Psychiatrist Medical Director | Lead Care | $350K
Listed compensation
$300k-$350k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- Psychiatrist Medical Director | Lead Care | $350K
- Full Time | Outpatient Behavioral Health | Psychiatric Leadership
- Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN
- Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing
- Call or Text: 272-230-3157
- LinkedIn: View Elizabeth's LinkedIn
Prefer a confidential conversation instead of applying? Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.
Heartline Staffing, in partnership with Purple Cow Recruiting, is hiring a Psychiatrist Medical Director for The Family Counseling Center in Gloversville, New York.
Compensation
- Base Salary: $300,000-$350,000.
- Comprehensive health insurance.
- Dental and vision coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement plan with employer match.
- Generous Paid Time Off and holidays.
- CME allowance with paid CME time.
- Malpractice coverage.
- Licensing and DEA reimbursement.
- Professional development support.
Position Overview
Provide medical leadership for outpatient psychiatric services within a mission-driven behavioral health organization.
- Balance direct psychiatric care with executive oversight, clinical supervision, and program leadership.
- Supervise Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and support consistent, high-quality psychiatric practice standards.
- Oversee psychiatric and substance use services while supporting trauma-informed, client-centered care.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary clinical teams to improve quality, access, and continuity of care.
Participate in policy development, program development, quality initiatives, and clinical leadership decisions.
Why Psychiatrists Are Applying
- Monday-Friday leadership schedule.
- Blend of clinical care and executive oversight.
- Opportunity to supervise Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners.
- Strong multidisciplinary support team.
- Influence over behavioral health policy, programs, and quality initiatives.
- Mission-driven organization serving the Gloversville community.
- Established electronic health record system.
- Leadership role with compensation aligned to responsibility.
Requirements
- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Board Certified Psychiatrist.
- Active New York Medical License.
- Active DEA registration.
- Experience supervising multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Comfort overseeing psychiatric and substance use services.
- Commitment to trauma-informed, client-centered outpatient behavioral health care.
- Strong leadership, communication, and clinical decision-making skills.
Key Responsibilities
Provide medical leadership for outpatient psychiatric services, balancing direct patient care with executive oversight and clinical supervision. Supervise Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve quality and access to care.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 70% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$325k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $301k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Purple Cow Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 265 active listings.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatrist Medical Director | Lead Care | $350K at Purple Cow Recruiting a 6.0 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 weekend requirements.
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- No weekends
Living in Gloversville
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $193k≈ 0.6× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $903/mo≈ 4% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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