Behavioral Health Administrator – PRTF

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LAUNCH a new Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility - Behavioral Health Administrator - Seeking growth oriented leader!

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Salary: $100,000 - $125,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are a mission-driven behavioral health organization expanding access to higher-acuity residential care for youth and families.

As part of that growth, we are building a new psychiatric residential treatment program in Maryland and are looking for an experienced residential behavioral health leader to help bring it to life. This is an opportunity to step into a true facility leadership seat with meaningful ownership across operations, clinical delivery, team development, regulatory readiness, and the successful launch of a new program.

We're looking for someone who understands what it takes to operate in a complex residential environment—not from a distance, but from inside the work.

Why join us?

This is more than stepping into an established program and maintaining what's already there. You'll have the opportunity to help build, launch, and shape a new PRTF operation from the ground up.

You'll have meaningful influence over how the program comes together—from building the team and establishing operating rhythms to preparing for admissions and creating the foundation for safe, sustainable growth.

If you've successfully led a PRTF or comparable psychiatric residential program and want an opportunity where your experience can directly shape what gets built next, this is that kind of role.

What makes the opportunity compelling:

Founding leadership opportunity with significant operational ownership
Opportunity to help launch and shape a new residential behavioral health program
Direct influence across staffing, clinical operations, compliance, census, and program performance
Mission-driven work supporting youth with complex behavioral health needs
Established organizational infrastructure behind the new program
Opportunity to build a team and operating culture rather than simply inherit one
Long-term leadership opportunity within a broader behavioral health organization

Job Details

We're seeking an experienced Behavioral Health Administrator – PRTF to lead the development, launch, and ongoing operation of a new psychiatric residential treatment program in Maryland.

This role requires a leader who has been close to the actual operation of residential behavioral healthcare. You'll be responsible for bringing together the clinical, operational, regulatory, financial, and people components required to open the program successfully and operate it at a high level.

What You'll Own:

Lead day-to-day operations of the psychiatric residential treatment program
Help move the program through launch readiness and into successful admissions
Recruit, develop, and lead a multidisciplinary residential team
Establish effective staffing and scheduling practices
Maintain strong regulatory, licensing, and compliance standards
Partner closely with clinical, psychiatric, nursing, and operational leadership
Oversee census development, admissions, discharges, and overall program capacity
Maintain accountability for budget and operational performance
Ensure effective incident management, treatment coordination, and quality processes
Build operating systems and leadership rhythms that support safe, consistent care
Create a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and service to youth and families

What We're Looking For:

Significant leadership experience within psychiatric residential treatment, RTC, PRTF, or a closely comparable higher-acuity residential behavioral health setting
Prior responsibility for facility-level operations, rather than solely corporate or portfolio oversight
Demonstrated leadership across staffing, clinical operations, regulatory compliance, census, and financial performance
Strong understanding of the operational and clinical complexity of residential behavioral healthcare
Experience working alongside multidisciplinary clinical, psychiatric, and nursing teams
Experience opening, licensing, launching, or significantly expanding a residential program is highly preferred
Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on during a program's build and stabilization phases
Strong people leadership and the ability to build an effective team and culture

The source material supports this scope: the mandate combines staffing, budget, census, admissions/discharges, compliance, incident response, clinical oversight, treatment planning, psychiatric/nursing coverage, and daily facility operations, with launch experience preferred.

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