Chair, Behavioral Health — Lead Geriatric Psychiatry & Integrated Care

Eventus WholeHealth; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) Contributions

Licensure reimbursement

CME opportunities

Job summary

Eventus WholeHealth in Roanoke, VA seeks a Chair of Behavioral Health to shape integrated care in long-term settings. You will provide strategic clinical leadership for psychiatry, psychotherapy, and behavioral health integration, while guiding operational oversight and a committed multidisciplinary team.

This role combines 40% administrative duties with 60% hands-on clinical work, engaging psychiatrists, APCs, and therapists to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with board certification in psychiatry.
• Active, unrestricted medical license.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive clinical and leadership experience.
• Leadership experience with direct people management responsibilities.
• Experience in geriatric psychiatry, long-term care, skilled nursing, and/or assisted living.
• Proven experience managing clinical quality, operational performance, and financial results.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary behavioral health teams preferred.
• Experience working within value-based care and population health environments preferred.
• Certification in Medical Direction (CMD) or similar long-term care certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and clinical leadership for all behavioral health services, including psychiatry, psychotherapy, and behavioral health integration programs.
• Establish and maintain evidence-based clinical standards, provider competencies, and quality expectations across the organization.
• Lead behavioral health quality improvement initiatives and monitor clinical outcomes, utilization trends, and performance metrics.
• Serve as the senior clinical resource and escalation point for complex behavioral health and integrated-care issues.
• Champion integration of behavioral health with primary care and other clinical service lines.
• Develop strategies to strengthen collaboration among psychiatrists, APCs, psychotherapists, primary care teams, facility staff, residents, and families.
• Directly supervise the Director of Psychotherapy and Director of Behavioral Health Integration.
• Lead recruitment, retention, engagement, and professional development for behavioral health providers and leaders.
• Foster a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and clinician well-being.

Skills

Leadership

Psychiatry

Geriatric care

Value-based care

Population health

Education

MD/DO

Job description

Eventus WholeHealth in Roanoke, VA seeks a Chair of Behavioral Health to shape integrated care in long-term settings. You will provide strategic clinical leadership for psychiatry, psychotherapy, and behavioral health integration, while guiding operational oversight and a committed multidisciplinary team.

This role combines 40% administrative duties with 60% hands-on clinical work, engaging psychiatrists, APCs, and therapists to drive outcomes.