MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Posted: June 05, 2025
Company: Illinois Department of Human Services
Employer Type: Medical Director
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type: Medical Director
Experience Level: Professional
Certification Required: Ph.D
Education Required: Masters
City: CHESTER
County: RANDOLPH
Salary Range: $75000 and Up
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.
Desired Skills
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 experience recommending changes to medical service programs.
- Two (2) years of professional experience providing technical medical training and assistance to internal and/or external stakeholders.
- Two (2) years of professional experience 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.
- Two (2) years of professional experience as a physician working with concepts and practices in psychiatry medicine.
- Two (2) years of professional experience investigating and reporting on incidents.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background checks.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
- Requires the possession of a valid Illinois Controlled Substance License.
- Requires the possession of a valid United States Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate of Registration.
- Requires the ability to meet the requirements of and be appointed to the medical staff association of Chester Mental Health Center within 30 days of employment.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties and testify in court.
- Requires the ability to walk and stand for a significant period of time, including stooping, bending, lifting or exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally.
- Requires the ability to participate in patient management interventions that may include participating in restraint interventions.
- Requires the ability to maintain current Basic Life Support Certification.
- Requires the ability to serve as Medical Officer of the Day (MOD) after business hours, weekends and holidays in case of emergency.
- Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.
- This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
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