Behavioral Health Medical Director - Psychiatrist job at Elevance Health in OH, CA, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY

2 months ago
AnywherePart TimePsychiatry
✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Behavioral Health Medical Director - Psychiatrist job at Elevance Health in OH, CA, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY at Elevance Health in Anywhere. Lifestyle: remote, flexible schedule. Benefits: 401k, health benefits, PTO.

Work-Life Balance Factors

Remote/telehealth

Key Responsibilities

  • Supports clinicians to ensure timely and consistent responses to members and providers.
  • Provides guidance for clinical operational aspects of a program.
  • Conducts peer-to-peer clinical reviews with CareBridge NPs to discuss review determinations, and patients' office visits.
  • Identifies and develops opportunities for innovation to increase effectiveness and quality.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years of clinical experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
  • Additional experience may be required by State contracts or regulations if the Medical Director is filing a role required by a State agency.
  • Experience with clinical education preferred.
  • MED > Licensed Physician/Doctor/Dentist

Benefits & Compensation

  • Behavioral Health Medical Director - Psychiatrist - CareBridge (Part-time)
  • May develop and propose new medical policies based on changes in healthcare.
  • Leads, develops, directs, and implements clinical and non-clinical activities that impact health care quality cost and outcomes.
  • Must possess an active unrestricted medical license to practice medicine or a health profession.
  • For Health Solutions and Carelon organizations (including behavioral health) only, minimum of 5 years of experience providing health care is required.
  • For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $238320.00 to $428976.00.

Work Schedule

  • Schedule: Part-time 10 hours a week.
  • 1st Shift (United States of America)

Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Medical Director - Psychiatrist job at Elevance Health in OH, CA, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY at Elevance Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Psychiatry physician listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

This Psychiatry position at Elevance Health is open to physician candidates.

Physicians (MD/DO) are in high demand across healthcare settings, with growing interest in positions that offer sustainable schedules and reduced administrative burden.

Nationally, Psychiatry professionals earn a median annual salary of approximately $300k, with the typical range spanning $230k to $400k depending on experience, location, and practice setting.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Anywhere.

About WeekdayDoc

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6.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 50%

Protective Factors (1)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position includes 1 validated protective factor against burnout.

Job Details

Employment Type

Part-time

Posted

2mo ago

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