The Department of Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center is seeking a BC/BE psychiatrist to join  our Inpatient Medical Psychiatry Unit as a faculty clinician-educator.

Our unit is a high performing multidisciplinary service with a capacity of 21 beds and three interdisciplinary clinical teams.  Our staff are experienced with both psychiatric and medical care with an emphasis on geriatric psychiatry. We have a full time physician’s assistant and access to the full spectrum of medical/surgical consultative services at Maine Medical Center. We embrace a biopsychosocial model of care with focal treatment planning and active involvement of families and caregivers.

In addition to clinical care, the Inpatient Medical Psychiatry Unit is a major teaching resource for Maine Medical Center. We offer inpatient medical/geriatric psychiatry experiences for psychiatric residents, geriatric medicine fellows, and medical students. We have a culture of continuous quality improvement and our performance in the areas of safety, quality, satisfaction, and finance are consistent with, or superior to national benchmarks for geriatric psychiatry units.

As an integral member of a growing regional mental health system, the attending physician will mentor our trainees and students and provide direct clinical care for adults with neuropsychiatric disorders. The attending physician will receive a faculty appointment to the Tufts University School of Medicine. Maine Medical Center psychiatrists enjoy the benefits of a flexible call schedule, generous time off and CME policies, a substantial CME stipend, retirement plans, and comprehensive health insurance plans.

Maine Medical Center has 637 beds and is the state’s leading tertiary care hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center with a full complement of residencies and fellowships.  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 an exceptionally diverse and vibrant community.  Portland is consistently voted one of the top spots in America to raise a family and was named America’s most livable city by Forbes Magazine in 2009.

For more information please contact Alison C. Nathanson, Director, MaineHealth Physician Recruitment Center at (207) 396-8683 or nathaa@mainehealth.org