Inpatient Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital

Academic Adult Psychiatrist

Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital

Department of Psychiatry | Tufts Medical Center | Tufts University School of Medicine

Build the Future of Academic Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Academic Adult Psychiatrist to join our growing faculty at the new Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (TMBHH) in Malden, Massachusetts.

Tufts Medicine, the leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health provider, have partnered to create this state-of-the-art 144-bed behavioral health hospital, designed to transform behavioral healthcare delivery while serving as a primary teaching hospital for psychiatric education across Tufts Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine.

This is a unique opportunity to help build one of the nation's premier academic psychiatry programs, caring for adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions in a highly collaborative academic environment.

Join a department that is redefining behavioral healthcare through exceptional clinical care, innovative education, and transformative research. If you are passionate about caring for older adults while helping build the next generation of academic psychiatry, we invite you to become part of our growing team at Tufts Medicine.

Position Highlights

As a member of the Department of Psychiatry faculty, you will:

• Help lead the continued clinical development, quality improvement, and future growth of the inpatient psychiatry program.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including psychiatry, neurology, medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapies, and social work.
• Join a nationally recognized Department of Psychiatry committed to innovation in dementia care, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, neuromodulation, and behavioral health.

Academic Opportunities

As an academic faculty member at Tufts University School of Medicine, you will have the opportunity to:

• Teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry residents, psychology trainees, and other interdisciplinary learners.
• Participate in curriculum development and educational innovation.
• Collaborate with faculty engaged in clinical, translational, and health services research.
• Pursue scholarly activities in areas including dementia, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), neuropsychiatry, neuromodulation (including ECT), delirium, late-life depression, health services research, and Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.
• Develop academic interests with mentorship and opportunities for promotion through Tufts University School of Medicine.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
• Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• DEA registration (or eligibility).
• Demonstrated commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and academic medicine.
• CPR certification and de-escalation/restraint training (training provided upon hire as needed).

Why Join Tufts?

The Department of Psychiatry is experiencing unprecedented growth across clinical care, education, and research. We are recruiting outstanding faculty who are excited to build innovative programs, collaborate across disciplines, and help shape the future of behavioral healthcare.

Compensation

Salary range: $275,000.00-$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and faculty rank.

In addition to a highly competitive compensation package, faculty enjoy comprehensive benefits, academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine, professional development opportunities, and the chance to shape one of the fastest-growing behavioral health programs in the region.

Apply

Please submit your CV through this posting or contact:

Michael Martin

Physician Executive Recruiter

michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org