Psychiatrist Medical Director – Inpatient Behavioral Health – Valdosta, GA (BB)
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Job description
Experienced Psychiatrist Medical Director to lead clinical excellence at an established 140-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Valdosta, Georgia. This full-time physician leadership opportunity combines strategic medical oversight, APP supervision, quality improvement, and active clinical involvement across a comprehensive behavioral health program serving children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
With an established multidisciplinary team and a mature advanced practice provider (APP) care model, this opportunity is ideal for a psychiatrist who enjoys mentoring clinicians, strengthening clinical standards, and shaping the delivery of psychiatric care while remaining engaged in patient treatment.
The Psychiatrist Medical Director will serve as the hospital's senior physician leader, partnering with executive leadership and clinical teams to promote patient safety, quality care, regulatory compliance, physician engagement, and clinical excellence.
The hospital provides inpatient psychiatric services as well as Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP).
Nurse practitioners provide much of the day-to-day patient care through an established APP-supported model. The Medical Director serves as the senior physician resource, providing clinical oversight, consultation, supervision, and guidance for complex psychiatric cases and hospital-wide quality initiatives.
Job Responsibilities
Promote clinical quality, patient safety, and evidence-based treatment standards.
Serve as the senior physician consultant for complex psychiatric cases.
Review treatment plans, medication strategies, and clinical outcomes.
Maintain involvement in direct patient care as needed.
Medical Staff Leadership
Supervise, mentor, and support nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers.
Collaborate with physicians, nursing leadership, therapists, social workers, and hospital administration.
Support recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and professional development of medical staff.
Participate in medical staff meetings, peer review activities, and physician leadership initiatives.
Quality & Regulatory Oversight
Support credentialing, utilization management, peer review, and regulatory compliance.
Help establish consistent clinical standards across child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric behavioral health services.
Collaborate with PHP and IOP leadership to provide physician guidance when appropriate.
Assist with risk management, clinical policy development, and quality improvement initiatives.
Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation.
Practice Environment
Established 140-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital.
Comprehensive psychiatric services across the lifespan.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP).
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).
Established multidisciplinary clinical team.
Mature APP-supported care model.
Collaborative physician leadership environment.
Qualifications
Completion of an accredited Psychiatry residency.
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
Active Georgia medical license or willingness to obtain one.
Active DEA registration or eligibility to obtain one.
Inpatient behavioral health experience.
Experience collaborating with or supervising advanced practice providers.
Strong physician leadership, communication, and clinical decision-making skills.
Comfortable providing care across child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.
Ability to complete credentialing and background screening requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
Previous Medical Director or physician leadership experience.
Experience within a large inpatient behavioral health hospital.
Experience leading APP-supported clinical teams.
Familiarity with acute psychiatric admissions and high-acuity patient populations.
Experience supporting Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs.
Experience with quality improvement, peer review, accreditation, and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Compensation
Expected in the Salary, based on experience, board certification, leadership background, and overall qualifications.
Anticipated Start Date
September 2026
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This position offers the opportunity to lead an established behavioral health program while maintaining meaningful clinical involvement. With executive leadership support, an experienced multidisciplinary team, and a well-developed APP infrastructure, the Medical Director can focus on advancing clinical quality, mentoring clinicians, strengthening patient care standards, and improving outcomes across a broad continuum of psychiatric services.
If you are a Board Certified or Board Eligible psychiatrist with inpatient behavioral health experience and an interest in physician leadership, we encourage you to apply.
Working Hours
Full-time position.
Monday through Friday.
Combination of leadership and clinical responsibilities.
Weekend and call expectations to be discussed during the interview process.