MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Job Requisition ID: 45758

Opening Date: 04/29/2025
Closing Date: 05/27/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: MEDICAL ADM II OPT D - 26403 
Skill Option: Special License - IL License to Practice Medicine - Psychiatry & Neurology 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $24,063 - $26,063 per month ($288,756 - $312,756 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Randolph
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Gubernatorial (Management Bill)

 

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Posting Identification Number  45758

 

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Medical Director with an Illinois Physician and Surgeon License with a specialty in Psychiatry. Board Certification is required to provide medical leadership and oversight of the psychiatry services provided at the Chester Mental Health Center in Chester, Illinois. Chester Mental Health Center strives to assist patients to achieve their full recovery potential and values culture, safety, recovery, efficiency and quality.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Medical Director for Chester Mental Health Center.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Develops, plans for and monitors implementation of ancillary medical services, including dentistry, optometry, Electroencephalogram (EEG) and all contractual medical services.

• Directs, designs and implements policies, procedures and verifies compliance with all accrediting regulatory agents.

• Provides psychiatry services by examining, treating and monitoring individual patients’ medical needs.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License.

• Requires 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.

• Two (2) years of professional experience supervising staff in the medical field as well as other medical professionals.

• Two (2) years of professional experie