Montana Rural Behavioral Health Leadership Opportunities
About The Position
Rural Staffing Services (RSS) partners with various healthcare organizations across Montana, including rural hospitals, clinics, public hospital districts, community health centers, tribal healthcare organizations, and behavioral health organizations. RSS is seeking experienced leaders who understand the unique challenges and opportunities of serving rural and frontier communities in Montana. These leadership roles may be within Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, community hospitals, integrated care programs, outpatient behavioral health clinics, substance use treatment programs, crisis services, tribal healthcare programs, and community-based organizations. Behavioral health access is often limited in rural areas, making strong leadership crucial for building accessible, sustainable, compassionate, and responsive programs. Leaders in these roles will address mental health, substance use, crisis response, and social services, often integrating behavioral health with primary care and considering broader community well-being factors like housing and transportation. This requires creativity, collaboration, cultural awareness, and adaptability. The work offers the chance to build meaningful programs, form lasting partnerships, and ensure compassionate care is available closer to home.
Requirements
- Progressive experience in behavioral health, mental health, substance use treatment, social services, or integrated care
- Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, clinical supervisor, program administrator, or comparable leader
- Experience developing, managing, or improving behavioral health programs
- Knowledge of behavioral health regulations, documentation, quality standards, and reimbursement
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working with rural, frontier, tribal, underserved, or high-need populations
- Familiarity with hospitals, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics, tribal healthcare organizations, community behavioral health organizations, or public agencies
- Relevant education, licensure, or certification based on the specific position
- A compassionate, collaborative, practical, and community-focused leadership style
Nice To Haves
- Licensure such as LCSW, LMSW, LCPC, LMFT, LAC, psychologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or another behavioral health credential may be preferred or required for some opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Providing strategic and operational leadership for behavioral health services
- Developing, expanding, or strengthening mental health and substance use programs
- Supporting integrated behavioral health within primary care or hospital settings
- Leading clinical and nonclinical behavioral health teams
- Recruiting, developing, and retaining behavioral health professionals
- Strengthening access to care in rural, frontier, tribal, and underserved communities
- Supporting crisis response, suicide prevention, and care transition programs
- Building relationships with schools, law enforcement, tribal partners, public agencies, healthcare organizations, and community groups
- Overseeing program quality, compliance, documentation, and regulatory readiness
- Managing budgets, grants, contracts, staffing, and program performance
- Developing policies, procedures, workflows, and service delivery models
- Supporting telebehavioral health, mobile services, outreach programs, and other creative access solutions
- Tracking outcomes and using data to improve care and program sustainability
- Advocating for patients, families, employees, and the communities being served
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
