Chief Psychiatric Practice & Quality Leader

LifeStance Health Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 252,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeStance Health is seeking a senior psychiatrist leader to advance enterprise practice excellence by establishing standards, evidence-based frameworks, and provider excellence programs. The role focuses on quality, safety, and outcomes across markets and service lines, partnering with Medical Leadership and Quality teams.

The role emphasizes clinician recruitment, education, wellbeing, and the transition to standardized EHR workflows while ensuring compliance with laws and professional

Qualifications

• MD or DO with board certification in Psychiatry.
• Active, unrestricted medical license.
• 10+ years of psychiatric clinical experience with leadership exposure.
• Proven experience developing clinical standards and provider programs.
• Strong knowledge of patient safety, governance, regulatory expectations, and value-based care.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain organizational psychiatric standards and clinical expectations across markets.
• Lead development of evidence-based guidelines, tools, protocols, and practice resources.
• Partner with Medical Leadership, Clinical Operations, Quality, Clinical Excellence, Learning & Development, and Measurement-Based Care teams to improve care quality, safety, and outcomes.
• Identify and address psychiatric practice variation through data review, education, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Build and oversee a clinician education and professional development curriculum across specialties and practice settings.
• Design and oversee psychiatric provider excellence programs, including onboarding support and mentoring structures.
• Assist with transition to uniform EHR use and developing efficient EHR workflows and policies.
• Review and update psychiatric policies, protocols, and standards to align with laws and professional expectations.
• Monitor quality metrics, patient safety trends, outcomes, and clinical effectiveness measures to inform priorities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor regarding psychiatric practice trends and provider enablement.
• Lead initiatives supporting physician wellbeing and burnout prevention.
• Report on quality metrics and workforce KPIs to executives.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Quality improvement

Healthcare leadership

Education

MD/DO with Psychiatry board certification

Job description

LifeStance Health is seeking a senior psychiatrist leader to advance enterprise practice excellence by establishing standards, evidence-based frameworks, and provider excellence programs. The role focuses on quality, safety, and outcomes across markets and service lines, partnering with Medical Leadership and Quality teams.

The role emphasizes clinician recruitment, education, wellbeing, and the transition to standardized EHR workflows while ensuring compliance with laws and professional