Medical Director- Child/Adolescent Psychologist
Listed compensation
$300k-$400k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- We’re Hiring! Medical Director | Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Glenwood Behavioral Health Hospital | Cincinnati, OH
- Ready to take the next step in your psychiatry career?
Glenwood Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking an experienced Full-Time Medical Director | Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to lead our clinical team at our 80-bed behavioral health facility!
This is an exciting leadership opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care while helping shape the future of behavioral health services.
Position Highlights
- Competitive Salary: $300K–$400K
- Full-Time Medical Director Opportunity
- Supportive, multidisciplinary clinical team
- Clinical leadership, psychiatric care, and quality oversight
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Opportunity to lead and mentor clinical providers
Qualifications
Board-Certified Psychiatrist (MD/DO). Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship training and previous leadership experience preferred.
Lead with purpose, make a difference, and advance your career with Glenwood Behavioral Health!
Interested or know someone who might be a great fit? Let's connect!
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.
Acadia Healthcare 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
- 10+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychologist Career Context
Of the 40 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 75% are remote, 50% have no call, 38% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Ohio index 92.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychology listings in Ohio | 43 active | 1,762 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 75% remote · 50% no call · 38% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US psychologist listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Psychology listings | 694 in the last 30 days | 309 the 30 days before (+125%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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