Internal Medicine Physician

Job Title: Medical Director Provider Type: Medical Director/ Internal Medicine Specialty: Psychiatrist Location: Near Springfield, IL Practice Setting: Hospital Duration: Short Term or Long Term Job Description: 30% 1. Serves as Medical Director for an Inpatient Mental Health Center. Duties include but are not limited to: - Administers all medical, psychiatric, nursing, social service and psychological treatment provided to both forensic and civil recipients on all units of the Center; - Develops policies and procedures for all program areas in accordance with departmental policies, mental health code and various accreditation and certification bodies; - Directs the implementation of services. 20% 2. Serves as foil-line supervisor which includes union, non-union, and contractual staff. Duties include but are not limited to; - Assign and reviews work; - Provides guidance and training to assigned staff; - Counsels staff regarding work performance; - Reassigns staff to meet day-to-day operating needs; - Establishes annual goals and objectives; - Adjusts first level grievances; - Effectively recommends and imposes discipline, up to and Including discharge; - Prepares and signs performance evaluations; - Determines and recommends staffing needs. 15% 3. Serves as manager of medical program operations. Duties Include but are not limited to: - Recruits, negotiates, and selects outside vendors to provide specialized medical services; - Monitors vendor performance and activities for compliance to contracts; - Develops reports regarding discharge summaries and other medical reports and correspondence; - Authorizes payment based upon services rendered; - Develops and manages medical/clinical budgets within general policy guidelines established by the Budget and Business Administrator, - Monitors the contracts and reviews billing for medical/clinical services to verify qualitative services as delivered; recommends termination of medical/clinical contracts. 10% 4. Represents medical services and programs. Duties Include but are not limited to: Serves as a member of the hospital clinical and management team and governing body; - Represents the hospital on a variety of statewide medical committees; - Serves as chairman of the Executive Medical Staff Committee; - Make committee assignments. 10% 5. Serves as facility expert on mental health laws, regulations, and trends. Duties include but not limited to: - Examines recipients for certification under the Mental Health Code; - Participates in patient care reviews; - Represents the Center and medical staff in court proceedings. 10% 6. Performs incident Investigation and reporting including, but not limited to: - Reviews all serious incident management reports and use of Hospital Restraints and Seclusions authorizations; - Investigates and reports issues related to patient abuse and neglect and other mandated reported. Requirements: American Board of Medical Specialties certification in Psychiatry; • Requires an Illinois license to practice medicine or the ability to obtain an Illinois license within 60 days of employment offer.5 • Requires three years of administrative experience in a medical/clinical program. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience working as a member of a diverse team including psychologists, medical physicians, nursing and social services post residency; • Administrative experience in a medical/clinical program beyond (3 years) the minimum requirement; • Experience supervising medical professionals; • Experience managing and developing budgets; • Experience working on program development including drafting of policy and procedure; • Skilled at ensuring patient focused outcomes & a compassionate approach to patient care; • The ability to effectively communicate to a broad audience

Location: Springfield, Illinois, US

Posted Date: 7/12/2025