Vice Chair Clinical Programs & Network Affairs

Psychiatry Mps; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA seeks a Vice Chair for Clinical Programs & Network Affairs to provide strategic leadership across the department's clinical enterprise. The role directs inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and liaison services, drives clinical strategy, performance improvement, and academic integration within the BIDMC and BILH network.

It requires an MD, board certification in psychiatry, and licensure.

Qualifications

• MD from an accredited medical school.
• Board-certified or eligible in Psychiatry.
• MA medical license or ability to obtain one.
• Federal DEA and Mass Controlled Substance certificate.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Direct departmental clinical services and oversee clinical operations across inpatient, emergency, consultation-liaison, outpatient, addiction, and interventional psychiatry.
• Lead strategic planning, process improvement, and academic integration across BIDMC and the BILH network.
• Shape the department's clinical strategy across multiple settings and ensure alignment with system priorities and standards of care.
• Provide ongoing clinical care consistent with departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise; participate in the Executive Leadership Team.
• Collaborate with chairs, service chiefs, and leaders across BIDMC and affiliated hospitals to align psychiatric clinical strategy.

Skills

Board-certified or eligible in Psychi

Collaborative teamwork

Education

MD from an accredited medical school

Job description

Job Description: BIDMC Psychiatry Vice Chair for Clinical Programs & Network Affairs

The Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, is a Vice Chair for Clinical Programs & Network Affairs to provide current and future-focused clinical and academic leadership across the Department’s psychiatric clinical enterprise and to represent the Department across BIDMC-affiliated institutions and the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) network.

This role will direct departmental clinical services, In addition to strategic planning and integrative activities, with a focus on process improvement, faculty support, long-term clinical vision, care model design, academic integration and network alignment. A Harvard Medical School appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor would be commensurate with the record of accomplishments.

The Vice Chair will lead the development and advancement of the Department’s clinical strategy across inpatient, emergency, consultation-liaison, outpatient, addiction, interventional, and specialty psychiatric programs, and oversee clinical operations of the Department’s acute and intensive psychiatry services.

The Vice Chair will partner with departmental clinical and operational leaders responsible for program management, quality, safety, and regulatory functions. A central component of the role is senior strategic oversight of the Department’s clinical services to ensure alignment with departmental priorities, system goals, and evolving standards of care.

The position emphasizes innovation, scalability, and cross-institutional integration to support high-value, equitable, patient-centered psychiatric care across the continuum. The Department of Psychiatry is deeply committed to delivering high-quality, safe, equitable, and accessible psychiatric care to a diverse patient population while advancing excellence in education, research, and innovation.

This position will shape the future direction of the Department’s clinical enterprise by designing and evaluating emerging models of care and facilitating their alignment with institutional and system priorities, with particular attention to the clinical, workforce, and system demands of psychiatric care.

The Vice Chair will work closely with the Department Chair, Vice Chairs, Service Chiefs, and institutional leaders across BIDMC, BIDMC-affiliated hospitals, academic partners, and the BILH system to align and integrate psychiatric clinical strategy across settings and sites, including coordination and strategic integration of acute and intensive psychiatric services across the network.

The Vice Chair will report directly to the Chair, serve as a member of the Department’s Executive Leadership Team, and provide ongoing clinical care within the Department in one or more clinical settings consistent with departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. Preference is for clinical work to be provided in the acute and intensive psychiatric service setting.

Interested candidates should have: MD from an accredited medical school Board-certified or eligible in Psychiatry A valid MA medical license or the ability to obtain one Federal DEA and Mass Controlled Substance certificate Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 743-bed hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, is a founding member of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH). BILH, a health care system with 14 hospitals, brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) is one of the largest physician organizations in New England, dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, education, and research. As a physician-led organization, HMFP partners with more than 2,400 providers to support the delivery of exceptional care, promote professional development, and foster balance at work and home. HMFP physicians have faculty affiliations with Harvard Medical School (HMS) and provide care throughout the BILH system and additional hospitals across Massachusetts.

Pay Range: $248,000 - $273,000 The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.

HMFP/APHMFP is a multi-specialty physician organization made up of over 2,400 physicians, researchers, and advanced practitioners dedicated to providing quality and excellence in teaching, research, and clinical care. To learn more about HMFP, please visit our website.

HMFP is an equal opportunity employer. HMFP respects diversity and accordingly is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length, and protective hairstyles, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth, and breastfeeding), sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.