MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Medical Director

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Medical Director with an Illinois Physician and Surgeon License with a specialty in Psychiatry. Board Certification is required to provide medical leadership and oversight of the psychiatry services provided at the Chester Mental Health Center in Chester, Illinois. Chester Mental Health Center strives to assist patients to achieve their full recovery potential and values culture, safety, recovery, efficiency and quality.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as Medical Director for Chester Mental Health Center.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Develops, plans for and monitors implementation of ancillary medical services, including dentistry, optometry, Electroencephalogram (EEG) and all contractual medical services.
• Directs, designs and implements policies, procedures and verifies compliance with all accrediting regulatory agents.
• Provides psychiatry services by examining, treating and monitoring individual patients' medical needs.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License.
• Requires American Board Certification in the job-related medical specialty of psychiatry.
• Requires three (3) years of substantive medical administrative experience in the directing, planning and evaluating a medical/clinical program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of professional experience working with professional health services, disciplines and program support functions which must be coordinated in administering a comprehensive medical health program.
• Five (5) years of professional experience managing and evaluating the delivery of medical care, treatment, services, and investigating and reporting on incidents.
• Five (5) years of professional experience supervising staff in the medical field as well as other medical professionals.
• Five (5) years of professional experience recommending changes to medical service programs and working with concepts and practices in psychiatry medicine.
• Five (5) years of professional experience providing technical medical training and assistance to internal and/or external stakeholders, communicating with both internal and/or external stakeholders daily on medical services.
• Two (2) years of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on medical services and treatments provided to patients and/or individuals.

Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch

Headquarter Location: 1315 Lehman Dr, Chester, Illinois, 62233

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