Medical Director - Adult Psychiatry (59193)

Step into a mission-driven leadership role that truly makes an impact as the Medical Director overseeing Adult Outpatient and Adult Intensive Services Psychiatry at Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR), where you’ll guide a talented multidisciplinary team and help shape the future of behavioral health care for the Aurora community. In this Monday–Friday position, you’ll lead with purpose—supporting innovative outpatient service lines, elevating clinical quality, and fostering integration with primary care—while also investing in the next generation of mental health professionals through supervision, teaching, and mentorship. You’ll collaborate with dedicated nurses, medical assistants, patient care coordinators, Psychiatrists, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners to deliver exceptional, compassionate care to a diverse population with complex needs. If you are a lifelong learner, skilled medical leader, and passionate educator who thrives on solving challenges with a team and living out core values through service, this is your opportunity to make a difference. Join us and help advance mental health care in one of Colorado’s most vibrant and diverse communities.

Salary for this role.

Salary is based on 1.0 FTE (full-time equivalent) or 40 hours per week. Fewer than 40 hours/week will be prorated and adjusted to the appropriate FTE. Salary is also based on years of licensure and company equity.

• $263,388.15 - $395,082.23 per year

Bilingual Language Differential Pay. Employees who successfully pass a language assessment are eligible to receive bilingual differential pay. This differential is provided as a fixed amount of $3,000 per calendar year, paid on a bi‑weekly basis across 26 pay periods, and prorated based on hire date and full‑time equivalency (FTE). Eligibility and payment are subject to the language requirements of the position and the employee’s demonstrated proficiency in the language.

About you. 

The ideal candidate is a lifelong learner, compassionate care provider, experienced medical leader, and likely has experience educating other medical professionals. This role is for those who enjoy working with a team to arrive at solutions to complex health care problems at both the individual and systems level. 

Schedule. This role follows a Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. schedule with a hybrid work arrangement. While there is flexibility to work from home, on‑site presence is essential when leadership responsibilities or patient care needs require it.

The Medical Director is expected to be in the office when AMHR leadership activities or clinical operations dictate. Mandatory in‑person meetings are typically scheduled in advance, but occasionally may arise unexpectedly and will require on‑site attendance.

Essential Functions:

• Senior Leadership Accountabilities: Lead a team of managers or individual contributors. Ensure that managers provide focus and direction to their respective teams. Fosters development of leaders and creates a culture of accountability. Develop goals, strategic plans, company policies, and make decisions on the direction of the organization. Mobilize and influence external stakeholders and outside resources. Effectively communicate sr. leadership decisions and organizational strategy and plans to managers. Also, share key external updates with team. Set performance indicators.
• Foster a culture of patient focused care, understanding that the quality of the relationship is a key factor in healing.
• Champion staff collaboration and communication across the agency to provide outstanding patient care.
• Cultivate positive relationships with community leaders to enhance continuity and integration of services.
• Promote, encourage and model the practice of continuous improvement with a focus on patient experience, access, safety and treatment effectiveness.
• Provide direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of patients assigned, on a regular basis.
• Provides direct supervision to medical team members, as necessary.
• Participate in administrative duties as assigned, including chairing quality assurance or utilization review committees.
• Work with multidisciplinary staff to evaluate and triage according to level of acuity, as needed.
• Share 24-hour on call responsibilities with other psychiatrists for residential, outpatient and emergency care, as assigned.
• Maintain availability by telephone for face-to-face evaluation of emergency patients, as appropriate.
• Provide utilization review of all patients in continuing care to ensure appropriate medical/psychiatric services are received, as needed.
• Attend team and other meetings, as necessary.
• Provide consultation with other physicians and staff on patient care and difficult cases, as needed.
• Attend continuing medical education conferences to maintain excellent standards of care, on a regular basis.
• Support efforts to develop organization's talent pipeline so that staff will better mirror the diversity of the community.
• Support efforts to enhance the recruitment and retention of medical staff.
• Clearly communicate organizational goals around quality, compliance, standards, and policies to clinician-prescribers.
• Articulate, communicate, and hold clinician-prescribers accountable for performance expectations, access-to-care targets, and patient experience goals.
• Support efforts to enhance the education and training of Physician Operations/Medical Services staff, like Psychologists.
• Identify, prioritize, and remove documentation barriers. Communicate vital administrative requirements to staff with completion expectations.
• Foster a culture of honest dialogue, emotional wellness, positive growth, interpersonal courage and healthy team norms.
• Promote an environment where diversity and inclusion can thrive, and where all people feel valued and respected.
• Communicate in ways that result in trust, alignment, and collaborative working relationships.
• Lead by example. Welcome constructive criticism, admit errors openly, avoid a punitive response to honest mistakes, and hold others accountable.
• Foster open communication, teamwork, and champion positive change. Effectively manage disagreements and look for opportunities for win-win solutions.
• Complete needed care coordination tasks for their assigned role.

Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine/Osteopathy.
• Residency in Psychiatry (DO/MDs only).
• Five (5) years of relevant clinical experience.
• Three (3) years of leadership experience.

Certification, Licensure:

• State of Colorado Medical License or Valid Prescriptive Authority in good standing.
• Successful completion of an accredited residency training program in Psychiatry.
• Preferred: Valid and Current DEA required. DEA-X waiver a definite plus.**

Required Vaccination and TB Test.

AMHR has prioritized the health and safety of our clients and staff and requires all employees to receive an annual influenza (flu) shot and receive negative TB test results prior to their first day of hire. Proof of the flu shot and negative TB test will be required upon your first day of employment. Medical and religious exemptions may be requested.

Additional Perks.

• Loan Forgiveness
• Access to an online database of clinical trainings to help you meet the continuing education licensure requirements, reimbursement to attend conferences based on your specialty interests, and regular in-person trainings on a variety of clinical topics.

Benefits:

• Health insurance: Kaiser
• Dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts (dependent care & health care)
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• Long-term disability coverage*
• 403(b) retirement plan which provides 100% vesting immediately, and matching contributions up to 4% after one year of employment
• Accrued Vacation pay (for Directors) up to 20 days and accrued Sick Pay up to 12 days per year, and 2 floating holidays (hours calculated on a pro-rata basis based on full-time equivalency)
• The company observes 11 designated holidays each year. Exception: Employees working in 24/7 programs or facilities are scheduled to work their regular shifts if the holiday falls on their scheduled workday. In these cases, employees will receive their regular pay for hours worked plus holiday pay. 
• Up to 5 days PTO specific to Continuing Medical Education annually, plus a $2,000.00 annual stipend for CME
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary term life insurance
• Short-term disability*

*Eligible for benefit if working 30 hours per week or more

Our Mission, Vision and Core Values.

Mission: Deeply rooted in our diverse community, we deliver state-of-the-art care and meaningful outcomes that impact emotional well-being and addiction recovery.

Vision: To foster hope and healing through compassionate, quality care.

Core Values: Passionate caring; Rising to the challenge; Honoring and respecting all persons; Believing in resilience; Putting clients and community first; Commitment to collaboration and teamwork

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery and subsidiaries (AMHR) are dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and length, protective hairstyles), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. We do not tolerate discrimination in any form or context including harassment or exclusion.

Salary : $263,388 - $395,082