Senior Medical Director, Behavioral Health

**Job Description**

**Job Summary**

Leads a regional team of medical directors and clinical staff, providing psychiatric oversight and expertise in the medical necessity, appropriateness, and quality of behavioral health services (mental health and substance use disorders) across multiple states. Ensure members receive clinically appropriate, evidence-based care in the most effective setting while contributing to enterprise-wide strategies for integrated behavioral health programs, utilization management standardization, and cost-effective quality outcomes in a managed care environment. Contributes to overarching strategy to provide quality and cost-effective member care.

**Essential Job Duties**

+ Leads and manages a team of medical directors and behavioral health clinicians responsible for prior authorization, inpatient concurrent review, discharge planning, care management, and interdisciplinary care team activities across a designated multi-state...