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Chester, Pennsylvania

Medical Director Psychiatrist | Addiction Residential Services | KeyStone Center |Chester, Pennsylvania

Addiction MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Opportunity Details

KeyStone Center in Chester, Pennsylvania is seeking a psychiatrist to lead the Detox and Addiction Residential Treatment and Extended Care Services in the role of Medical Director. This is a clinical leadership position with a patient caseload.

The responsibilities include leading the Committee for Structure and Programming for Medication Assisted Therapies, providing direct supervision of nurse practitioners and clinical staff as well as clinical caseload duties. Candidates must have addiction and leadership experience.

The medical director will join a team of collegial nurse practitioners, psychologists, nurses, masters-level clinicians and certified drug, alcohol and therapeutic counselors whom provide the immediate help to patients in need.

Located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, the region offers a plethora of recreational activities allowing for a professional career and a fulfilling personal lifestyle while in close proximity to Philadelphia, NYC and beaches of New Jersey.

  • Quick Facts
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Schedule: Monday through Friday
  • Location: Chester, Pennsylvania
  • Practice Setting: Detox and Addiction Residential Treatment and Extended Care Services
  • Support / Care Team: Multidisciplinary

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include assessments, initiating methadone treatment and evaluations as well as follow-up care for patients in Residential Treatment

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Relocation
  • Malpractice
  • Six Weeks Paid Time Off
  • One Week CME
  • $4K CME, Licensing & Dues
  • Matching 401k
  • Health insurance package
  • Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

  • Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry
  • Addiction Fellowship Preferred
  • One year minimum addiction practicing experience
  • Leadership experience required
  • Active or eligible Pennsylvania medical license
  • DEA

About the Organization & Community

KeyStone Center is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the nation's leading hospital management companies.

Located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, just 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, KeyStone Center includes a 153-bed medication assisted treatment center for inpatient detox and a continuum of care.

KeyStone Center is licensed by the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the state of Pennsylvania.

For consideration, please contact Stephanie Figueroa, In-house Physician Recruiter, Universal Health Services, at stephanie.figueroa@uhsinc.com or (484) 695-9913. Candidates may also apply directly at uhsinc.com

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Addiction medicineDetox treatmentStaff supervisionPatient assessmentClinical evaluationTeam managementPsychiatric care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Director Psychiatrist | Addiction Residential Services | KeyStone Center |Chester, Pennsylvania at Keystone Center a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Addiction Medicine — ranked against 116 active Addiction Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Addiction Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$327k (260 salary observations; 2,403 listings), vs ~$296k nationally (9,214 salary observations; 53,081 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Addiction Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 116 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Chester

Typical market rent
$1,338/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Keystone Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Chester, Pennsylvania
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation package
Relocation
Malpractice
Six Weeks Paid Time Off
One Week CME
$4K CME, Licensing & Dues
Matching 401k
Health insurance package