Medical Director- Behavioral Health

Description

Working in a hybrid model the Medical Director provides the medical leadership and oversight to the multidisciplinary teams in the treatment of patients in the MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) continuum of care and is responsible for quality assurance within the clinic system. The Medical Director supervises the Physicians and APP's who provide outpatient and ACT services in the two York County clinics (Biddeford and Springvale). The Medical Director also provides direct care to a panel of complex patients in a multidisciplinary model. In addition to liberal administrative activities, the Medical Director collaborates with leaders from the local primary care system toward integration of behavioral healthcare and primary care. The York County Medical Director will join other MHBH medical directors in quality improvement and access initiatives toward a consistent team-based approach to care for the MaineHealth system.

Desired Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate of Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical School

• Completion of internship and psychiatric residency and/or fellowship training

• 3+ years' experience after residency and/or fellowship training

• Current and valid licensure as a physician by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine or eligible.

• Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, or be eligible for examination by the American Board as documented by written evidence

• Board Certified or board eligible in general psychiatry

• Current DEA Registration Certificate

• Meet other credentialing criteria defined in Medical Staff By-laws

Additional Information:

MaineHealthis a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working togethersoour communities are the healthiest in America." MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members,MaineHealthprovides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH, a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital and intensive outpatient treatment, as well as four ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

To learn more about our system, please visitwww.mainehealth.organd our benefits page.

Please contact Physician & APP Recruiter: Dave Somers atdavid.somers@mainehealth.org