Psychiatrist - Inpatient

We are looking for a full-time Psychiatrist to join our inpatient psychiatric unit with one of the best health care systems in the Northeast. Come and join a wonderful team in a beautiful location near the coast line of Connecticut. 

The role:

• The Adult Psychiatrist practices in a inpatient setting.  The psychiatrist practices on a team of providers including another psychiatrist and psychiatric APRN providing care for individuals requiring behavioral health or substance use services, and also providing psychiatric consultations for patients admitted to other services, and to the ER, if needed
• After hours weekday call is shared with 4 other psychiatrists, and is paid for separately. Weekend call is optional and paid for separately.
• An opportunity to provide supervision to selected medical students, residents and non-physician health professionals
• The psychiatrist can participate in Medical Staff Committees and attend meetings in Medical Staff regulations

Qualifications for this position include:

• Medical degree
• Board certification in Psychiatry
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Can obtain CT state license if you are relocating from outside the state 

About: 

• Expansive psychiatric treatment, research, and academic network that includes a world-renowned Neuropsychiatry Research Center. An experienced GME organization that currently hosts two psychiatry residency programs and three psychiatry fellowship programs
• Warm, friendly, community hospital culture where everyone in the hospital knows each other, and collegial relationships interdepartmentally
• The psychiatrist will work within a multi-disciplinary treatment team and act as a clinical team leader for the coordination and supervision of care provided across clinical disciplines, including providing guidance and leadership to other clinicians on the team in formulating and implementing the treatment plan
• Opportunities to participate in robust, imaginative and visionary system Annual Improvement Projects [AIP]. Current ongoing AIP include initiatives on Early Psychosis Treatments, Zero Opioid Death Initiative, and a Behavior Dyscontrol Project