Physician - Psychiatry - Consult-Liaison Service to Hospital & ED

Southcoast Health System, Inc.; Fall River, Los Angeles (MA, CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Psychiatrist to join their team in a community-driven health system. This rewarding role offers the chance to provide vital psychiatric services in a supportive environment, with a focus on patient-centered care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Enjoy a full-time schedule with no weekend or holiday shifts, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off and professional growth opportunities. This is a unique chance to make a direct impact on community health while advancing your career in a mission-driven setting.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits package

Generous Earned Time Off Package

403B Retirement Plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Federal Loan Forgiveness programs

Professional growth opportunities

Customized leadership training

Malpractice coverage

Continuing medical education allowance

Qualifications

• Medical degree and board certification required.
• Demonstrated clinical excellence and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation-liaison psychiatry services in hospital settings.
• Collaborate with medical and social services teams for patient care.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Clinical excellence

Patient satisfaction

Education

Medical degree from an accredited institution

Board certification/eligibility

Completion of a US residency

Tools

DEA registration

Job description

Overview

Psychiatry – Consult-Liaison Service to Hospital & ED

Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 6 years in a row!

Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable health system with multiple hospitals, clinics, and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.

We are searching for a talented Psychiatrist.

Hours: Full-time 8:00A – 4:30P

Shift: Day – no weekend, holiday or on call.

Location: Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA

A career at Southcoast Health offers you:

• A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
• Generous Earned Time Off Package**
• Employee Wellbeing Program
• 403B Retirement Plan with company match
• Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
• Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training

**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 20 hours.

Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Southcoast Health is dedicated to assembling high-quality physicians to deliver exceptional care and services. Our Behavioral Health Center, a part of the Southcoast Physicians Group comprising over 800 providers, exemplifies our commitment to excellence in patient care.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a non-profit, mission-driven community setting, invested in building up behavioral health services across the system – bringing opportunities for immediate direct care impact as well as departmental program development.

Responsibilities

• Diversified emergency department and hospital-based consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry services in support of Southcoast Department of Psychiatry and Southcoast Physician Group, under the rules and regulations of Massachusetts medical practice.
• Reasonable RVU expectation given commitment to educational component of this position and desired system level impacts.
• Proactive team-based model, with behavioral health dedicated Community Health workers, RNs to support patient-centered approach, active management and disposition services, in collaboration with medical and social services teams.
• No regular evening or weekend coverage – limited to several paid weekend, holiday shifts in rotation with other Departmental clinicians.
• May include clinical supervision of APPs providing ED and CL services, along with other MD staff.
• Additional clinical/educational relationships exist with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brown University, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center.
• Programmatic leadership opportunities exist to work with Psychiatry and institutional leadership for expansion of hospital-based service to address Substance Use Disorders, Geriatric populations, and development of ambulatory consultative services.
• Opportunities to represent psychiatry in institutional committees (Bioethics, Quality Steering Committee).

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited institution.
• Board certification/eligibility with completion of a US residency.
• Current state medical license and DEA registration.
• Demonstrated clinical excellence, patient satisfaction, and effective communication skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with productivity-based incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits package including: 4-5 weeks’ vacation plus a week of CME and 6% match on retirement after 2 years
• Malpractice coverage of $2M / $6M
• Opportunity for relocation assistance/sign-on bonus.
• Not for profit, under-served community site brings opportunities for loan forgiveness.
• Continuing medical education (CME) allowance and paid time off.

Pay Range

USD $0.00 - USD $0.00 /Hr.