Systems Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services

Position Summary

Boston University Medical Group (BUMG) is seeking an accomplished psychiatrist to serve as Systems Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services. This physician leader will provide strategic, administrative, and clinical oversight of Psychiatric Emergency Services across the Boston Medical Center Health System, working closely with leadership from the Departments of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct medical leadership and oversight for Psychiatric Emergency Services across the health system.
• Supervise and support psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice providers in Emergency Department settings.
• Establish and maintain clinical standards, protocols, and best practices to ensure high‑quality, evidence‑based psychiatric care.
• Promote a culture of patient safety, quality improvement, and continuous performance enhancement.
• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to improve psychiatric emergency care delivery, access, patient flow, and outcomes.
• Collaborate with system leadership to identify opportunities for growth, innovation, and integration of psychiatric services.
• Lead efforts to standardize clinical operations and workflows across multiple sites.
• Partner with Department of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine leadership to align clinical, operational, and financial goals.
• Foster relationships among physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing leadership, social work, behavioral health teams, and hospital administration.
• Serve as liaison between Psychiatric Emergency Services, Psychiatry service lines, hospital departments, and community partners.
• Monitor quality and patient experience measures, operational performance indicators, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on behavioral health emergency care.
• Support accreditation, credentialing, peer review, and performance evaluation activities.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain high‑performing psychiatric providers.
• Support professional development and leadership growth among physicians and advanced practice providers.
• Promote team engagement, wellness, and a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
• Board Certification in Psychiatry.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Minimum of five years of leadership experience in psychiatry, behavioral health, emergency psychiatry, or hospital‑based psychiatric services.
• Demonstrated experience leading physicians and advanced practice providers.
• Strong operational, financial, and organizational leadership skills.
• Preferred: Experience leading psychiatric emergency services, consultation‑liaison psychiatry, crisis services, or behavioral health programs within an academic medical center or integrated health system.
• Track record of quality improvement, program development, and change management initiatives.
• Academic experience with teaching, mentorship, or scholarly activities.

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead and shape Psychiatric Emergency Services across a growing integrated academic health system.
• Collaborative partnership with nationally recognized Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine departments.
• Academic appointment through the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine commensurate with experience.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to impact behavioral health access, quality, and innovation across diverse patient populations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boston Medical Center is an equal employment/affirmative action employer and ensures equal employment opportunities for all, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or any other non‑job‑related characteristic.