Medical Director Psychiatrist -Inpatient

About the role

Wilmington Treatment Center is a behavioral health facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, that provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for adolescents and adults who are struggling with substance use disorders, mental health concerns, or co-occurring (dual diagnosis) conditions. We are looking for an accomplished Full-Time Medical Director-Psychiatrist -Inpatient to lead our team at Wilmington Treatment Center, a leading provider of addiction and behavioral healthcare services. As part of Acadia Healthcare's Comprehensive Treatment Network, the facility is part of a system with approximately 23,500 employees, 11,400 beds, 258 locations across 38 states.

Responsibilities

• Leadership, quality assurance, supervision, and overall medical management of the facility within state and federal regulations and accreditation standards.
• Responsible for the quality, efficiency, and management of delivering services within the 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 physician's 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 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• Board certified in Psychiatry required.
• Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.