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Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Director - Behavioral Health

Registered NurseFull-Time

Listed compensation

$100k-$135k

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Job Description

  • Director of Behavioral Health
  • Roxborough Memorial Hospital - Philadelphia, PA
  • Full Time - Exempt
  • Starting Annual Salary: $99,840 - $134,784

Lead with Compassion. Inspire Excellence.

At Roxborough Memorial Hospital, we believe exceptional patient care begins with exceptional leaders. We are seeking a hands-on, servant leader to oversee our Behavioral Health Services and build an engaged, high-performing team dedicated to delivering compassionate, evidence-based mental health care.

Reporting directly to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), the Director of Behavioral Health provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

The Director of Behavioral Health is a Registered Nurse who assumes 24 hour administrative responsibility for the management of all Behavioral Health Program functions.

Supervises, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the delivery of patient care. Develops and implements programmatic plans, including performance improvement activities and compliance with current regulations.

Supervises and evaluates all personnel assigned to the Behavioral Health program(s) and effectively utilizes employee resources, time responsibilities for the unit and is directly accountable to the CNO/Administrator/CEO.

Communicates with staff, physicians and administration both written and verbally.

Develops and administers comprehensive Behavioral Health Programing that responds to the patient demographic needs and support the organization’s overall mission, philosophy, and goals.

Integrates the Behavioral Health Services’ into the continuum of care, as appropriate to the facility needs; provides leadership, direction and clinical supervision in accordance with the organizational and departmental goals and objectives.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING 1. Must have a current and valid Registered Nurse Licensure. 2. Director of psychiatric services has a master's degree (preferred) in psychiatric or mental health nursing 3.

Must have a minimum of have a Bachelor’s degree, with at least 2 years’ experience in psychiatric nursing providing care to the mentally ill, or be qualified by education and experience in the care of the mentally ill, in accordance with local and state regulatory requirements. 4.

Must have minimum of two (2) years management experience with Behavioral Health Care programs. 5. Must have BCLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.6. Must have working knowledge of mental health laws and practice standards. 7. Must have knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health treatment. 8. Must have excellent verbal, written, and management skills.

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Roxborough Memorial Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed community hospital. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia communities for more than a century, having first opened its doors in 1890.

Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.

Pay Transparency

Roxborough Memorial Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs.

Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on employment status, i. e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.

A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $99,840 to $134,784 on an annualized basis.

The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status: Full Time

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipOperational managementRegulatory complianceStaff supervisionEvidence-based practiceStrategic planningPatient care deliveryCommunication skills

Behavioral Health — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 48 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 17% are remote, 38% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$117k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $120k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Registered Nurse market look like in Pennsylvania?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$120k in purchasing powerPennsylvania index 97.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Behavioral Health listings in Pennsylvania7 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All registered nurse listings in Pennsylvania197 active5,640 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 17% remote · 38% no call · 71% no weekends48 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania registered nurse listings (all specialties): 9% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 2% offer loan repayment197 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health RN listings63 in the last 30 days62 the 30 days before (about the same)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Registered Nurse pay trend (all specialties)+6.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Pennsylvania figures use all registered nurses: too few Pennsylvania Behavioral Health postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

17 jobs
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
6%
CME allowance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Below most Behavioral Health (RN) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 119 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
401K retirement plan
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Tuition reimbursement
Voluntary benefit options

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$203k≈ 2.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,757/mo≈ 21% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.