Medical Director - Primary & Acute Care Services (58846)

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR) is seeking an experienced Medical Director of Primary and Acute Care Services to provide visionary medical leadership across our Residential Services and Crisis and Detox programs in Aurora, Colorado. This role ensures the highest standards of integrated care for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, guiding primary care and psychiatric teams, shaping treatment protocols, and fostering collaboration across behavioral health, substance use, and medical services. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams—including nurses, prescribers, and medical assistants—while mentoring medical students, residents, and early-career professionals. As AMHR expands with the launch of our state-of-the-art Potomac Pavilion in 2026, unifying crisis stabilization, detox and medication-assisted treatment under one roof, this is a unique opportunity to influence system-level solutions and deliver compassionate, innovative care. If you’re a lifelong learner and proven medical leader passionate about transforming behavioral health, we invite you to join us.

Schedule. This position is fully Onsite/In-person. The schedule is Monday–Friday and will primarily follow regular business hours. However, occasional adjustments may be needed, such as arriving early or staying late to support overnight staff.

Essential Functions:

• Senior Leadership Accountabilities: Lead a team of managers or individual contributors. Ensure that managers provide focus and direction to their respective teams. Foster the development of leaders, and create a culture of accountability. Develop goals, strategic plans and company policies, and make decisions on the direction of the organization. Mobilize and influence external stakeholders and outside resources. Effectively communicate sr. leadership decisions as well as organizational strategy and plans to managers. Share key external updates with the 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 primary care services through comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of patients assigned, on a regular basis.
• Provide 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, prescribers, 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 the 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, such as Psychologists.
• Identify, prioritize, and remove documentation barriers. Communicate vital administrative requirements to staff with completion expectations.
• Foster a culture of honest dialogue, emotional wellness, 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 and 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:

• Requires Doctor of Medicine / Osteopathy, completion of residency in Family practice or Internal Medicine, and Board Certification in Addiction Medicine (preferred).
• Colorado Medical License and Valid Prescriptive Authority in good standing.
• Five (5) years of relevant clinical experience
• Three (3) years of leadership experience.
• Valid and Current DEA required. DEA-X is a definite plus.

Required Vaccination and TB Test. 

At AMHR the health and safety of our clients and staff are our top priorities. As part of this commitment, all employees are required to receive an annual influenza (flu) shot and present a negative TB test result before their first day of work. Proof of both the flu shot and negative TB test must be provided on your first day of employment. Medical and religious exemptions can be requested if necessary. 

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

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.

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 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)
• Holidays: 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 $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.

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Salary : $263,388 - $395,082