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MEDICAL DIRECTOR

PsychiatryIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Skywood Recovery is seeking to employ a Clincial Psychiatrist/Medical Director. The facility, opened in April 2016, in Augusta, Michigan, and is just minutes from Kalamazoo.

Skywood serves a diverse adult patient population, age 18 and over.

Position Details

  • Full Time Opportunity
  • Clinical & Medical Director duties
  • Residential Treatment Center & IOP settings
  • Adult case load
  • Monday - Friday work schedule
  • Participation in weekend Call Rotation 1:6

Duties include: care of assigned mental health, substance abuse, and detox patients, psychiatric evaluations on new patients.

Competitive Base Compensation and Benefits Including

  • Full Time, Employed position
  • Competitive Compensation Package
  • Signing Bonus
  • Production Bonus Opportunity
  • Paid Malpractice Insurance
  • Medical Education Loan Repayment Assistance, if needed
  • Relocation Allowance, if moving
  • Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurances, PTO, CME, Matching 401k

Qualifications

  • Michigan Medical License (or ability to obtain)
  • B/C or B/E in General Psychiatry

Our Location

  • Approximately 30 minutes from both Kalamazoo & Battle Creek
  • Website: skywoodrecovery.com

Skywood Recovery is a premier, full-service addiction treatment center in Augusta, Michigan. We provide the full continuum of care from detox, residential, to partial hospitalization programs. Our specialization in dual diagnosis treatment allows us to also address underlying mental health concerns. At Skywood, we pride ourselves on providing individualized treatment for each of our patients based on their unique needs.

Qualifications

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical LeadershipSubstance Abuse TreatmentDetoxificationMental Health CarePatient AssessmentMedical Direction

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 50% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 19.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MEDICAL DIRECTOR at UHS 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 21,305 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Psychiatrist Jobs

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Salary Distribution39 jobs · 26 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
64% this job
Sign-on bonus
48% this job
Visa sponsorship
12%
Relocation assistance
8% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,881 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call
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Benefits & Perks

Signing Bonus
Production Bonus Opportunity
Paid Malpractice Insurance
Medical Education Loan Repayment Assistance
Relocation Allowance
Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision