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Behavioral Health Specialist Float

Healthcare AdminIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$26.4-$29.7/hr

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Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 3h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Overview

The Behavioral Health Specialist – Float is a dynamic role that supports PHP, Inpatient, and Residential milieus. The specialist is responsible for facilitating therapeutic skills groups, self-monitoring, and activity groups, providing therapeutic meal support, and assisting clients in managing their eating disorders. This role ensures a recovery-oriented environment and offers general support across various sites or virtually within a specified geographic region. The float specialist steps in to provide backup coverage due to planned or unplanned PTO, recruitment gaps, and other staffing needs.

Compensation Range

  • $26.40 - $29.70
  • Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

Schedule

  • Full time 40 hours/week
  • Float hours oriented around programming 7:00am - 8:00 pm daily
  • Occasional weekend coverage, as needed

Flexibility & Floating Requirement

This position requires flexibility to float to various locations and departments based on operational needs. Employees in this role will support multiple sites or departments within the organization to ensure high-quality client care and efficient operations.

Floating Responsibilities Include

  • Traveling to different sites or departments as assigned to meet staffing needs.
  • Adapting quickly to diverse teams, workflows, and client populations.

Maintaining consistent communication with site leadership to ensure smooth transitions and practical support across all areas.

This floating requirement is a crucial aspect of the role, providing valuable experience and skill development across the organization.

How Behavioral Health Specialists Empower Recovery

Facilitates therapy groups including skills groups (including CBT and DBT), self-monitoring groups, and experiential activity groups which may include art activities, music, journaling, mindfulness, relaxation, and movement.

  • Participates in therapeutic supported meals and snacks.
  • Provides milieu support.
  • Contributes to the creation and maintenance of a recovery-oriented therapeutic environment.
  • Participates in client therapeutic outings.
  • May meet with residents to provide support and provide in-the-moment skills coaching.
  • Supports individualized treatment plans as developed by therapist and treatment team.
  • Participates in treatment team, mini team, therapy team, and/or case consultation meetings.
  • Participates in scheduled supervision meetings and seeks supervision when needed.
  • Ability to engage, coach, monitor, and support residents as needed.
  • Completes clinical documentation in compliance with company policies and regulatory standards.

Always maintains the confidentiality of proprietary information, which includes but is not limited to, trade secrets, sensitive company information, and any company information not made available to the public.

Always maintains the confidentiality of former and current clients’ protected health information, as directed by state and federal law, and Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative policy. Additionally, maintain confidentiality in any position with access to employee personal information.

  • Completes all assigned mandatory trainings.
  • Performs additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a mental, behavioral, counseling, or behavioral sciences health-related field is strongly preferred.

In addition, A minimum of 1 years of direct patient care experience in a mental/behavioral health setting is required, regardless of degree.

Other Qualifications

Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites must have a valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive.

Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites are required to have a current Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.

Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites are required to have a current First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.

Employees at Residential site in Washington are required to have a Washington State Department of Health Food Handler permit within 30 days of hire.

What we offer

Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.

For full-time employees, we offer

  • HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
  • Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
  • Vision insurance (EyeMed)
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • 401(k) plan available two months after start date
  • Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.

Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Specialist facilitates therapeutic groups, provides meal support, and assists clients in managing their eating disorders across various clinical settings. They also contribute to a recovery-oriented environment by documenting clinical progress and collaborating with the treatment team.

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Therapeutic group facilitationCrisis interventionMilieu managementMental health supportTreatment planning

Healthcare Administration Career Context

Of the 40 active Healthcare Administration listings this role was benchmarked against, 25% are remote, 28% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Healthcare Administration pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$58k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $55k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$58k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$4k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends

Living in Seattle

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$881k
Typical market rent
$2,234/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Mental Health Care
St. Paul, Minnesota
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
Vision insurance (EyeMed)
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Company-paid life insurance
401(k) plan available two months after start date
Company 401(k) matching up to 50% of contribution, up to 6% of compensation
Generous PTO plan