Medical Director - Family/ Addiction
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Job Description
- Wilmington Treatment Center | Wilmington, NC
- Physicians, Ready for Your Next Leadership Opportunity?
Wilmington Treatment Center is seeking an experienced Full-Time Medical Director with a background in Family or Addiction Medicine to lead our dedicated clinical team!
This is an exciting opportunity to provide medical leadership while making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals facing substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Position Highlights
- Full-Time Medical Director Opportunity
- Family & Addiction Medicine Focus
- Lead and Support a Multidisciplinary Clinical Team
- Medical Oversight, Quality Assurance & Patient Care
- Opportunity to Shape Clinical Excellence and Patient Outcomes
- Lead with purpose and help transform lives through compassionate addiction treatment!
Interested or know someone who might be a great fit? Let's connect! jaylen.hayes@acadiahealthcare.com
Responsibilities
Summary
- 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
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | North Carolina index 94.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All physician listings in North Carolina | 483 active | 22,556 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | North Carolina physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $30k) · 14% offer loan repayment483 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Addiction Medicine hiring demand | #23 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 32 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 62 postings, 37 closed |
| New Addiction Medicine listings | 440 in the last 30 days | 217 the 30 days before (+103%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −2.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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