Medical Director

Thompson Child & Family Focus • Matthews, NC

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Medical Director provides psychiatric oversight and clinical governance for Thompson’s North Carolina programs. This role is administrative and supervisory in nature and is designed to complement a full-time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) who is responsible for day-to-day psychiatric care. The Medical Director ensures clinical quality and compliance, appropriate treatment approaches, oversight of high-risk cases, alignment with evidence-based psychiatric practices, and that administrative requirements are complete for medical necessity documentation.

Requirements

• Medical Degree (MD or DO)
• Board Eligible or Board Certified Psychiatrist in North Carolina
• Active NC medical license
• Enrolled and in good standing with NC Medicaid
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in psychiatric care (child/adolescent experience preferred)
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to meet credentialing and privileging standards
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• All residential staff must pass a Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training and demonstrate proper physical Therapeutic techniques and holds.

Nice To Haves

• Child/adolescent experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides psychiatric oversight and clinical governance for Thompson’s North Carolina programs.
• Ensures clinical quality and compliance.
• Ensures appropriate treatment approaches.
• Provides oversight of high-risk cases.
• Ensures alignment with evidence-based psychiatric practices.
• Ensures administrative requirements are complete for medical necessity documentation.
• Rotating on call after hours coverage with Psychiatric NP.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree