Behavioral Health Clinical Manager in Oakland, CA

Job description

PLEASE READ THIS JOB ANNOUCEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. An Alameda County Job Application is required in order to be considered for ALL County recruitments.

Alameda County Behavioral Health Department is recruiting for a *provisional:

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL MANAGER

$134,555.20-$163,529.60 Annually
Plus, an excellent benefits package!

This is a provisional recruitment.
*For a provisional appointment, a civil service exam is not required. However, to obtain a regular position, the appointee will need to compete successfully in a County Exam when open.


ABOUT US
As part of Alameda County Health, the Behavioral Health Department supports people with Medi-Cal and without insurance living with serious mental illness and substance use conditions along their path toward wellness, recovery, and resiliency. We provide services through a network of contracted mental health and substance use providers and administer the State’s resources and training for behavioral health providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals. We advocate for our patients and families and create space for personal engagement in their care.

We are outpatient specialists for mental health services for older adults and youth, substance use providers and treatment program specialists, advocates for quality improvement and patients’ rights, and psychiatric and integrated health care providers.

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The POSITION
Under general direction, plans, develops, manages, and oversees the administration of behavioral health care clinic/program operations and services; develops operational and administrative policies, procedures, standards, and objectives; and performs related duties as assigned.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
This classification is located in Behavioral Health Care Services which provides alcohol and other drugs and mental health services through county staff, private providers and community-based organizations. Behavioral Health Clinical Managers direct and manage behavioral health care clinics/programs through subordinate professional-level and/or supervisory staff; serve in a consultative role to management, community-based organizations and providers; participate in strategic planning and task force activities; and develop and monitor clinic/program budgets and work plans.

The Behavioral Health Clinical Manager is distinguished from the lower-level class of Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor in that the latter does not have overall responsibility for program planning, development and evaluation, program reporting and statistics, and program outcome monitoring. The Behavioral Health Clinical Manager manages and oversees clinics/programs which include eight (8) or more paraprofessional and professional level staff. It is further distinguished from the higher-level class of the Community Support Center Director in that the latter oversees all outpatient community supports centers/clinics.