Manager, Behavioral Health

1 month ago

CaliforniaFull TimeMental Health Therapy

✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Kaiser Permanente as a Behavioral Health Manager – Clinical Leadership in United States. Job Summary: Implements and provides guidance to team on best practices for conducting assessments and determining diagnoses. Provides guidance and feedback and mentors team on communicating to share results, discuss treatment plans, and provide resources.

Key Responsibilities

-, this role may also be responsible for providing direct psychotherapeutic services to individual patients and/or patient groups as assigned.

Essential Responsibilities: Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.

Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.

Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations.

Requirements

Qualifications: Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Minimum three (3) years of experience in treatment planning.

Minimum one (1) year of facilitation and development experience of clinical groups and programs.

Masters degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related field AND minimum three (3) years of experience in behavioral health or other relevant healthcare field.

Work Schedule

Full-Time position.

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

Apply to join Kaiser Permanente as a Behavioral Health Manager – Clinical Leadership.

Key Skills

Behavioral HealthTeam LeadershipAssessmentDiagnosisTreatment PlanningMentoringPatient AdvocacyCare CoordinationProgram ManagementRegulatory CompliancePsychotherapeutic ServicesPerformance CoachingChange ManagementCross-functional CollaborationIssue ResolutionCrisis Management

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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Manager, Behavioral Health at Kaiser Permanente a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy physician listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Mental Health Therapy — Physician Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy 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 California.

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, Team Leadership, Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, Mentoring, Patient Advocacy, Care Coordination. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: This role involves implementing best practices for behavioral health assessments, diagnoses, and treatment plans, while also providing guidance and mentorship to teams on communication, advocacy, and quality care standards. The manager oversees program development, regulatory compliance, documentati...

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