Medical Director Psychiatrist
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Job Location:
New Castle, CO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Overview
Location: MeadowWood Behavioral Health Hospital575 S. DuPont Hwy.New Castle DE 19720
MeadowWood Behavioral Health Hospital is the Premier Mental Health and Co-Occurring Addiction Treatment Center for Adolescents Adults and Seniors in New Castle & Wilmington DE. This 130-bed acute care hospital offers a range of services including Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) Detox and Substance Use Treatment Inpatient Treatment and specialized Adult and Geriatric Programs to address community needs.
We are currently seeking to add a Full-Time Medical Director/Psychiatrist to join our team!
For more information please contact Eva Fassauer at or call/text .
About the role:
The Medical Director/Psychiatrist will be responsible for leadership quality assurance supervision and overall medical management of the facility within the boundaries of state and federal regulations and accreditation standards.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the quality efficiency and management of delivering services within a facility.
- Define protocols and assist in decision making pertaining to the medical and clinical care of patients.
- Provide direct patient care and assist other departments with direct interactions with physicians staff.
- Directly supervise other professional clinical staff as well as administrative or support staff.
- Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and other staff within the facility division or corporate staff and organizational leadership.
- Monitor and supervise assigned staff to adherence to established medical and clinical policy.
- Provide back up call coverage.
- Serve in a teaching capacity for the training and development of other personnel.
- Secure physical exam and history from the patients.
- Request appropriate diagnostic testing clinical evaluation and prescribe medications and treatments.
- Assist in the management of behavioral or mental health problems of patients and maintain current clinical medical records in accordance with federal or state regulation and industry practice as well as facility clinic or corporate policies and procedures.
- Manage the finances and revenue of the facility including budgets billing and spending.
- Develop organizational goals and objectives and devise strategies and policies to meet those goals.
- Develop approve implement and update the general policies protocols and procedures of the facility.
Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
- Board certified in Psychiatry required.
- Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.
Licenses/Certifications:
- Current unrestricted license to practice medicine by the state in which the facility operates.
- Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
Our Comprehensive Treatment Network
23500 Employees 11400 Beds 258 Locations 38 States 1 Network
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia our primary goal is to meet patients where theyre at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care including detoxification residential treatment for substance use residential treatment for dual diagnosis acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services and an array of outpatient programming options ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individuals characteristics protected by applicable state federal and local laws.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Post Residency Experience
- Occupational Health Experience
- Clinical Research
- Managed Care
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Management
- Utilization Management
- Clinical Development
- Clinical Trials
- Leadership Experience
- Medicare
