System Medical Director, Behavioral Health

Quick Facts

System Medical Director for Behavioral Health with executive physician leadership across the behavioral health continuum.

Description

Serve as the senior physician leader responsible for the clinical strategy, quality, growth, integration, and development of behavioral health services. The role includes concurrent physician leadership as medical director for a 49-bed inpatient psychiatric facility and oversight of outpatient psychiatry, with a mandate to build an integrated continuum of care for rural communities. Key focus areas include telepsychiatry, crisis and rapid-access psychiatry, collaborative care, geriatric behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment and detoxification, and potential development of a psychiatry residency.

Responsibilities

• Visionary leadership for behavioral health services across the health system.
• Concurrent inpatient psychiatry medical directorship (49-bed facility).
• Provide clinical leadership for adult and adolescent behavioral health strategy.
• Executive physician oversight for outpatient psychiatric service line and medical director.
• Advance the system toward a true continuum-of-care model.
• Develop telepsychiatry as a core component of rural behavioral health strategy.
• Create a regional strategy for geriatric behavioral health needs.
• Develop coordinated emergency and crisis psychiatry response across facilities.
• Evaluate and, if approved, lead development of a psychiatry residency program.
• Maintain a meaningful clinical practice aligned with executive medical director responsibilities.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an accredited psychiatry residency program.
• Eligible for unrestricted physician licensure in Pennsylvania.
• Eligible for appropriate medical staff appointment and clinical privileges.
• Board certification in Psychiatry by ABPN or an appropriate AOA-recognized specialty board (strongly preferred).
• Current DEA registration as required for clinical responsibilities.

Benefits

Not specified in the provided posting.