CMO / Psychiatrist - Inpatient

Acadia Healthcare•Fernandina, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Lead the Launch of Acadia's Newest Flagship Facility in Florida! Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Full-Time CMO/Psychiatrist to lead the clinical team of our newly constructed 144-bed behavioral health hospital in St. Augustine, Florida—just outside Jacksonville. With an anticipated opening date in August, 2026, Coastal Pines Behavioral Health Hospital will be a modern, purpose-built facility, designed to meet the growing demand for high-quality psychiatric services in the region. The hospital will offer a full continuum of services including inpatient psychiatric care, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). For more information, please contact Eva Fassauer at [email protected] About the role: Responsible for leadership, quality assurance, supervision and overall medical management of the facility within the boundaries of state and federal regulations and accreditation standards. Responsible for the quality, efficiency and management of delivering services within a facility. Define protocols and assist in decision making pertaining to the medical and clinical care of patients. Provide direct patient care and assist other departments with direct interactions with physician's staff. Directly supervise other professional clinical staff, as well as administrative or support staff. Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and other staff within the facility, division or corporate staff, and organizational leadership. Monitor and supervise assigned staff to adherence to established medical and clinical policy. Provide back up call coverage. Serve in a teaching capacity for the training and development of other personnel. Secure physical exam and history from the patients. Request appropriate diagnostic testing, clinical evaluation, and prescribe medications and treatments. Assist in the management of behavioral or mental health problems of patients and maintain current clinical medical records in accordance with federal or state regulation and industry practice, as well as facility, clinic or corporate policies and procedures. Manage the finances and revenue of the facility including budgets, billing and spending. Develop organizational goals and objectives and devise strategies and policies to meet those goals. Develop, approve, implement and update the general policies, protocols and procedures of the facility. Our Comprehensive Treatment Network 23,500 Employees · 11,400 Beds · 258 Locations · 38 States · 1 Network As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they're at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws. AHPR #LI-EF1

Requirements

Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry preferred
Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred
Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine by the state in which the facility operates
Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working

Responsibilities

leadership
quality assurance
supervision
overall medical management of the facility within the boundaries of state and federal regulations and accreditation standards
quality, efficiency and management of delivering services within a facility
Define protocols and assist in decision making pertaining to the medical and clinical care of patients
Provide direct patient care and assist other departments with direct interactions with physician's staff
Directly supervise other professional clinical staff, as well as administrative or support staff
Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and other staff within the facility, division or corporate staff, and organizational leadership
Monitor and supervise assigned staff to adherence to established medical and clinical policy
Provide back up call coverage
Serve in a teaching capacity for the training and development of other personnel
Secure physical exam and history from the patients
Request appropriate diagnostic testing, clinical evaluation, and prescribe medications and treatments
Assist in the management of behavioral or mental health problems of patients and maintain current clinical medical records in accordance with federal or state regulation and industry practice, as well as facility, clinic or corporate policies and procedures
Manage the finances and revenue of the facility including budgets, billing and spending
Develop organizational goals and objectives and devise strategies and policies to meet those goals
Develop, approve, implement and update the general policies, protocols and procedures of the facility