Practice Administrator, Behavioral Health Administration

ChristianaCare Behavioral Health Administration is looking for a Practice Administrator.

This role is essential in advancing high-quality patient-centered behavioral health care across diverse clinical settings including both outpatient and inpatient services. It provides operational support coordination and strategic alignment for programs spanning the full continuum of care. Key areas of responsibility include the Center for Womens Emotional Wellness Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Embedded Psychology in Specialty Practices Psychosocial Oncology and Hospital-Based Services.

ChristianaCares Behavioral Health Services provides comprehensive patient-centered care for individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Our team of psychologists social workers psychiatric nurses counselors and board-certified psychiatrists delivers evidence-based treatments and personalized support. We offer a full range of services including psychotherapy medication management transcranial magnetic stimulation cognitive behavioral therapy and specialized evaluations for conditions such as depression anxiety bipolar disorder PTSD and dementia. Our mission is to ensure every patient receives compassionate holistic care through innovative techniques and access to our extensive health system resources.

The Practice Administrator provides leadership and professional management for assigned clinics and programs ensuring operational excellence and exceptional service that meets the needs of patients providers caregivers and organizational leaders. This role is responsible for overseeing annual budgets achieving KPI targets and maintaining effective systems processes and teams to deliver high-performing practice and program operations.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree required and preferred in fields such as nursing medical technology business clinical healthcare or healthcare management.
• Minimum of 3 years of practice management required

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Overseeing all aspects of practice management to ensure operational effectiveness and patient satisfaction.
• Driving performance in key areas such as access revenue cycle finance and patient experience.
• Partners with Clinical Leaders of each area around aligning operational and clinical goals ensuring collaborative planning and execution.
• Regularly facilitating provider meetings and maintaining clear communication with clinical leaders and site managers
• Developing action plans and reporting performance to leadership.
• Leading onboarding and training for providers and non-provider caregivers in partnership with clinical and recruitment teams.
• Ensuring adequate staffing through data-driven justification for new or replacement FTEs.
• Mentoring and developing clinic leaders.
• Promoting a safe work environment and adhering to all safety protocols.

The Practice Administrator requires strong interpersonal and leadership abilities to build effective relationships and lead diverse teams. Candidates must demonstrate financial acumen including the ability to forecast budgets and manage variances as well as a solid understanding of practice specialties and revenue cycle operations. Expertise in payor contracting billing reimbursement and denial management is essential. The position calls for strategic thinking paired with strong execution skills the ability to hold others accountable and manage multiple challenges simultaneously. Proven experience in project management implementing plans and driving results through process redesign is critical. Excellent judgment decision-making and communication skillsboth oral and writtenare required along with strong organizational analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean concepts is preferred.

Why ChristianaCare
ChristianaCare is the largest healthcare system in Delaware dedicated to improving health outcomes increasing access to high-quality care and reducing healthcare costs. Under the leadership of President and CEO Dr. Janice Nevinrecognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives in 2022ChristianaCare has earned national acclaim. The organization achieved Healthgrades Americas 50 Best Hospitals Award in 2023 and was ranked by Forbes as the second-best health system for diversity and inclusion in 2022. Located in a region rich in cultural diversity ChristianaCare offers access to some of the nations top public and private schools colleges and universities making it an ideal place to live and work.

About ChristianaCare

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized for excellence and workplace culture. Forbes ranks ChristianaCare as the #2 health system for diversity and inclusion and among the top 30 health systems to work for in the United States. IDG Computerworld names ChristianaCare one of the nations Best Places to Work in IT. Additionally Healthgrades lists ChristianaCare among Americas 50 Best Hospitals and the organization consistently earns top rankings from U.S. News & World Report Newsweek and other national quality rating agencies.

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Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

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