Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

MaineHealth; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

MaineHealth Behavioral Health’s Adolescent PHP in Portland, Maine, seeks a fellowship-trained, board-eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for a full-time role (40 hours/week). The position emphasizes education, collaboration, and high-quality patient care in a partial hospitalization program.

The role includes significant teaching opportunities with Psychiatry and Pediatric residents, Tufts University School of Medicine students, and Social Work/Psychology trainees, with a Tufts academic

Qualifications

• Graduate of Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical School; completion of psychiatric residency and child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship.
• Current or eligible for licensure by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.
• Board certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, or eligibility for examination.
• Current DEA Registration Certificate.
• 2+ years' experience inclusive of fellowship training.
• Meet credentialing criteria defined in Medical Staff By-laws.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient child and adolescent psychiatric care in the PHP setting.
• Teach and mentor psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, Tufts University School of Medicine students, and Social Work and Psychology trainees.
• Collaborate in medical education, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives.

Skills

Fellowship-trained

Board-eligible

Clinical educator

Education

Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical School graduate

Psychiatric residency and child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship

Job description

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Description

Join a multidisciplinary team at MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) as an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatristwith our new PHP in Portland, Maine.

MaineHealth Behavioral Health provides behavioral health partial hospitalization services for people who are too ill to attend traditional outpatient therapy, but do not require hospitalization. Often, partial hospitalization services help patients transition back into the community after a psychiatric hospitalization.

The partial hospitalization program (PHP) bridges the gap between hospital and community programs. It provides an alternative to hospitalization for people who require more intensive treatment than outpatient office visits, but less than 24-hour inpatient care.

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours per week

Position Highlights:

• Seeking a fellowship-trained, board-eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.
• Opportunity to serve both rural and urban pediatric populations.
• Ideal candidate is a clinician-educator committed to medical education and collaborative care.

Teaching and Academic Opportunities:

• Significant educational role with opportunities to teach and mentor:Psychiatry residents,Pediatric residents,Tufts University School of Medicine medical students andSocial Work and Psychology trainees
• Faculty appointment with Tufts University School of Medicine.

Organizational Culture, with a strongemphasis on:

• Medical education
• Continuous quality improvement
• Patient safety
• High-quality clinical outcomes
• Patient and family satisfaction

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate of Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical School. Completion of psychiatric residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training.
• Current or eligible licensure as a physician by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.
• Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, or be eligible for examination by the American Board as documented by written evidence.
• Current DEA Registration Certificate.
• 2+ years' experience inclusive of fellowship training.
• Meet other credentialing criteria defined in Medical Staff By-laws

Additional Information:

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH), a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England’s leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It is composed of southern Maine’s only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital and intensive outpatient treatment, as well as four ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

MaineHealthis a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

Situated on the Maine coast, Portland offers the best of urban sophistication combined with small-town friendliness. The area provides four season recreational opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, sailing, and miles of beautiful beaches. Just two hours north of Boston, this is a diverse and vibrant community.

At MaineHealth, we recognize the value each team member brings to our organization. Total compensation packages may include, based on eligibility, recruitment payments, relocation assistance, productivity incentives, and quality incentives.

The annual base salary range for this position at a 1.0 FTE is $300,000.

In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offers comprehensive benefits, recognition programs and career growth opportunities.

To learn more about oursystemplease visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefitspage .

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