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Medical Director of Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services (MD, DO)
East Coast - Beautiful Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Health System Leadership Role

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is proud to be recognized as the only independent, community-based acute care hospital in Coastal Virginia’s Hampton Roads, serving southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. Like our community, we are growing and evolving with more than 600 physicians and over 75 specialties across 50 locations. We invite you to join our award-winning team during this exciting time as Medical Director, Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services. 

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is a health system laser-focused on innovation, known for making medical history in the region and providing patients with personal care. Its hospital, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, is a non-state-owned public hospital created by the General Assembly in response to citizens advocating for needed access to healthcare services. With the best heart attack survival rates of the major systems in the region, a new open-heart surgery program, state-of-the-art neuro-interventional suite, comprehensive cancer care, and the most preferred Labor & Delivery program in the area, Chesapeake Regional provides its community with high-quality care that patients know and trust. A nationally accredited Chest Pain Center, Magnet® recognized for nursing excellence, and named one of the Best Hospitals of 2024 by Money.com, Chesapeake Regional received several 5-star ratings from Healthgrades, achieved the 2024 Digital Health Most Wired Acute 8 Award from CHIME, and a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award, placing the hospital among the top 10% in the nation for patient safety.

Living & Working in Coastal Virginia, Chesapeake 

Chesapeake is in the heart of Coastal Virginia, surrounded by protected farmland, forests, and wetlands. It is just minutes away from the sandy beaches of Virginia Beach and the lively downtown Norfolk, and only an hour from the Outer Banks. Here, you'll be living in one of the nation’s safest communities, filled with diversity, outstanding schools, miles of tree-lined and charming neighborhoods, great shopping, and acres of outdoor recreation. Other benefits of our community:

• Uniquely situated on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between rural and urban centers and Virginia’s breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Proximity to all major cities on the East Coast (DC ~3.5 hours, and minutes from Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Hampton, and Newport).
• An hour away from America’s Historic Triangle that includes Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg.
• Beautiful neighborhoods within one of the nation's safest cities for its size with a comfortable cost of living.
• One of the best locations for business investment, outdoor recreation, and quality of life.
• Exceptional schools and the state's most educated public-school teachers within Chesapeake Public School District.

The Opportunity

The Medical Director of Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services plans, develops, and directs inpatient and outpatient clinical Behavioral Health programs under general supervision of the President & CEO in collaboration with the Chief Operating and Nursing Officer, the Chief Medical Officer, the Behavioral Health Director of Nursing, and the Manager of Behavioral Health Services. The incumbent will deliver direct psychiatric diagnosis and treatment services, coordinate and supervise the medical practice of behavioral health clinicians; oversee compliance of the organization’s behavioral health services; represent Department programs and services with community organizations and government agencies; develop evidence-based clinical services; direct clinical aspects of Department operations; and provide psychiatric expertise for complex cases and quality assurance systems.

Candidate Qualifications

• Required Education: Graduate from an accredited college of allopathic or osteopathic medicine.
• Required Licenses/Certifications:
  • Valid, unencumbered Virginia Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine License or an equivalent license issued by another state and eligibility for a Virginia license, which must be obtained within six months of employment.
  • Board certification in Psychiatry.
  • Possession of a valid, unencumbered Controlled Substance Registration certificate issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration, schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4 and 5.
• Required Knowledge and Experience:
  • Four (4) years of experience as a practicing psychiatrist in a behavioral health setting, including experience providing clinical supervision.
  • Possesses up-to-date clinical practice of psychiatry, including the recovery model, strengths-based treatment, dual diagnosis treatment, with client/family involvement. 
  • Knowledgeable in the application of a variety of effective behavioral health treatment modalities utilized in a comprehensive community-based prevention and treatment system. 
  • Expertise in the evaluation of evidenced-based mental health and alcohol and drug use treatment programs and services. 
  • Experienced with behavioral health problems and issues in relation to the development and delivery of behavioral health services. 
  • Practiced in the principles, practices, and methodology for developing, implementing, and administering behavioral health services. 
  • Able to interpret Federal, State, and County laws and regulations applicable to mental health and substance use programs, and the relationship of federal and State programs to local government services and programming.

Application Instructions

To ensure full consideration, inquiries, nominations, CVs and applications should be submitted electronically in confidence to c/o: Kurt Voelker at kvoelker@kbic.com and/or academicmedicine@kbic.com or call 972-265-5306.

Application Link: https://www.kbic.com/job/medical-director-behavioral-health-services

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