The Medical Director for Psychiatry provides direct clinical psychiatric care for SEARHC patients focusing on diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and psychiatric medical staff supervision. Working with the VP of Behavioral Health, the Medical Director is responsible for ensuring promotion of the highest quality of clinical care, continuous improvement in the patient experience, advancement of efficient clinical workflow processes fixed upon quality, fiscal responsibility, and alignment of the health systems operational and business strategies. Responsibilities include championing consistency of clinical processes, balanced advocacy for medical staff and health system executive leadership, advancing division strategic goals, evaluating new, emerging, and novel psychiatric medication and/or treatment approaches and fundamentally promoting access to behavioral health care. Key functions include providing evidence-based psychiatric clinical care, consultation and guidance to psychiatric medical staff, documentation, ongoing medical education, clinical supervision and mentoring, quality improvement, supporting accreditation requirements, recruitment participation, fostering teamwork, building relationships with outside agencies, supporting MEC activities, providing clinical advice for new treatments, serving as medical director for youth residential services, and other related duties. Education requirements include current unrestricted medical license in Alaska, DEA registration, ongoing board certification in psychiatry, and current clinical practice certifications. Experience required includes at least 5 years post-residency clinical experience and 2 years in medical leadership. Skills include knowledge of psychiatric techniques, psychopharmacology, integrated behavioral health care, medical staff functions, communication, problem-solving, and ability to travel 10% of the time by jet, small aircraft, or ferry.