Psychiatrist / Medical Director - Part Time - Montecatini

Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center

2524 La Costa Ave

Carlsbad, CA 92009

Montecatini provides life-changing care for female-identifying and nonbinary adolescents and adults age 12 and older who are struggling with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, other types of eating disorders, and co-occurring concerns. When a patient chooses to receive care at Montecatini, they join a dynamic and vibrant healing community where compassionate professionals are dedicated to treating their mind, body, and spirit.

Montecatini is Southern California's Premier Residetial Eating Disorder Treatment Center for women ages 12 to 65. At our treatment center in Carlsbad, California, we offer separate, age-specific residential programs that are tailored to the developmental stages of our patients. One program is for adolescents ages 12-17, and the other program is for adults age 17 and older. We also offer partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programming for individuals age 16 and older.

We are currently seeking a Part-Time Psychiatrist / Medical Director to join our skilled and patient focused team.

For more information, please contact Eva Fassauer at eva.fassauer@acadiahealthcare.com or call/text at 615-861-7410.

About the role:

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

• 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.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• Three or more years’ post-graduate degree practice experience required.
• Two or more years’ medical management experience preferred.
• Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.
• Previous experience with patients being treated for eating disorders preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Current license to practice medicine as required by state.
• Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

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