Child Psychiatrist, Community Healthlink Worcester, MA

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks a Child Psychiatrist to join growing team. We welcome and support applicants from all Academic Ranks to apply.

About our Department:

• The UMass Memorial Health Care Department of Psychiatry is the largest provider of psychiatric services in central Massachusetts with over 400 faculty members who work in a variety of settings within UMass Memorial Health Care, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the public sector.  We integrate our clinical, research, teaching, and community partnership activities to help individuals and families transform their lives through recovery from mental illness and addiction.

 

• Community Healthlink (CHL) has a long tradition of bringing excellent mental health and substance use disorder services to our city and region, from its inception as a community mental health agency to its current role as a key member organization at UMass Memorial Health. Its 1300 employees serve over 22,000 individuals each year, and its programs assist patients across the life span.  We seek a BE/BC child and adolescent psychiatrist to provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and participate in team-based offering longitudinal care in our outpatient Youth and Family Services.

 

• The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment and passion for community child and adolescent psychiatry.

 

•  This position provides the opportunity for involvement in a full range of clinical and academic pursuits, including serving as a member of our core attending faculty for our child psychiatry fellows, residents and medical students. A faculty appointment, commensurate with experience, is available.

 

CHL programs and services include:

 

•  Adult and child outpatient mental health treatment

•  Primary care for adult outpatient mental health clients

•  Round-the-clock emergency mental health and substance use evaluation and services

•  Chosen to be the Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHC) for Central MA beginning January 2023

•  Rehabilitation services for adults with serious mental illness (by DMH referral)

•  Substance abuse treatment services, for adults and adolescents, including inpatient programs, residential recovery treatment, and outpatient counseling

•  The only inpatient adolescent substance use disorder treatment program in Massachusetts

•  PACT Team (Programs for Assertive Community Treatment)

•  Geriatric behavioral health consultation services

•  Launching LBGTQ specialty mental health clinic

•  Launching Women’s mental health specialty clinic

 

Top Tier Benefits to Reflect Your Value and Needs.

• Sign-on bonuses and newly added referral bonus program

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage

• 6+ weeks of paid time off (vacation/CME/holidays)

• Practice/CME allowance - $4,000 per fiscal year

• Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary, with additional retirement vehicles

• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit

• Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs

• Hospital liability insurance

• Concierge Services for Relocation, if applicable to your role

 

The Hospital has outstanding training programs which include 35 residents and fellows. Our Psychiatry positions offer the opportunity for involvement in a full range of activities. We are a national leader in public sector psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders, addiction psychiatry, biological psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychosocial rehabilitation, and women’s mental health.

As the second largest city in New England, Worcester has powered a rise of booming technology, research, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. The area is rich in history and cultural diversity. You will find:

•  some of the safest towns to reside, as well as some of the best public-school systems in the United States.

•  several highly regarded colleges including Clark University, The College of the Holy Cross, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

•  a variety of affordable housing options from newly renovated condominiums to gracious Victorian homes.

•  numerous restaurants, theater groups, and concert venues.

•  our central location is just miles from Boston, Providence, Newport, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod, with a short ride to the scenic Berkshire and Wachusett Mountains.

 

In short, Worcester provides a myriad of social, cultural, and recreational amenities making this area a truly desirable location in which to practice and live.

 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are integral to the commitment of the Department and University. Accordingly, the Department seeks qualified candidates who can contribute to racial equity, diversity, and inclusion through service, mentorship, teaching, and scholarship. Further, the Department is keenly interested in diversifying its faculty and staff and encourages applications from diverse candidates. Candidates from historically underrepresented group(s) in higher education and medicine are encouraged to apply. Candidates who possess personal characteristics that might be considered as diversifying elements among the clinical team and the large psychiatry faculty at UMMS are invited to identify themselves during the application process.

 

Come join the best place to give care, the best place to get care, and the best place for YOU!

 

Applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae addressed to:

Yael Dvir, MD Vice-Chair and Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/ UMass Memorial Health

C/o Krystal Vincent, Provider Recruiter at Krystal.Vincent@umassmemorial.org

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

With our knowledge, innovation, and compassion, we relentlessly pursue healing for you and all of our patients. Our team includes specialists who are nationally acclaimed for their expertise and leadership in areas such as:

• Heart and vascular care
• Orthopedics
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Surgery
• Newborn intensive care
• Children’s services
• Women’s services
• Emergency medicine and trauma