We are actively seeking a Director of Business Development to join our excellent leadership team! Acadia Healthcare-River Place Behavioral Health, a service of Ochsner Health System, provides state-of-the-art psychiatric care for adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other mental health concerns.

BENEFITS:

River Place Behavioral Health provides a comprehensive package of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement for full-time staff after 1-year

The Director of Business Development is responsible for growing lines of service by developing/retaining referrals from physicians and other key non-physician referral sources.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborate closely with hospital discharge planners, social workers, case managers, physicians and management, as well as provide education staff to generate referral sources.
• Work collaboratively with all levels of facility and division sales leadership to support the organizations mission and revenue goals by selling of service line attributes, processes and outcomes to consumer, physician and market facility groups/individuals.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive internal and external marketing plan that would increase revenues and profits for facility.
• Ensure that referral priorities are identified and in line with the vision and strategic goals of the organization.
• Expeditiously document all activity in company Customer Relationship Manager (Salesforce).
• Evaluate, analyze and interpret market demographics, including population, age, gender, race and projected trends for patient populations.
• Execute referrals and retention strategies/plans effectively, continuously modifying strategies and plans to ensure quality outcomes and results for referral sources and facility.
• Successfully close new referral sources and complete face-to-face meetings with referral sources ensuring a thorough understanding of services available. Complete follow-up meetings with referral sources as needed.
• Prepare and present regular reports, identifying trends, additional referral opportunities and obstacles to retention and growth.
• Provide staff management to include hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master's degree preferred.
• Five or more years’ related experience in healthcare business development role required.
• One or more years’ supervisor experience required.