community integration.
  
• Applies change, risk and resource management principles when needed to promote clinical system enhancements.
  

Requirements/ Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in public or business administration, social/behavioral science, program evaluation, operations, or a closely related field. Proven experience in mental health or substance abuse systems. Experience leading a team in a managerial or administrative role.

Preferred Qualifications: Several years of relevant clinical and behavioral health system experience, including service development and delivery, Medicaid Managed Care, value-based contracting, and clinical policy implementation.

Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications, if approved. Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

Contact Information: For more details about the position, please contact Allison Bartlett at allison.bartlett@nebraska.gov

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Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

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