Medical Director / Psychiatrist

While our preference is to identify a psychiatrist interested in a full-time Medical Director position, we recognize that the right physician may already have an established practice, academic appointment, or other professional commitments. We are therefore open to full-time, part-time, flexible, and hybrid arrangements for an exceptional candidate.

• No on call
• No weekends
• Flexible scheduling
• Dedicated administrative/leadership time
• Clinical workload structured around Medical Director responsibilities
• Hybrid administrative/telepsychiatry opportunities where appropriate
• Established psychiatric, nursing, clinical, Quality/Compliance, HR and administrative support
• Direct collaboration with the CEO and senior administration
• Opportunity to meaningfully shape psychiatric services across an established behavioral health organization

The Medical Director provides medical and psychiatric leadership for PBH's psychiatric services and works collaboratively with the CEO, psychiatric providers, nursing leadership, clinical Directors, and Quality/Compliance team.

Responsibilities include providing psychiatric and clinical leadership; establishing and maintaining standards for high-quality psychiatric care; providing clinical consultation to psychiatric providers and organizational leadership; participating in quality improvement, regulatory compliance and clinical policy development; supporting recruitment and clinical evaluation of psychiatric providers; participating in required clinical meetings and interdisciplinary consultation; and maintaining an agreed-upon clinical caseload appropriate to the physician's overall schedule and Medical Director responsibilities.

• MD or DO
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Eligible for or currently holding an unrestricted Pennsylvania medical license
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality psychiatric care
• Strong clinical judgment and communication skills
• Leadership experience preferred, but previous Medical Director experience is not required

Experience with community behavioral health, outpatient psychiatry, Medicaid populations, child/adolescent psychiatry, or interdisciplinary behavioral healthcare is valued but not required.

• PA Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)
• PA Criminal History Clearance (Act 34)
• PA Department of Human Services: FBI Clearance- Use service code 1KG738
• Educational Documentation: Official Transcripts

Ponessa Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The personnel policies are designed to assure equal treatment of all individuals with regard to employment regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex age, veteran's status, or non-job related physical or mental handicap or disability.