MI | Clinical Psychiatry + Medical Director | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek area
Listed compensation
$275k-$315k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Opportunity Details
Psychiatry + Medical Director Opportunity
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Michigan Area
Skywood Recovery is seeking to employ a Clincial Psychiatrist/Medical Director. The facility, opened in April 2016, in Augusta, Michigan, and is just minutes from Kalamazoo.
Skywood serves a diverse adult patient population, age 18 and over.
Position Details
- Full Time Opportunity
- Clinical & Medical Director duties
- Residential Treatment Center & IOP settings
- Adult case load
- Monday - Friday work schedule
- Participation in weekend Call Rotation 1:6
Duties include: care of assigned mental health, substance abuse, and detox patients, psychiatric evaluations on new patients.
Competitive Base Compensation and Benefits Including
- Full Time, Employed position
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Signing Bonus
- Production Bonus Opportunity
- Paid Malpractice Insurance
- Medical Education Loan Repayment Assistance, if needed
- Relocation Allowance, if moving
- Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurances, PTO, CME, Matching 401k
Qualifications
- Michigan Medical License (or ability to obtain)
- B/C or B/E in General Psychiatry
Our Location
- Approximately 30 minutes from both Kalamazoo & Battle Creek
- Website: skywoodrecovery.com
Skywood Recovery is a premier, full-service addiction treatment center in Augusta, Michigan. We provide the full continuum of care from detox, residential, to partial hospitalization programs. Our specialization in dual diagnosis treatment allows us to also address underlying mental health concerns. At Skywood, we pride ourselves on providing individualized treatment for each of our patients based on their unique needs.
Contact Me for More Details, or to Apply!
Avis Corbett | In-house Physician RecruiterUHS | Skywood RecoveryM: (615) 714-8985avis.corbett@uhsinc.com Universal Health Services, Inc.
Skywood Recovery is a subsidiary of Foundations Recovery Network, which is owned and operated as a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS).
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the Medical Director and Clinical Psychiatrist for a residential treatment center and IOP. Responsibilities include providing care for mental health, substance abuse, and detox patients, as well as performing psychiatric evaluations.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$295k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $307k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 54% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.2 / 10 · above average in physician roles | ranked against 22,282 Physician roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $275k–$315k | Psychiatry median $324k (middle half $288k–$400k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$307k in purchasing power | Michigan index 96.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in Michigan | 58 active | 1,839 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 60% remote · 54% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus · loan repayment | Michigan physician listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 5% offer loan repayment639 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #27 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,344 in the last 30 days | 861 the 30 days before (+56%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | −3.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MI | Clinical Psychiatry + Medical Director | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek area at Skywood Recovery a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 22,282 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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- Includes call
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About Skywood Recovery
Benefits & Perks
Living in Augusta
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $308k≈ 1.1× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $748/mo≈ 3% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 94.8
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.