Child Psychiatrist Medical Director

Why should you join Easterseals?

Easterseals - Michigan recognizes that our employees are our greatest assets. We have been recognized and received several awards honoring our commitment to excellence relative to our human resources practices, including:

• Metro Detroit's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
• Corp! Magazine Diversity Award Winner
• West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
• Crain's Cool Places to Work
• Oakland Parenting Awareness Coalitions' Family Friendly Employer of the Year

Easterseals values diversity and believes in motivating employees to do their very best. This is accomplished through a stimulating and challenging work environment that encourages innovation and supports state-of-the-art evidence-based practice models to better support our mission. It includes ongoing training and professional development opportunities, and offering a competitive and comprehensive salary and benefits package. 

This is a full-time position that is 80% clinical and 20% administrative.

1. As a Medical Director, provides medical services support and leadership in designated service area:
   • Reports to and regularly meets with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), providing and seeking advice and support, and providing important information to ensure effective and safe service delivery and policy development.
   • Provides coverage when the CMO is unavailable.
   • Represents and supports physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, nursing and medical assistant activities in service area. In some cases, this may involve direct supervision and/or co-signing documents.
   • Provides case consultation to medical, nursing and other clinical staff as needed (e.g., general questions, second opinion requests, patient complaints, transfer requests), and at committees/meetings (e.g., BTPRC, sentinel events, collaborative care).
   • Ensures adequate coverage for medical services for service area (e.g., holiday coverage, medication refills, crisis and other specialty appointments).
   • Assists in the development of the agenda for monthly and quarterly ESM medical staff meetings.
   • Serves as a liaison between medical and nursing staff in service area, ESM administration (e.g., CMO, directors, managers), and external partners (e.g., pharmacy, lab, primary care) regarding policy and practice.  Provides technical assistance and input where needed regarding the development of Easterseals programs and implementation of Easterseals policies and procedures, including professional practice standards, clinical priorities and practices, service delivery, quality assurance, peer review, credentialing, health information management improvement, education and training, recruitment and onboarding, research, infection control and medical risk management.
2. Provides psychiatric and medical services to children and/or adults served by programs of Easterseals, including all responsibilities associated with the provision of direct care.

Want More?
As a full-time employee at Easterseals you're eligible for the following benefits:

• We value diversity and believe in motivating employees to do their very best
• Our work environment encourages innovation and supports state-of-the-art evidence-based practice models to better support our mission
• We offer ongoing training and professional development opportunities.  Will provide up to 6500 stipend for CME and ongoing training requirements. 
• Continued professional development
• Company paid laptop to do your job with ease
• Offering a competitive and comprehensive salary and benefits package including:
• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage with company contribution
• Mileage reimbursement
• 401K match with company match
• Healthcare reimbursement
• Dependent reimbursement
• Voluntary pet Insurance
• Wellness program and incentives
• Performance bonus opportunities
• Dress for your day
• Cutting edge technology
• 4 weeks vacation time, 6 days personal leave, and 1 week paid CME time

Must be a board certified child psychiatrist