Medical Director

Are you a passionate child and adolescent psychiatrist looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic clinical environment? Join us at Bay Area Clinical Associates (BACA) as the Medical Director for our Berkeley Clinic and play a key role in providing exceptional care to our community.

About Us: At BACA, we are committed to delivering ambulatory mental health services to youth and young adults at a higher level of acuity than can be optimally managed in a standard outpatient setting. Therefore we offer Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Programs, including Dual Diagnosis, and a Transitional Outpatient Clinic, with return to primary care when feasible. Our vision, mission, and values drive every aspect of our organization, and we are seeking a dedicated Medical Director to lead and inspire our team of psychiatrists and licensed therapists in Berkeley across these levels of care.

Position duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team with Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, psychologists, LMFTs/LCSWs, associates and trainees to address mental health needs in children, adolescents, and young adults 29 and younger as well as their families.

• Provide care to patients in the outpatient clinic, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.

• Provide psychiatric evaluation and management visits along with individual and family therapy, especially when those therapies are indicated to be best provided by a psychiatrist.

• Provide psychiatric oversight of the clinical team and perform evaluation and management visits along with psychotherapy in the IOPs and PHPs. LCSWs/LMFTs generally provide the individual, group, and family therapy in the IOPs and PHPs.

• Responsible for ensuring clinical care provided at the site is of the highest quality.

• Participate in the recruitment, orientation, and training of new clinicians.

• Provide regular clinical mentorship and consultation for psychiatrists and therapists at the site.

• Collaborate with site administrative and clinical staff to address patient letters, complaints, grievances, and all aspects impacting patient and clinician experience when they arise.
  
  

Position Requirements:

• Active medical license in the State of California as an MD or DO and valid NPI and DEA certificate

• Board certified/board eligible in psychiatry and/or child and adolescent psychiatry

• Must complete credentialing/contracting with insurance companies prior to starting

• Experience with delivering care to children, adolescents, and young adults through both in-person and telehealth models, as well as experience with higher levels of care such as Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

• Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical record documentation in a timely manner

• Onsite in Berkeley Clinic
  
  

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation is guaranteed at $280,000 at 1.0 FTE for the first 6 months and based on productivity thereafter

• FLSA Status is exempt

• Health, dental, life, vision for employees working 0.5 FTE or more

• Long-term disability insurance for employees working 0.8 FTE or more

• 401(k) matching

• Weekly supervision/consultation for the first three months of employment; as arranged thereafter

• State licensure, DEA and professional liability insurance (malpractice) covered

• 4 weeks of PTO

• Professional membership (AACAP, APA, CPA) encouraged and reimbursed

• Annual Educational funds; eligible to use after 6 months

• Maternity leave policy commensurate with time worked at BACA