Senior Director, Behavioral Health

Kaiser Permanente

1 day ago

United StatesFull TimeBehavioral Health

✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Kaiser Permanente as a Senior Director, Behavioral Health – Leadership Role in United States. Job Summary: Develops best practices and methodology for conducting assessments and establishes best practices for providing diagnoses. Creates a culture that prioritizes empathetic communication when sharing results, discussing treatment plans, providing resources, and answering questions.

Key Responsibilities

Builds organizational capacity and prepares high potentials for growth opportunities and advancement; builds collaborative networks inside and outside the organization for self and others.

Provides framework for soliciting and acting on performance feedback; drives collaboration to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to foster performance improvement.

Acts as a thought leader on industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; shares best practices within and across teams to drive improvement.

Requirements

date compliance, establishing a relationship with Compliance; and establishing organization

Work Schedule

Full-Time position.

No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Kaiser Permanente as a Senior Director, Behavioral Health – Leadership Role.

Key Skills

Behavioral health managementClinical leadershipTreatment planningProgram developmentBudget managementRegulatory complianceStrategic planningPerformance managementPatient advocacyCrisis interventionStaff developmentQuality improvementOperational oversightEvidence-based practiceCross-functional collaborationClinical supervision

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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Senior Director, Behavioral Health at Kaiser Permanente a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Behavioral Health physician listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Behavioral Health — Physician Career Context

This Behavioral Health position at Kaiser Permanente is open to physician candidates.

Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Behavioral health management, Clinical leadership, Treatment planning, Program development, Budget management, Regulatory compliance, Strategic planning, Performance management. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Behavioral Health role.

Core responsibilities: The Senior Director oversees behavioral health programs, ensuring high-quality clinical services, regulatory compliance, and effective patient care standards. They lead strategic initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and empathetic patient communi...

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