Academic Psychiatry: General Job in Ayer, Massachusetts
This psychiatry position in Ayer, Massachusetts is structured as an academic role, offered alongside a direct hospital/clinic employment arrangement. In practice, this means your clinical work is grounded in an institutional setting, with compensation structured through the organization rather than a private practice model.
The financial structure includes an income guarantee, with the offering listed in the $275,000 - $299,999 range. Additional support includes relocation assistance, a signing bonus, a training stipend, and loan assistance. There is no patient call and no emergency department call associated with this role.
This is a permanent position open to both board certified and board eligible candidates, and to physicians trained through allopathic or osteopathic pathways. If an academic structure — with the institutional backing and employed compensation model it implies — fits how you want to practice, this listing outlines the terms as offered.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Academic
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Behavioral Healthcare Facility providing Mental Health and Co-occurring Addictions Care for older adolescents and adults is seeking an Adult Inpatient psychiatrist.
The Staff Psychiatrist is responsible for the delivery of comprehensive, clinically effective psychiatric care to adults, adolescents or children. Staff Psychiatrists have medical/clinical authority and responsibility for admitting, patient care, and discharge of patients admitted to the unit. Responsible for medical administration and, in some cases, supervision of APRNs, implementing clinically sound, consumer-oriented services in collaboration with the Medical Director.
Psychiatrist will carry a maximum caseload of 12 patients. Average patient LOS, 8 – 10days.
Abides by policies, procedures, and medical staff training and compliance that promote a positive work and treatment culture, measurable patient quality outcomes, and regulatory compliance. Advanced level knowledge in psychiatry and in the application of clinical treatment modalities with population(s) served. Effective oral and written communication skills. Experienced in clinical supervision and training. Strong organizational and team-building skills.
Skilled in maintaining regulations applicable to programs and services (e.g. Joint Commission, CMS, DPH, DMH, etc.), teaching/training skills desired.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee
- Financial Offering: $275,000 - $299,999
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Yes
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: Massachusetts
- Practice City: Ayer
- Community Size: 50,000 - 99,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers: 12
- Agency: Olesky Associates
