Founding Psychiatry Residency Program Director

Build a new Missouri psychiatry residency program while maintaining an active clinical practice and shaping the future physician workforce of the region.

Build a Psychiatry Residency Program from the Ground Up

• Serve as the founding Program Director for a new ACGME Psychiatry Residency Program targeted to welcome its first class in 2028.

• Build a four-resident-per-year program that will grow to sixteen residents across four years.

• Enjoy a balanced role structured as approximately 50% administrative leadership and 50% clinical psychiatry.

• Define the program's identity, culture, curriculum, faculty model, clinical rotations, recruitment strategy, evaluation systems, and long-term academic reputation.

• Influence the next generation of psychiatrists while expanding access to high-quality behavioral healthcare across the communities the organization serves.

A Supported Founding Role - Not an Isolated Start-Up

• Join a large, nationally recognized nonprofit behavioral health organization with an extensive multi-state continuum of outpatient, inpatient, crisis, addiction, residential, and integrated-care services.

• Leverage an established ACGME-accredited psychiatry residency within the organization, including peer support from experienced program leadership and residency administration professionals.

• Partner with an established regional hospital system for inpatient psychiatry and required clinical rotations.

• Participate in a growing Missouri medical education environment supported by an expanding regional medical-school presence.

• Receive an academic faculty appointment through the program's medical-school partnership.

• Work with executive and medical leadership, operational partners, program faculty, a residency coordinator, hospital partners, academic collaborators, and community stakeholders committed to the program's success.

Your Leadership and Clinical Practice

• Lead the design, implementation, accreditation readiness, and continuous evaluation of the Psychiatry Residency Program.

• Oversee resident recruitment, selection, evaluation, promotion, remediation, professional development, and well-being.

• Develop and maintain an ACGME-aligned curriculum that promotes clinical excellence, professionalism, scholarly activity, and patient-centered care.

• Recruit, evaluate, develop, and support core and teaching faculty while creating a strong culture of mentorship and accountability.

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting to the Designated Institutional Official, Graduate Medical Education Committee, and ACGME.

• Build effective relationships across the behavioral health system, regional hospital partners, the affiliated medical school, and other clinical and community organizations.

• Maintain an active clinical psychiatry practice, with approximately half of the role devoted to direct patient care.

Competitive Recruitment Package

• Competitive base salary.

• $40,000 sign-on bonus.

• Student loan repayment assistance and relocation support.

• Health, dental, vision, life, and retirement benefits with employer match.

• Generous paid time off and separate sick leave.

• Professional liability insurance paid by the organization.

• Reimbursement of relevant professional license fees.

• CME allowance and paid CME time.

• Employee Assistance Program offering confidential counseling, legal assistance, and financial consultation for employees and their households.

Live in Missouri - Career Impact Without the Big-City Trade-Offs

• Live in a growing Missouri regional healthcare and education market with a strong medical community and university presence.

• Choose from a range of nearby communities offering in-town convenience, newer suburban neighborhoods, highly regarded schools, and options for additional space and acreage.

• Enjoy a cost of living below the national average, shorter commutes, family-friendly communities, and an attractive overall quality of life.

• Experience abundant lakes, trails, parks, golf, arts, dining, entertainment, and convenient regional travel access.

What Has KCA Done to Validate This Opportunity?

• Conducted an onsite profile with the client's medical, operational, and organizational leadership, along with key clinical and academic partners involved in developing the residency program.

• Reviewed the program vision, leadership structure, clinical rotation platform, medical education partnerships, compensation package, candidate profile, and recruitment process.

• KCA Firm has been retained to conduct this confidential national search and will guide candidates throughout the interview and relocation process. Additional information regarding the organization and specific Missouri location will be shared with qualified candidates following an introductory conversation.

• KCA's President, Michael Kedme, has helped more than 800 physicians and executives identify their next opportunity and will personally guide candidates through this confidential search.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. degree.

• Board certification in Psychiatry through the ABPN or AOBNP, or equivalent qualifications acceptable to the ACGME Review Committee.

• Minimum of three years of documented graduate medical education experience involving leadership, teaching, or administration.

• Current DEA registration and ongoing clinical activity in psychiatry.

• Eligibility for Missouri medical licensure and local hospital privileges.

Preferred experience: Program Director, Associate Program Director, core faculty, clerkship or site director, medical director with teaching responsibilities, or another comparable graduate medical education leadership role.

Request Confidential Information

This is an exceptional opportunity for a psychiatrist-educator seeking the resources of an established behavioral health organization and the professional impact of building a residency program from the ground up.
All inquiries will be handled confidentially. Additional information regarding the organization and specific Missouri location will be shared with qualified candidates following an introductory conversation.

Call today for confidential consideration. Do not miss the opportunity to build a program-and a legacy-from the ground up.

Michael Kedme, President

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