Job Description

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) is seeking a Board-Certified Psychiatrist to serve as Senior Medical Director of Addiction Services. The successful candidate will be BC/BE in Addiction Medicine, and administrative, leadership and research experience is desired.

MHBH is currently developing a comprehensive system-wide substance use disorder services, including services for opiate and alcohol addictions, for individuals from the region. This initiative is in conjunction with MHBH's role as the lead agent for the development of a comprehensive behavioral health service line for all MaineHealth. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues. MHBH's 30-plus clinical programs and nearly 30 service locations is one of the broadest behavioral healthcare programs in the state.

The Senior Medical Director is responsible for the oversight and development of a Substance Use Disorders Service for MHBH and the Behavioral Health Service Line for MaineHealth. The responsibilities include development and oversight of the clinical programs and practices, academic programs including graduate and undergraduate medical education (GME, UME) programs, research, and quality improvement efforts.

MHBH is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. MHBH is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, outpatient treatment, crisis services, Crisis Stabilization units, as well as 5 ACT teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD/DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Addiction Medicine.

This position offers:

• The enhancement of education programs will include an Addiction Medicine Fellowship residing at MHMMC, and potential learning opportunities for residents from several MHMMC GME programs, including Psychiatry, Medicine, Family Practice, and Emergency Medicine, and medical students from the Tufts University School of Medicine program.
• The Medical Director will develop an addiction research program in partnership with the Center for Psychiatric Research.
• MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) is MaineHealth’ s largest hospital and has 637 licensed beds and is the state’s leading tertiary care hospital and Level One Trauma Center, with a full complement of Residencies and Fellowships and an integral part of Tufts University Medical School.

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH, a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England’s leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It is composed of southern Maine’s only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital, and intensive outpatient treatment, as well as four ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

To learn more about our system please visit and our benefits page .

For more information, please contact Dave Somers, Physician and APP Recruiter at  david.somers@mainehealth.org .

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