Overview

This FQHC is committed to supporting the well-being of our communities by advancing equitable access to high-quality healthcare and wellness services. Guided by a culture of innovation, collaboration, and compassion, we create environments that empower our providers to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

Position Summary

The Specialty Director of Psychiatry provides enterprise-wide clinical leadership for the FQHC's psychiatric and medication-management services. This position is responsible for clinical standardization, quality improvement, workforce development, and program excellence across the psychiatry service line. The Specialty Director partners closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Regional Medical Directors, the Vice President of Behavioral Health and Integration, operational leadership, and clinical teams while maintaining an active psychiatric practice. This position also serves as a voting member of the Clinical Leadership Council.

Leadership Appointment

The Specialty Director appointment is for an initial two-year term and may be renewed by mutual agreement with the Chief Medical Officer based on annual performance review. 

Job Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead psychiatric clinical standards across all FQHC locations.
• Oversee medication-management protocols and promote consistent prescribing practices.
• Support the integration of crisis services and warm-handoff protocols with primary care.
• Lead substance-use disorder program standards and treatment consistency.
• Monitor psychiatric UDS measures and HEDIS performance.
• Coordinate with external psychiatric partners and inpatient facilities.
• Partner with Behavioral Health leadership to support therapy-program quality.
• Support trauma-informed care and adverse childhood experience initiatives.
• Provide clinical expertise to psychiatric training programs and clinical education partners.
• Attend monthly Clinical Leadership Council meetings, contribute to clinical policy development, and report to the Chief Medical Officer.
• Maintain an active psychiatric clinical practice while fulfilling administrative leadership responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• Active Illinois medical license in good standing.
• Board certification in Psychiatry.
• Minimum of two years of clinical experience at this FQHC or a comparable Federally Qualified Health Center.
• Demonstrated commitment to health equity and medically underserved communities.
• No active disciplinary actions or unresolved peer-review findings.
• Ability to dedicate 0.2 FTE to administrative leadership responsibilities.
• Ability to travel to the FQHC's health center locations when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Psychiatric subspecialty expertise or demonstrated specialty leadership experience.
• Experience developing clinical protocols or designing behavioral healthcare programs.
• Experience training, mentoring, and developing clinicians.
• Participation in psychiatric professional associations or specialty networks.
• Experience working within a multisite community health or FQHC environment.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to lead psychiatric clinical standardization across multiple locations.
• Ability to interpret psychiatric quality data and translate findings into measurable improvements.  
• Knowledge of FQHC operations, HRSA compliance, UDS requirements, HEDIS measures, and applicable psychiatric regulations.
• Ability to balance administrative leadership responsibilities with an active clinical caseload.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and clinical quality dashboards, or the ability to learn these systems quickly.

Misc Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual administrative stipend
• FTCA malpractice coverage with no tail obligation
• Loan repayment program eligibility
• Three weeks of paid vacation to start, increasing to four weeks after four years of employment
• Three paid summer days • One paid Wellness Day annually
• Five paid sick days
• Eleven paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Critical illness, cancer, and accident coverage
• AD&D, supplemental life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount programs

Client Description

Our Mission:

We boldly commit to supporting the well-being of our communities, ensuring equity in access and delivering exceptional care inspired by a culture of innovation.

Our Vision:

Strong, healthy communities, where everyone has access to high quality health and wellness care, leading to better social and emotional health.

Our Core Values:

We are committed to social justice, health equity, and access to quality services for all.

We engage a patient centered approach that empowers all to live healthy lives.

We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion in all that we do.

We support the transformation of our historically disadvantaged communities to strength and wellness through our trauma informed care.

We are fearless, optimistic, and innovative in our approaches and believe that we can overcome even the most severe barriers.

We invest in our employees, providing them with the tools they need to grow and do their best work.

We seek opportunities to grow our impact through strategic collaborations that embodies our vision and values.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

We are committed to social justice, health equity, and access to quality services for all. We work in spaces formed and maintained by systematic oppression, impacting our employees and those we serve. We strive to end, repair, and fight against these inequities and injustices by challenging the systems, laws, policies and key stakeholders in the health and human services industries which threaten diversity dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, language, age, abilities, caregiver status, poverty, health access and literacy, religion, citizenship status, and veteran status.

Community Description

The world's best food. The world's best museums. Architecture that awes and enough shopping for days. Find it all in Chicago. With events every weekend, live music and theatre every night, and beautiful parks and ice rinks beckoning every day — Chicago buzzes with energy and excitement all year. 

Chicago is the third most populous city in the US. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people.

Affordable living costs and comprehensive, reliable public transit give Chicago a leg up on most other major cities.

Student Loan Forgiveness

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Eligible