Psychiatrist, Medical Director, Crisis & Urgent Care Services

Make a Difference in Someone’s Life!

At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find e, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.

The Medical Director, Crisis Services should have one of the following minimum qualifications:

• Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.)
• Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Additional preferred qualifications:

• American Board of Preventative Medicine, Addiction Medicine
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Monarch is searching for a BE/BC Psychiatrist, Medical Director for our new facility opening in June 2026 in Concord, NC, just north of Charlotte, in Cabarrus County. The ideal candidate will be a Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist, or a General Psychiatrist with additional experience treating children/adolescents. Anyone with additional training and experience in Addiction Medicine is a plus.

The Stephen M. Morris Behavioral Health Center is a 70,000 sf, 72 patient 24-hour Tier 4 facility, with a Pharmacy, and a Learning Kitchen for the PRTF. The new facility will be comprised of 24 PRTF beds for Adolescents, a FBC with 16 Crisis Adolescent SUD Beds, and a Behavioral Health Urgent Care offering services for both Adolescents and Adults.

There is a strong preference for someone who can work onsite until the program is up and running efficiently, then a hybrid model of both onsite and remote can be considered.

Direct Patient Care Services

• Review medical history, social history, evaluations, and other relevant information to inform the development of a treatment plan and to establish an appropriate current diagnosis.
• Assess individuals for mental health or substance use disorders and make appropriate ICD-10 diagnoses in all pertinent operations.
• Document treatment activity and code treatment event.
• Provide education to patients to aid in understanding their diagnoses and recommended treatment.
• Prescribe medication when appropriate.
• Request diagnostic lab work when appropriate.
• Review health indicators such as blood pressure, weight, etc.
• Involve/Educate family members and other collaterals in treatment when appropriate and in accordance with patient consent.
• Provide clinical support and oversight to assigned APPs through a collaborative physician agreement.

Stephen M Morris Behavioral Health Center

• Develop and/or optimize care models for all program operations.
• Ensure providers are delivering safe and effective care for all patients receiving care in the Stephen M Morris Behavioral Health Center.
• Create and implement virtual/hybrid care pathways to help guide the care delivered.
• Ensure a superior patient journey within and throughout Monarch as it relates to medical care delivery.
• Participate in managing the performance of providers for these operations based on the Monarch Provider Performance Scorecard and Plan; and develop strategies to address poor performance.
• Approves all scheduling of providers in collaboration with the VP of Medical Services.
• Determine company wide annual goals, clinical studies, and improvement goals for the respective operations.
• Collaborates with external entities such as community stakeholders, MCOs, etc. as a representative of Monarch’s medical leadership team.
• Maintain trainings as required and requested.
• Demonstrate knowledge of emergency procedures and assist in crisis situations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and…