Medical Director - Psychiatrist (New Castle)

Full-Time, Medical Director / Psychiatrist

MeadowWood Behavioral Health Hospital is the premier mental health and co-occurring addiction treatment center for adolescents, adults, and seniors in New Castle and Wilmington, DE. This 130-bed acute care hospital offers a range of services, including partial hospitalization programs (PHP), detox and substance use treatment, inpatient treatment, and specialized adult and geriatric programs to address community needs.

We are currently seeking to add a Full-Time, Medical Director / Psychiatrist to join our team!

The Medical Director / Psychiatrist will be responsible for leadership, quality assurance, supervision, and overall medical management of the facility within the boundaries of state and federal regulations and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities include :

• Responsible for the quality, efficiency, and management of delivering services within a 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 the 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.

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