Manager Behavioral Health Services
Listed compensation
$84k-$88k
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Job Description
HealthFirst Bluegrass is looking for a mission-focused RN leader who wants to make behavioral health care easier to access, more connected, and more compassionate for the people we serve. As Behavioral Health Services Manager, you will help expand access to care, support patients with complex behavioral health and medical needs, and strengthen the teamwork that makes whole-person care possible.
This role is a great fit for an RN who brings both clinical confidence and a heart for behavioral health. You will provide RN clinical coordination for high-risk patients, support care planning, triage, medication management, and patient education, and partner with clinical, operational, quality, finance, IT, patient access, and case management teams to improve workflows, outcomes, and the patient and staff experience.
How You’ll Make a Mission-Focused Impact
- Help more patients connect with timely, compassionate behavioral health care.
- Support integrated, patient-centered care across teams and service locations.
- Use your RN skills to support assessment, triage, care planning, medication management, patient education, and coordination for high-risk and complex patients.
- Build strong partnerships with community organizations, referral sources, and internal teams.
- Keep grant-funded programs moving forward by tracking deliverables, outcomes, and compliance.
- Use data and continuous improvement to remove barriers, improve outcomes, and strengthen service delivery.
- Lead with HealthFirst’s CARES values—compassion, accountability, respect, empathy, continuous improvement, and service excellence—while strengthening behavioral health services for our community.
What You’ll Bring
- Current Kentucky RN license and CPR certification required.
- Nursing degree required; bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Three to five years of behavioral health and healthcare operations experience preferred.
- Experience in integrated care, community health, FQHC operations, outreach, grants, project management, program development, or quality improvement preferred.
- Strong communication, collaboration, leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- A positive, service-focused mindset and a commitment to making care easier to access.
If you are energized by teamwork, behavioral health, community impact, and helping remove barriers to care, we would love to meet you. Bring your RN expertise, leadership, and heart to HealthFirst Bluegrass—and help create stronger pathways to care for patients and families in our community.
Key Responsibilities
The Behavioral Health Services Manager will provide clinical coordination for high-risk patients and support integrated, patient-centered care across various teams. They will also manage grant-funded programs, track outcomes, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Kentucky RN license, CPR certification, and a nursing degree, with a bachelor's degree preferred. Three to five years of experience in behavioral health and healthcare operations is also preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Behavioral Health — Registered Nurse Career Context
Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 58% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$86k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $95k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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