Associate Medical Director, Behavioral Health
Remote · USFull-time$235–300K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Associate Medical Director supports practice management and day-to-day clinical operations for psychiatrists in Included Health’s Behavioral Health practice. The role contributes to hiring, communications, performance management, and care-delivery innovation, while leading projects to improve care, member experience, and clinician experience. It also provides at least 10% clinical care to patients on the platform.
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Full job description
The Associate Medical Director, Behavioral Health supports the practice management of the Psychiatrists within the Behavioral Health practice. Reporting to the Medical Director - Behavioral Health, this role will support the day-to-day clinical operations of clinicians, assist with overall practice hiring/interviewing, communications, and performance management. Candidates will also participate broadly in innovation within our care delivery models and lead projects that pertain to improving care delivery, member experience, and clinician experience within the Behavioral Health service line.
We are seeking a highly motivated leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, leads with empathy, and who is passionate about promoting high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health care. The clinician who will thrive in this role is inquisitive and independent, comfortable working with and interpreting data, and happy working across a large team of professional clinicians.
Key Responsibilities
• Reviewing clinical documentation for accuracy, clinical judgment, and adherence to evidence-based protocols and workflows.
• Reviewing dashboards of quality metrics, identifying potential issues, and alerting appropriate managers.
• Recommending and assisting with individual performance improvement programs when necessary.
• Management of clinician escalations and contract compliance issues when necessary.
• Identifying appropriate projects for quality improvement and leading teams toward quality goals on identified projects
• Assistance with clinician communications and practice announcements.
• Providing at least 10% of time to clinical care of patients on the platform, while displaying exemplary levels of professionalism and clinical quality in all dealings with patients, and will maintain and complete charting and documentation in a timely manner.
• Other administrative duties and projects on an as needed basis.
Qualifications
- MD or DO with at least 5 years of post-residency clinical experience, and minimum 2 years’ experience with patient care on a virtual care platform
• Minimum 2 years' leadership experience preferred
• Be a licensed provider in good standing with your state board(s)
• Be self-motivated and able to work independently
• Excel at communicating with patients and other clinicians
• Qualified candidates must meet all clinical and educational requirements as outlined in the Clinician Employment Agreement
Compensation:
The United States new hire base salary target range for this full-time position is: $235,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits
Starting base salary for you will depend on several job-related factors, unique to each candidate, which may include education; training; skills; years and depth of experience; certifications and licensure; our needs; internal peer equity; organizational considerations; and understanding of geographic and market data. Compensation structures and ranges are tailored to each zone's unique market conditions to ensure that all employees receive fair and great compensation package based on their roles and locations. Your Recruiter can share your geographic zone upon inquiry.
Benefits & Perks:
In addition to receiving a great compensation package, the compensation package may include, depending on the role, the following and more:
-Remote-first culture
-401(k) savings plan through Fidelity
-Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage through multiple medical plan options (including disability insurance)
-Paid Time Off ("PTO") and Discretionary Time Off ("DTO")
-12 weeks of 100% Paid Parental leave
-Family Building & Compassionate Leave: Fertility coverage, $25,000 for surrogacy/adoption, and paid leave for failed treatments, adoption or pregnancies.
-Work-From-Home reimbursement to support team collaboration home office work
Your recruiter will share more about the salary range and benefits package for your role during the hiring process.
About Included Health:
Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We're on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It's all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.
Included Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Included Health considers all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and California law.
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About Included Health
Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.
Included Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Included Health considers all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and California law.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,861 open Medical Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$235–300K/yr
- US median$228–375K/yr1,078 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $268K, is 13% below the US median midpoint ($306K) — in the middle half of Medical Director salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,861 open Medical Director jobs across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Highmark Health254 open
- Evolent121 open
- Gentiva107 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Medical Director postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,046 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,331 of the 1,861 open Medical Director jobs (72%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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