Regional Director of Psychiatric Services

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

The Regional Psychiatric Director will understand and effectively communicate and abide by the applicable standards and requirements of the company, the contracting agency and the security regulations of the institutions to which assigned. Supervise and provide care which meet or exceed the constitutional requirements of access to care, right to a professional medical judgment and right to care that is ordered.

• Implements and monitors clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures, ensuring they meet professional standards of care, and reviews them annually for updates.
• Provides supervision through case reviews, clinical peer reviews, and direct patient care, while developing a network for localized clinical supervision.
• Leads psychiatry onboarding for new hires, facilitates monthly meetings and provides training and educational inservices for team members and partners.
• Acts as a liaison with corporate, healthcare communities, and correctional systems, while coordinating with Regional and Home Office leadership to address administrative issues and participate in company meetings.
• Conducts annual or as-needed site visits for state Dept of Corrections contracts and participates in on-call rotations for psychiatric services as required.

Education

• Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) from an accredited university
• Psychiatry training from an ACMG-accredited residency program.

Experience

• At least three years of direct patient care experience, preferably in a correctional institution.
• Two or more years of clinical supervisory/leadership experience in corrections preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
• Board-certification in in Psychiatry is preferred.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume.  Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.