Psychiatrist | Be part of our ongoing expansion in services and infrastructure!

Outpatient Psychiatry Opportunity – Competitive salary, great work/life balance, beautiful location!

Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, NY

Samaritan is committed to keeping our Northern New York and Fort Drum community healthy – mind and body. Our behavioral health services include outpatient psychiatry, intensive outpatient addiction services, treatment and counseling to those in need.

Package Highlights:

• Annual salary: $320,000, plus a WRVU productivity model
• Signing bonus:  $50,000
• Education Loan repayment: $20,000 each year
• Relocation reimbursement:  $15,000
• A generous benefit package

Practice Highlights:

• Behavioral health services at Samaritan include inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, intensive outpatient addictions services and alcohol and substance abuse treatment.
• Collaborative relationship and easy access to follow up outpatient care at Samaritan’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic.
• Seasonal professionals with extensive longevity: 3 BC Psychiatrists, Licensed Practice Nurses, 14 clinicians: LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-R, Psy D
• Approximately 2,300 clients served annually with an average 1,600 appointments monthly.
• Call is 1:4
• Expanding to 12 ED beds
• Samaritan offers an environment conducive to empathy, healing and respect while providing care to adults 18 years and older.
• Recent significant renovations have occurred to provide a modernized healing environment.
• Samaritan’s Inpatient Mental Health Unit (IMHU) is a 32-bed unit on the main campus and is certified and licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health.
• Most common admitting diagnoses are: PTSD, psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorder and co-occurring substance abuse disorders.
• Medical H&Ps and medical support provided by Hospitalist service.
• Catchment population:  250,000
• Serving the military soldiers and their families from nearby Fort Drum, home to the 10^th Mountain Army Division.
• The military population averages up to 40% of the IMHU admissions.
• Teaching opportunities are extended with accredited ACGME/AOA family medicine and internal medicine residency training programs

Qualifications:

• Board Certified or Board Eligible with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
• Patient-centered care philosophy
• Clinical excellence
• Enthusiasm working within a team model

About Samaritan Medical Center

• 290-bed hospital; medical staff of 190 physicians representing 42 specialties
• Largest community-based hospital in Northern New York
• Construction is about to begin on a brand new state-of-the-art Orthopaedic office building on the main campus of the hospital (expected opening in early 2024)
• Newly constructed (2018) state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer center affiliated with Roswell Park Care Network
• Newly added hospital wing for Obstetrics and Pediatric inpatient care, including pediatric Ortho patients (2019),.
• Expanded women’s health services: Women’s Wellness and Breast Care (2019)
• Not-for-profit organization, independent, financially stable
• www.SamaritanHealth.com

About Northern New York State:

Watertown, NY offers safe and attractive neighborhoods, quiet rural areas, affordable housing, light traffic, first-rate school systems and a gorgeous landscape, all combined with easy accessibility to major metropolitan areas. We are a half hour from the Canadian border. Watertown International Airport (ART) is just a short 15-minute drive, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) is an hour South. Home to the St. Lawrence Seaway, you will find one of nature’s true wonders: The Thousand Islands. Take a boat tour of the Thousand Islands with a visit to Boldt Castle, owned by George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Boating, swimming, scuba diving and fishing are popular pursuits throughout the Thousand Islands. Watertown has four YMCA fitness centers in the area with endless recreational activities for kids and adults - including indoor swimming! Our local ski area is a gathering spot during the winter for family and friends offering ski/snowboarding lessons for all ages. At the foot of the Adirondacks, the Tug Hill Region gets as much as 300 inches of snow annually and is the perfect place for skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers, and snow lovers of all ages. In addition, nearby Fort Drum, home of the US Army’s 10^th Mountain Division, brings to the region a sense of diversity and patriotic pride!

For more information, please contact:

Sincerely,

Jennifer Haley-Saiff

Director of Physician Recruitment

Samaritan Medical Center

830 Washington Street

Watertown, New York 13601

315-779-5184 – Office

315-408-4160 - Cell

jsaiff@shsny.com

www.Samaritanhealth.com

Community links:

https://www.watertown-ny.gov/

https://home.army.mil/drum/index.php

https://co.jefferson.ny.us/

https://www.townofhendersonny.org/

https://townofclayton.com/

https://sacketsharbor-ny.gov/

https://visit1000islands.com/

Samaritan Medical Center www.samaritanhealth.com in Watertown, New York, is a 290-bed not-for-profit community medical center that offers the most specialized and comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services in our region. Our compassionate team of highly qualified healthcare professionals proudly provides services to a population of 250,000.  

Every day, 190 physicians in 42 different specialties along with more than 2,000 support staff at Samaritan Medical Center offer a full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment services for people of all ages. Together, we’re proud to make our patients this promise: to be here whenever and wherever you need us, and to do so with the exceptional care and compassion that you and your family deserve.

Samaritan also serves the soldiers and families of our Fort Drum community.  For over 30 years, the unique relationship between the tri-county area and our military community at Fort Drum has grown strong.  Serving as a model of military-community collaboration, it's shown the true power of respect, friendship and collaboration.  In 2018, a nomination was submitted for the North Country Region to be designated as a Great American Defense Community.

In the fall of 2018 Samaritan opened a newly built cancer center called the "Walker Center for Cancer Care."  The new center provides patients with great care and compassion, along with cutting-edge treatment options. Most recent is the completion of our new Center for Women's Wellness and Breast Care offering comprehensive services in one location from seeing moms-to-be for specialized pregnancy care, to supporting all women with gynecologic and breast services. 

Watertown, itself, is a small city with big city amenities.  Outside city limits, the area opens to large tracts of land offering rural or semi-rural living options.  One can embrace open space, fresh air, pure water, organic living and “Mother Nature at her Best”.  Watertown offers close proximity to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River – 1000 Islands regions, Adirondack Mountains and showcases an abundance of options for recreational activities.  There is ease of access to urban areas and a 40-minute drive takes one to the Canadian border crossing.  A nearby airport provides American Airline connections via small jet services, as well as opportunity for recreational aviation. The four seasons provide a wide range of diversity for one’s wardrobe as well as a wide range of activities for the outdoor enthusiast.  This is a safe location, with an outstanding educational system, offering affordable housing and concludes that this is a great place for family living. For more area information checkout www.co.jefferson.ny.us/chambers-of-commerce.