Behavioral Health Supervisor Jobs
Behavioral Health Supervisor jobs are open across community mental health centers, residential treatment facilities, hospitals, and nonprofit social services agencies, at levels from clinical lead to program director, with specializations in substance use, crisis intervention, and youth behavioral health. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Schedule: Night Shift: 2 x 12-hour shifts per week or 3 x 8-hour shifts per week
Shift Differentials:
Weekdays (3pm - 11pm): $4.00, weekdays (11pm - 7am): $4.00; weekends (7am - 3pm): $4.00, weekends (3pm - 11pm): $6.00, weekends (11pm - 7am): $7.00.
Retention Bonus: This position is eligible for our retention bonus program (eligible after completion of sign-on bonus); current retention bonus for RNs is $10,000
HIGHLANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.
For more information please visit our website at https://www.uhsinc.com/careers/.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Nurse Supervisor (RN) is responsible for ensuring coordinated delivery of patient care in accordance with the established standards of care, mental health practice and hospital policy, goals and objectives. This position assists in contributing to the hospital's philosophy, objectives, educational and performance improvement efforts, while providing supervision to the nursing staff. The Nurse Supervisor is responsible for oversight supervision of the nursing staff, patients, and patient care during their shift. The Nurse Supervisor will work closely with the Intake and Admissions Department regarding patient admissions, discharges, and transfers during their shift. The Nurse Supervisor may also function as a unit/floor nurse in accordance with staffing protocol needs (as applicable).
REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing required or equivalent combination of education and experience in psychiatric nursing management; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Experience: A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a psychiatric health-care facility preferred.
Licensure: Registered Nurse in the state of Colorado.
Benefit & Reward Highlights:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
- Competitive Compensation
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
- Pet insurance
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Free Basic Life Insurance
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
- More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
If you need assistance or would like to reach someone in the Human Resources department at Highlands please email:
HIGHLANDSBHSHumanResourceContact@uhsinc.com.
Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.
For full consideration, please apply directly to our website: Highlands Behavioral Health System (uhsinc.com)
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit www.uhs.com.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $41.87 - $61.31 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 24.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Dependent care reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Family leave
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Loan assistance
- Loan repayment program
- On-the-job training
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Highlands Ranch, CO 80130: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Schedule: Night Shift: 2 x 12-hour shifts per week or 3 x 8-hour shifts per week
Shift Differentials:
Weekdays (3pm - 11pm): $4.00, weekdays (11pm - 7am): $4.00; weekends (7am - 3pm): $4.00, weekends (3pm - 11pm): $6.00, weekends (11pm - 7am): $7.00.
Retention Bonus: This position is eligible for our retention bonus program (eligible after completion of sign-on bonus); current retention bonus for RNs is $10,000
HIGHLANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.
For more information please visit our website at https://www.uhsinc.com/careers/.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Nurse Supervisor (RN) is responsible for ensuring coordinated delivery of patient care in accordance with the established standards of care, mental health practice and hospital policy, goals and objectives. This position assists in contributing to the hospital's philosophy, objectives, educational and performance improvement efforts, while providing supervision to the nursing staff. The Nurse Supervisor is responsible for oversight supervision of the nursing staff, patients, and patient care during their shift. The Nurse Supervisor will work closely with the Intake and Admissions Department regarding patient admissions, discharges, and transfers during their shift. The Nurse Supervisor may also function as a unit/floor nurse in accordance with staffing protocol needs (as applicable).
REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing required or equivalent combination of education and experience in psychiatric nursing management; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Experience: A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a psychiatric health-care facility preferred.
Licensure: Registered Nurse in the state of Colorado.
Benefit & Reward Highlights:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
- Competitive Compensation
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
- Pet insurance
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Free Basic Life Insurance
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
- More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
If you need assistance or would like to reach someone in the Human Resources department at Highlands please email:
HIGHLANDSBHSHumanResourceContact@uhsinc.com.
Screening of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.
For full consideration, please apply directly to our website: Highlands Behavioral Health System (uhsinc.com)
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit www.uhs.com.
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $41.87 - $61.31 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 24.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Dependent care reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Family leave
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Loan assistance
- Loan repayment program
- On-the-job training
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Highlands Ranch, CO 80130: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in behavioral health supervisor jobs.
- Master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related clinical field
- Active independent clinical licensure such as LCSW, LPC, or LMFT in the state of employment
- Minimum of two to five years of post-licensure clinical experience in a behavioral health setting
- Experience directly supervising licensed or unlicensed clinical staff or case managers
- Knowledge of Medicaid documentation standards, billing compliance, and treatment plan requirements
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems and clinical productivity reporting tools
Tips for Your Behavioral Health Supervisor Job Search
Tailor your resume to supervision scope
Hiring managers want to see how many clinicians you supervised, what modalities your team delivered, and which populations you served. Replace vague language like 'oversaw staff' with specific details about caseload size, compliance responsibilities, and clinical outcomes you managed.
List every active licensure clearly
Licensure requirements vary by state and setting, so list your credentials with the issuing state and expiration year. If you hold an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or similar license, place it prominently near your name so screeners catch it before reading further.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists behavioral health supervisor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by required licensure level
Some postings require independently licensed clinicians while others accept associate-level licenses with supervision. Read the minimum credentials section carefully before applying so you don't waste time on roles where you're disqualified at the screening stage.
Prepare a supervision philosophy statement
Interviewers for behavioral health supervisor roles routinely ask how you support clinician development, handle performance issues, and maintain ethical standards under productivity pressure. Drafting a clear three to four sentence supervision philosophy before interviews helps you answer these questions without rambling.
Negotiate for continuing education funding
CEU requirements for behavioral health licensure renewal are ongoing, so employer-funded training hours are a concrete benefit worth negotiating. Ask directly about annual CEU budgets, internal training days, and whether the organization pays licensure renewal fees.
Behavioral Health Supervisor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most behavioral health supervisors?
The most active employers for behavioral health supervisors right now are Samaritas, Advocate Aurora Health, and Sea Mar Community Health Centers, and the most openings are in Michigan, Washington, and Pennsylvania, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Nonprofit community mental health organizations and large behavioral health networks tend to post the highest volume of supervisory openings.
How many behavioral health supervisor jobs are remote?
About 47% of behavioral health supervisor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with availability depending heavily on the setting and service model. Administrative, utilization review, and telehealth coordination functions are most likely to allow remote or hybrid schedules, while direct-care supervisory roles in residential or crisis programs typically require in-person presence.
How do you become a behavioral health supervisor?
Start by earning a master's degree in social work, counseling, or a related clinical field, then obtain your independent clinical license in your state. Build at least a few years of post-licensure direct practice experience, then move into a lead clinician or senior therapist role to develop informal supervisory experience. When you apply for supervisor positions, emphasize your clinical scope, any staff mentoring you have done, and your familiarity with documentation compliance and regulatory standards.
Can you get a behavioral health supervisor job with limited supervisory experience?
Yes, some employers will hire strong clinicians into their first formal supervisory role if you can demonstrate readiness through other means. Highlight any informal leadership you have provided, such as orienting new staff, leading case consultations, or serving on quality improvement committees. Smaller community agencies and rural behavioral health organizations are often more open to developing supervisors from within their clinical teams than large hospital systems.
What does the behavioral health supervisor interview process look like?
Most employers use a two to three stage process starting with a phone or video screen focused on licensure, clinical background, and availability. The second stage is typically a structured panel interview with clinical leadership and HR, covering supervision philosophy, ethical dilemmas, documentation compliance, and staff management scenarios. Some organizations add a practical component such as a mock supervision session, a written case review, or a presentation on a clinical topic relevant to the program.
Where can I find and apply to behavioral health supervisor jobs?
You can find and apply to behavioral health supervisor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your licensure level, clinical specialization, and preferred setting, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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