Psychiatry

Job ID: 55888

Medical Director

Job description

Medical Director

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Agency: Illinois Department of Human Services
Posting Identification Number: 55888
Location: Elgin, Illinois, 60123
Opening Date: 6/22/2026
Closing Date: 7/20/2026
Skill Option: Special License - IL License to Practice Medicine - Psychiatry & Neurology
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $25,092 - $27,092 per month ($301,104 - $325,104 per year)
Category: Full Time
County: Kane
Number of Vacancies: 1

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Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Medical Director for the Elgin Mental Health Center located in Elgin, Illinois. Serves as the Facility Medical Director with full responsibility for the administration of medical/clinical and psychiatric care services provided by licensed medical staff. Plans, develops, administers, and evaluates medical/clinical and psychiatric service care programs and services and the establishment and measurement of standards for services provided to patients, including Radiology, Electroencephalogram/Electrocardiogram (EEG/EKG), Laboratory and contracted clinical services. Plans, administers, and evaluates the development and implementation of policies and directives and the recruitment and retention of medical staff personnel. Serves as an active high-ranking member of key facility management and treatment committees including the Hospital Executive Committee. Serves as a full line supervisor to lower-level staff.

Essential Functions
• Serves as the Facility Medical Director with full responsibility for the administration of medical/clinical and psychiatric care services provided by licensed medical staff.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Plans, administers, and evaluates the development and implementation of policies and directives and the recruitment and retention of medical staff personnel.
• Serves as an active high-ranking member of key facility management and treatment committees including the Hospital Executive Committee.
• Consults and confers with a variety of outside sources on behalf of the facility and patients such as other medical facilities, Coroner's Office, other local, city and state agencies.
• Serves as Chairperson of the Facility Medical Staff Organization.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications
• Requires a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License.
• Requires an American Board Certification in the job-related medical specialty of psychiatry.
• Requires three (3) years of substantive medical administrative experience in the directing, planning and evaluating a medical/clinical program.

Preferred Qualifications
• Two (2) years of professional experience working with professional health services, disciplines and program support functions which must be coordinated in administering a comprehensive medical health program.
• Two (2) years of professional experience managing and evaluating the delivery of medical care, treatment and services and investigating and reporting on incidents.
• Two (2) years of professional experience supervising staff in the medical field as well as other medical professionals.
• Two (2) years of professional experience recommending changes to medical service programs and working with concepts and practices in psychiatry medicine.
• Two (2) years of professional experience providing technical medical training and assistance to internal and/or external stakeholders, communicating with both internal and/or external stakeholders daily on medical services.
• Two (2) years of professional experience performing quality assurance assessments on medical services and treatments provided to patients and/or individuals.

Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm

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