Medical Director & Inpatient Psychiatrist

Quick Facts

Full-time inpatient leadership role: Medical Director & Psychiatrist in a behavioral health setting with an addiction medicine and co-occurring disorders focus.

Description

You will lead clinical quality and operational effectiveness for inpatient behavioral health services while providing direct psychiatric patient care. Responsibilities include defining protocols, supervising a multidisciplinary team, ensuring compliance with medical/clinical policies, and maintaining up-to-date clinical medical records. You will also support staff development through teaching and provide backup call coverage.

Responsibilities

• Define protocols and assist in clinical decision-making for patient care
• Provide direct patient care and coordinate physician-staff interactions with other departments
• Directly supervise professional clinical staff and administrative/support staff
• Serve as a liaison between medical staff and other facility/division/corporate stakeholders
• Monitor and supervise staff adherence to established medical and clinical policies
• Provide backup call coverage
• Teach and support training/development of other personnel
• Conduct/secure patient physical exams and histories
• Order appropriate diagnostic testing, perform clinical evaluation, and prescribe medications and treatments
• Manage behavioral/mental health concerns and maintain clinical medical records per federal/state regulation and facility policy
• Manage facility finances and revenue (budgets, billing, spending)
• Develop organizational goals and strategies/policies to meet them
• Develop, approve, implement, and update facility general policies, protocols, and procedures

Requirements

• MD or DO degree
• Board certified in Psychiatry
• Current, unrestricted medical license in the state where the facility operates
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions
• Previous Medical Director experience preferred

Benefits

Not specified in the provided posting.