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

American Academy of Family Physicians; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) is seeking a fellowship-trained, board-eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our new partial hospitalization program (PHP) in Portland, Maine. This full-time position offers 40 hours per week and a comprehensive clinical education environment.

The role spans clinical care in PHP, collaborations with a multidisciplinary team, and teaching opportunities with residents and medical students, with a base salary around $300,000 annually plus benefits

Qualifications

• Fellowship-trained in child and adolescent psychiatry and board-eligible.
• Graduate of an accredited medical school with psychiatry residency completion.
• Board certification or eligibility by ABPN in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care in a partial hospitalization program.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Engage in teaching and mentoring psychiatry residents and medical students.

Skills

Fellowship-trained

Board-eligible

Education

MD/DO required

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Psychiatry residency

Job description

Join a multidisciplinary team at MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) as an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with 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 and Social Work and Psychology trainees
• Faculty appointment with Tufts University School of Medicine.

Organizational Culture, with a strong emphasis 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.

MaineHealth is 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 our system please visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefits page.