MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Job Requisition ID: 45461 

Opening Date:  04/10/2025
Closing Date/Time: 05/07/2025​
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: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

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Posting Identification Number  45461

 

 

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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 Alton Mental Health Center in Alton, Illinois.  The Alton Mental Health Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Medical Director for the Alton Mental Health Center.

• 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.

• Recruits, negotiates and selects outside vendors to provide specialized medical services.

• As a member of the Executive Council, participates in formulating policies and procedures for the hospital.

• Examines forensic (90%) and civil (10%) patients for certification under the Mental Health Code.

• Reviews all restraint and seclusion authorizations, discharge summaries, unusual incident reports and other medical reports and correspondence for both forensic and civil patients.

• Prescribes and directs administration of psycho-tropic medicines for forensic and civil patients.

• Secures work site for patient safety.

• 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 medial health program.

• Two (2) years of professional