Associate Medical Director

Quick Facts

• Psychiatry and/or Addiction Medicine specialty
• 40 hours/week
• Escondido, CA
• Competitive benefits package

Description

Provide clinical leadership for a gender-responsive, trauma-informed behavioral health program delivering integrated substance use and mental health services for women (and eligible children) seeking recovery. Services include residential treatment (up to 120 women, with capacity for up to 20 children under 5) and outpatient/intensive outpatient treatment for women and pregnant or parenting female teenagers. Treat both substance use and co-occurring mental illness as primary conditions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a medical leader for intensive psychiatric and substance use treatment settings
• Support integrated delivery of mental health and substance use treatment
• Provide medical oversight for participant care in residential and outpatient programs

Requirements

• Valid and unrestricted California Physician’s License (MD or DO) with a specialty in psychiatry and/or addiction medicine
• Valid DEA certificate
• Experience serving adults with chronic medical conditions and co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use challenges
• Minimum 5 years post-licensure experience in direct participant care in intensive psychiatric and substance use treatment settings

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package