Psychiatry Medical Director Job Near Vancouver, WA
Compensation
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Job Description
Behavioral health center seeks Board-Certified Psychiatrist to join their team as the facility's Medical Director. This clinical leadership role involves leading inpatient-outpatient services, program management, development & supervision of staff psychiatrists and other providers within the department.
Compensation offers a generous salary, director stipend, malpractice, relo/vaca/CME, health benefit, retirement & signing bonus. Servicing over 200K residents, area offers big city amenities & easy access to Vancouver, Portland & other nearby cities.
For more details on this position & others we have, email us at info@atlanticmedsearch.com or call 954-344-0606.
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director will lead inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services and oversee program management. They are responsible for the development and supervision of staff psychiatrists and other clinical providers.
Requirements
The candidate must be a Board-Certified Psychiatrist. This is a senior clinical leadership role requiring experience in managing medical staff and behavioral health programs.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Vancouver
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $476k
- Typical market rent
- $1,828/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 23 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 105.4
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.