Part-Time Medical Director - Mental Health and Substance Use

Grace Community Care & Homes seeks a part-time Medical Director to support planned New Jersey outpatient mental-health and substance-use treatment services, with potential expansion into intensive outpatient and residential addiction treatment. Programs are in development, and services begin only after required approvals.

This remote position initially focuses on clinical planning, licensing documentation and policy development. Ongoing responsibilities include medical leadership, chart review, virtual case conferences, consultation with treating clinicians and quality improvement. Any program-specific on-site responsibilities will be disclosed and agreed before assignment.

Responsibilities include reviewing proposed services and patient ages; developing admission criteria, clinical policies, medication protocols and emergency/referral procedures; supporting clinical recruitment; supplying credentials for medical-director designation and payer enrollment; establishing appropriate supervision or collaboration arrangements; and maintaining agreed clinical availability. Patient appointments and prescribing are included only if separately agreed. Additional programs or locations require a defined scope, coverage plan and compensation.

Grace Community Care & Homes is an equal opportunity employer.

MD or DO with an active, unrestricted New Jersey medical license. Ability to meet medical-director qualifications for each assigned program. Psychiatry board certification or eligibility preferred, with documented addiction-medicine or addiction-psychiatry qualifications and experience appropriate to assigned services. Experience with outpatient clinical leadership, electronic documentation and quality assurance. Appropriate DEA and New Jersey controlled-substance credentials when required for assigned duties; payer participation eligibility and appropriate malpractice arrangements before engagement.

Preferred:
New Jersey facility licensing and Medicaid enrollment; outpatient, IOP and residential addiction leadership; work with psychiatric nurse practitioners; child and adolescent experience where applicable.

Remote administrative and consultation work; part-time scheduling within agreed coverage needs; opportunity to help develop clinical programs. Compensation negotiable based on qualifications, responsibilities and hours. Startup work, ongoing oversight and patient care will be priced separately in a written agreement. Candidates should provide proposed fees and included hours.