Medical Director/Psychiatrist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health - Jefferson Health, Southern New Jersey - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health seeks a Medical Director of Ambulatory Behavioral Health to join our growing Behavioral Health service line in New Jersey. The ideal candidate will serve in this collaborative physician’s role providing direct psychiatric care, while also dedicating approximately 20% of their time to overseeing our behavioral health medical services in the outpatient setting and ensuring the appropriate and most cost-effective medical care is received.

Responsibilities:

• In coordination with the Clinical Department Administrator, and Jefferson Regional and Enterprise Department Leads, the Medical Director will provide clinical oversight across the ambulatory service line which includes partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and office based outpatient locations.  

• Act as Collaborating Physician for Department Advanced Practice Providers for clinical supervision, as well as providing clinical direction for staff Psychiatrists, licensed therapists, and support staff.

• Provide clinical consultation and serve as clinical/strategic advisor to enhance clinical operations.

• Evaluate, diagnose and manage acute and chronic psychiatric conditions.

• Program management responsibilities include clinical policy development, program development/implementation, provide guidance for clinical operational aspects of programs, and oversee clinical/non-clinical activities.

• Develop and implement behavioral health and substance use disorder programs to improve quality, cost, and outcomes.

The Behavioral Health service line in New Jersey is an interdisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, and licensed therapists providing comprehensive services for children, adolescents, and adults including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and medication assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders, utilizing a patient centered trauma informed approach to treatment.

In addition to offering a flexible work week, Monday-Friday, with patient hours offered between 7am-7pm available, with hybrid (telehealth and in person) provided, our practice provides well-appointed offices, an EMR system with electronic prescribing (EPIC), peer consultation groups, and dedicated professionals with whom to collaborate. We also have talented support staff who handle everything from credentialing to insurance authorizations, scheduling appointments, and collection of payments.

Qualifications:

• MD/DO degree or equivalent medical degree from a medical school of recognized standing

• Completion of an accredited residency program in Psychiatry

• Certification: Board Certification in General Psychiatry, in addition to current DEA and CDS (NJ) certificate without restriction

• Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of New Jersey

• Experience in coordinating with primary care or psychosomatic medicine preferred

• Experience treating patients across the lifespan preferred

• Must have strong human relations

• Excellent communications skills and clinical acumen

• Ability to use common office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Jefferson Health offers highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including generous time off, CME resources, retirement, and medical/dental/vision. Relocation and sign-on bonus offered, in addition to quality and production incentives.

Those interested in learning more about the opportunity may contact rachel.fowkes@jefferson.edu

Jefferson Health New Jersey (JHNJ) is an integrated healthcare delivery system providing a full range of healthcare services to the communities of southern New Jersey. With three acute care hospitals in Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township, and a wide range of outpatient services and wellness programs, JHNJ’s dedicated healthcare team, including more than 900 physicians on staff, provides a range of primary to highly-specialized care, including Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center locations in Cherry Hill and Washington Township, bariatric weight-loss surgery, and neurosurgery. JHNJ provides expert and compassionate care through its expansive network of Primary & Specialty Care medical practices, which includes South Jersey’s first LGBTQ+ affirming practice, located in Haddonfield, NJ. With some 5,000 employees, JHNJ is a continually growing regional leader in healthcare.

Covid vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University.  If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.