Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Medical Director

Telework Eligible:
No

• Job
• Location:
  
  Willmar
• Telework Eligible:
  No
• Full/Part Time:
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Unlimited
• Who May Apply:
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 10/30/2025
• Closing Date: 2/27/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit:
  Direct Care and Treatment
• Division/Unit:
  Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment Services / MHSATS Medical Services
• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift / 40 hours
• Days of Work:
  Monday - Friday
• Travel Required:
  
  No
• Salary Range: $130.11 - $195.17 / hourly; $271,669 - $407,514 / annually
• Classified Status:
  Classified
• Bargaining Unit/Union:
  Union 221 - Excluded All Others/Unrep
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  Yes

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At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Ready to make a difference providing treatment to some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable kids? Tired of hours spent in prior authorization calls and utilization reviews? Wish you could spend time treating patients over weeks instead of days in an inpatient setting? The Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospital (CABHH) in Willmar, Minnesota has an opportunity for a skilled and compassionate child and adolescent psychiatrist to provide quality care as part of an interdisciplinary team.

As the attending psychiatrist, you will be working with children between the ages of 6 and 18 who are admitted from multiple referral sources, including hospitals and community settings, and providing treatment collaboratively with psychiatric and primary care practitioners, psychologists, nurses, social workers, rehab workers and other mental health professionals. The psychiatrist will provide clinical direction and leadership to an interdisciplinary team in a 16-bed hospital, overseeing assessment and treatment coordination by psychiatric and primary care APRNs, psychology, social work, and allied health team members.

As part of the Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) administration, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services (MHSATS) division, CABHH is a 16-bed modern behavioral health hospital, which provides hospital level care to children with mental illness. CABHH is the pediatric hospital in a state psychiatric care network that includes 7 other hospitals and a wide range of community-based resources. The interdisciplinary teams provide care guided by evidence-based practices and a person-centered treatment philosophy.

• Our system is devoted to providing high-quality care for those who most need it
• Longer-term inpatient care allows for doctor/patient relationship development in a way other systems don’t offer
• On-call opportunities for added compensation
• Work/Life balance
• No third-party billing issues

This position is located in Willmar, which is surrounded by a multitude of recreational lakes, recreational trails, and provides a growing housing and job market. Willmar offers the metropolitan conveniences while maintaining a small-town feel.

• Licensed (or eligible to be licensed) to practice Medicine in the State of Minnesota
• Board Certified Psychiatrist (or board eligible)
• Completion of a fellowship program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience
• This position is open to experienced psychiatrists as well as graduating fellows

• Experience working in an inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric setting
• Our employees are dedicated to…