Psychiatry Medical Director Job Near Philadelphia PA
Compensation
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Job Description
Seeking experienced board-certified psychiatrist for a full-time medical director role at an adult inpatient behavioral health center. Leadership experience is required.
Work schedule consists of Mon-Fri from 8a-4:30p, day shift position w/no call required. Position combines clinical care with administrative leadership, including the development of quality standards, patient care protocols & departmental initiatives. Services offer 24-hour nursing care, medication management, detoxification, chemical dependence evaluation, group therapy, occupational & recreational therapy & family education.
Compensation includes a generous salary, director stipend, benefits, vaca/CME/relo, malpractice & more. Enjoy easy access to Philadelphia, NYC & the beaches of NJ.
For more details on this position & others we have available, email us at info@atlanticmedsearch.com or call (954) 344-0606.
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director will provide clinical care and administrative leadership at an adult inpatient behavioral health center. Responsibilities include developing quality standards, patient care protocols, and departmental initiatives.
Requirements
Candidates must be board-certified psychiatrists with prior leadership experience. The role requires a full-time commitment with a Monday through Friday schedule.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 56% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
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).
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatry Medical Director Job Near Philadelphia PA at Atlantic MEDsearch a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,801 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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- No call
- No weekends
- No nights
Living in Philadelphia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $204k
- Typical market rent
- $1,768/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 32 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), 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.