Medical Director

Job Requisition

Opening Date: 10/02/2026

Closing Date: 10/30/2026

Agency:
Department of Human Services

Class

Title:

MEDICAL ADM II OPT D - 26403

Skill Option:
Special License - IL License to Practice Medicine
- Psychiatry & Neurology

Bilingual Option:
None

Salary:
Anticipated Salary: $26,040 - $28,040 per month ($312,480 - $336,480 per year)

Job Type: Salaried

Category:
Full Time

Number of Vacancies: 1

Bargaining Unit Code:
None

Merit Comp Code:
Term Appointment/ Gubernatorial (Management Bill)

Work Hours :
Mon
- Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch

Anticipated Hybrid Work Schedule Availability :
Not available, fully in office

Headquarter Location : 1315 Lehman Dr, Chester, Illinois, 62233

Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery

Chester Mental Health Center

Medical Support

Work County :
Randolph

Agency Contact : DHS.Hiring Unit

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The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Medical Director with an Illinois Physician and Surgeon License with a specialty in Psychiatry. Board Certification is required to provide medical leadership and oversight of the psychiatry services provided at the Chester Mental Health Center in Chester, Illinois. Chester Mental Health Center strives to assist patients to achieve their full recovery potential and values culture, safety, recovery, efficiency and quality.

• Serves as Medical Director for Chester Mental Health Center.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Develops, plans for and monitors implementation of ancillary medical services, including dentistry, optometry, Electroencephalogram (EEG) and all contractual medical services.
• Directs, designs and implements policies, procedures and verifies compliance with all accrediting regulatory agents.
• Provides psychiatry services by examining, treating and monitoring individual patients’ medical needs.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License.
• Requires American Board Certification in the job-related medical specialty of psychiatry.
• Requires three (3) years of substantive medical administrative experience in the directing,…