Medical Director - Psychiatrist

PsychiatryNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Location: Riverwoods Behavioral Health, 223 Medical Center Dr, Riverdale, GA 30274

At Riverwoods Behavioral Health, our passionate team of professionals focus on individualized treatment. That means working with our patients from our first interaction to understand the issues and triggers that have brought them to Riverwoods, and involving them in the creation of treatment plans that create a base for sustaining long-term recovery.

For more information, please contact Eva Fassauer at eva.fassauer@acadiahealthcare.com or call/text 615-861-7410.

About the Role

Responsible for leadership, quality assurance, supervision and overall medical management of the facility within the boundaries of state and federal regulations and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the quality, efficiency and management of delivering services within a facility.
  • Define protocols and assist in decision making pertaining to the medical and clinical care of patients.
  • Provide direct patient care and assist other departments with direct interactions with physician's staff.
  • Directly supervise other professional clinical staff, as well as administrative or support staff.
  • Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and other staff within the facility, division or corporate staff, and organizational leadership.
  • Monitor and supervise assigned staff to adherence to established medical and clinical policy.
  • Provide back up call coverage.
  • Serve in a teaching capacity for the training and development of other personnel.
  • Secure physical exam and history from the patients.
  • Request appropriate diagnostic testing, clinical evaluation, and prescribe medications and treatments.
  • Assist in the management of behavioral or mental health problems of patients and maintain current clinical medical records in accordance with federal or state regulation and industry practice, as well as facility, clinic or corporate policies and procedures.
  • Manage the finances and revenue of the facility including budgets, billing and spending.
  • Develop organizational goals and objectives and devise strategies and policies to meet those goals.
  • Develop, approve, implement and update the general policies, protocols and procedures of the facility.

Qualifications

  • Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
  • Board certified in Psychiatry required.
  • Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine by the state in which the facility operates.

Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

Our Comprehensive Treatment Network

~23,500 Employees · ~11,400 Beds

  • 258 Locations
  • 38 States
  • 1 Network

As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

AHPR

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Medical leadershipClinical supervisionTreatment planningRegulatory complianceMedication managementStaff trainingFinancial managementBudgetingPolicy developmentClinical documentation

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 46% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Director - Psychiatrist at RiverWoods Behavioral Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,310 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
72%
CME allowance
68%
Sign-on bonus
40%
Visa sponsorship
16%
Loan repayment
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Riverdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$205k
Typical market rent
$1,577/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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