Competitive Compensation + Exclusive Benefits | Medical Director of Addiction Psychiatry With Henry Ford

Henry Ford Health is seeking an experienced psychiatrist with expertise in substance use disorders to serve as Medical Director of Addiction Services. This physician leader will provide strategic, clinical, and operational oversight for a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment services across the behavioral health service line, including residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs, outpatient services, and hospital-based addiction consultation services.

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The Medical Director will partner closely with behavioral health leadership, physicians, and community stakeholders to advance evidence-based addiction care, improve access to treatment, and integrate substance use disorder services throughout the healthcare system.

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Responsibilities include overseeing clinical quality, program development, physician engagement, regulatory compliance, and implementation of innovative models of care that support whole-person health and recovery-oriented treatment.

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The role also includes leading quality improvement initiatives, mentoring physicians and advanced practice providers, and supporting workforce development, education, and community partnerships focused on prevention, recovery support, and stigma reduction.

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This position offers the opportunity to shape and expand addiction medicine services within a large integrated health system committed to equitable, patient-centered behavioral healthcare.

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Requirements:

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution
• Board certification in Psychiatry, additional certification in Addiction Medicine, or Addiction Psychiatry.
• Current or eligible for medical licensure in the state of Michigan
• Minimum 5–7 years of progressive clinical leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience leading addiction treatment programs across multiple levels of care
• Experience working within complex healthcare systems or academic medical centers

Benefits The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual.

• Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan.
• Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more.
• Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

About Us

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

About Henry Ford Health System

Henry Ford Health System is committed to improving the health and well-being of our diverse Michigan community.Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford and now one of the nation's leading health care providers, Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation managed by Chief Executive Officer Wright L. Lassiter, III and governed by a 17-member Board of Trustees, with volunteer-led advisory and affiliate boards providing additional leadership.It is comprised of hospitals, medical centers and one of the nation's largest group practices, the Henry Ford Medical Group, which includes more than 1,900 physicians practicing in over 40 specialties. The System's flagship, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, is a Level 1 Trauma Center recognized for clinical excellence in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, sports medicine, multi-organ transplants and cancer treatment.With more than 30,000 employees, Henry Ford Health System is the fifth-largest employer in metro Detroit, and among the most diverse.