Medical Director, Primary Care Psychiatry

Who We Are

Concert Health is the leading national behavioral health medical group committed to integrating the Collaborative Care model into existing health care practices to improve patients’ lives. We believe everyone, regardless of location or insurance, should have easy access to personalized, high-quality behavioral health support that is guided by the provider they trust.

Our Primary Care Psychiatry program provides essential support for patients with complex diagnostic and short-term treatment needs, enabling primary care providers (PCPs) to confidently manage behavioral health conditions within the integrated care framework. The program emphasizes focused engagement, clinical stabilization, and a smooth transition of care back to the PCP.

Job Summary
The Medical Director, Primary Care Psychiatry is both a clinical leader and a program builder, responsible for shaping, growing, and overseeing Concert Health's integrated psychiatric services within primary care. In addition to providing high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric evaluation and short-term stabilization, the Medical Director defines and refines care pathways, establishes clinical standards, and ensures alignment with the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM).

This role provides leadership and clinical oversight for the psychiatrists within the Primary Care Psychiatry division, supporting their development and ensuring consistent, high-quality practice across the program. The Medical Director collaborates closely with CoCM teams including Behavioral Health Care Managers (BHCM) and Psychiatric Consultants (PC), guides primary care providers in managing complex behavioral health conditions, and drives quality improvement across workflows, safety practices, and population outcomes.

Ultimately, this leader plays a central role in scaling the Primary Care Psychiatry program, strengthening operational and clinical performance, and enhancing the capacity of primary care partners to deliver effective, measurement-based behavioral health care.

Duties and Responsibilities

Program Development, Quality, and Administrative Leadership

• Lead and contribute to quality improvement initiatives focused on behavioral health outcomes, safety practices, population health performance, and fidelity to the Collaborative Care Model.
• Hire, manage, coach, and oversee the psychiatry team; partner with the General Manager to conduct growth analyses, develop hiring plans, and ensure adequate psychiatric capacity.
• Collaborate with organizational leadership to design, refine, and scale workflows, protocols, and clinical pathways that strengthen integrated psychiatric care across the enterprise.
• Develop training materials, clinical standards, decision-support tools, and operational workflows that elevate quality, consistency, and efficiency across the Primary Care Psychiatry division.
• Participate in strategic planning, growth initiatives, and partnership development to expand integrated behavioral health services across Concert Health’s national footprint.
• Dedicate administrative time to the oversight, performance monitoring, and continual improvement of the Primary Care Psychiatry program.
• Establish and maintain referral pathways to specialty psychiatry, psychotherapy, substance use treatment, and community-based supports, coordinating with internal programs and vetted Concert Health partners.

Medical Director Care Delivery Oversight

• Provide system-level clinical consultation to primary care providers, enhancing their capacity to assess and manage behavioral health conditions within an integrated model.
• Develop evidence-based guidelines and integrated primary care workflows that support high-quality psychiatric care aligned with CoCM principles.
• Design and support operational workflows for warm handoffs, safety planning, brief interventions, and stepped-care processes that ensure effective coordination between the Primary Care Psychiatrist, CoCM team, and PCP.
• Mentor and support psychiatrists through structured case review support, education, competency development, and performance feedback, ensuring consistency and quality across the psychiatric team.

Direct Patient Care

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, including structured interviews, diagnostic clarification, functional assessment, and use of validated clinical tools.
• Provide short-term, measurement-based psychiatric treatment foc