Medical Director- Psychiatrist

The Refuge, A Healing Place

The Refuge, A Healing Place, is a premier residential treatment center dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based care for adults facing mental health challenges, trauma, substance use, and co-occurring disorders. Our multidisciplinary team is deeply committed to helping patients achieve lasting healing and recovery in a supportive, therapeutic environment.

We are seeking an accomplished Medical Director – Psychiatrist to lead our clinical team. This is a unique leadership opportunity with a nationally recognized behavioral healthcare provider, offering both clinical impact and strategic influence.

Compensation: $275,000–$300,000 annually

Why join us?

Join our team and lead both the clinical strategy and day-to-day psychiatric care for a complex dual-diagnosis patient population. This role offers the unique opportunity to blend executive leadership, team mentorship, and direct patient care—all while driving high-quality outcomes within a premier residential treatment setting.

What We’re Looking For

• A collaborative, patient-centered leader committed to evidence-based care
• Strong clinical judgment and decision-making capabilities
• Passion for integrated, trauma-informed treatment approaches
• Excellent communication and leadership skills

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

Required:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified in Psychiatry
• Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current, unrestricted medical license in the practicing state
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

About Acadia Healthcare

The Refuge is part of Acadia Healthcare’s Comprehensive Treatment Network, one of the nation’s leading providers of behavioral healthcare services:

• 23,500 employees
• 11,400 beds
• 258 locations
• 38 states

Acadia provides a full continuum of care, including detoxification, residential treatment, inpatient psychiatric services, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient programs. Our mission is to expand access to care, reduce stigma, and provide safe, effective treatment for those in need.

For more information, please contact: Jaylen H at [email protected]

Overview:

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

Summary

• 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.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• Board certified in Psychiatry required.
• Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine by the state in which the facility operates.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

Our Comprehensive Treatment Network

~23,500 Employees

• ~11,400 Beds
• 258 Locations
• 38 States
• 1 Network

As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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