Medical Director in Statesville, North Carolina at Children's Hope Alliance

Help Shape the Future of Behavioral Health Care for Children and Families

At Children's Hope Alliance, our mission is simple: Hope, Health and Healing for Generations. We're seeking a compassionate and experienced Part-Time Medical Director to provide clinical leadership and help ensure exceptional behavioral health services for children, youth, and families across North Carolina.

This is a part-time, salaried exempt position requiring a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week,

This is an opportunity for a physician or psychiatrist who is passionate about making a meaningful impact while collaborating with a dedicated team of behavioral health professionals. As Medical Director, you'll play a key role in guiding clinical best practices, supporting prescribers, and helping drive positive outcomes for the individuals we serve.

As our Medical Director, you will:

• Provide medical and psychiatric oversight of behavioral health services
• Partner with agency leadership to advance evidence-based practices and quality care
• Support and supervise prescribing staff through consultation and mentorship
• Review clinical assessments, treatment plans, and service authorizations
• Participate in case consultations and utilization reviews to improve treatment outcomes
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, whole-person care
• Serve as a trusted clinical leader helping shape the future of our programs

When you join Children's Hope Alliance, you're joining an organization committed to transforming lives through compassionate care and innovative services. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Influence clinical practice across a growing organization
• Collaborate with experienced behavioral health professionals
• Support meaningful outcomes for children and families
• Contribute to an organization driven by purpose and mission
• Make a lasting impact in communities across North Carolina

If you're a physician or psychiatrist looking for a rewarding leadership opportunity where your expertise can make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Children's Hope Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Ready to help create hope, health, and healing for generations? Apply today.

Education and Experience Requirements

• MD, licensed to practice in North Carolina. Psychiatrist or Pediatrician preferred.
• The Medical Director must have verifiable experience treating children with mental health diagnoses.
• Requires knowledge and the ability to practically implement mental health regulations and clinical services.
• Requires effective communication, decision making, analytical, interpersonal, leadership and professional skills and abilities.
• Must have basic computer and math skills.
• Must have a valid North Carolina’s Driver’s License.
• Must submit to and pass pre-employment drug screening, criminal, HCPR, OIG, EPLS and driving checks.

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands or arms, stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specifics vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Physical functions which are considered essential to the satisfactory performance of the job include the following: reading, typing, writing, speaking, and using the telephone and prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Employee must be able to operate a vehicle for job duties, and keep a valid NC drivers license with insurance.
• The work environment will contain slight to moderate office-related noises. The employee is not exposed to extreme weather conditions, toxic fumes, or airborne particles.
• The employee must occasionally travel to different locations in the course of work.