Inpatient Child Psychiatrist at the Largest, Newly Built Center in Maine

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is seeking a BC/BE Child Psychiatrist to join our Pediatric Inpatient team in Bangor, Maine! In this position, you will join the largest treatment facility for inpatient child psychiatry in the state and work in our new, state of the art, 50 private bed hospital that recently opened in fall 2023.

Position Details:

• Lead an interdisciplinary team responsible for providing psychiatric care and teaching on the pediatric inpatient service at NL Acadia Hospital
• Option to participate in teaching/lecturing opportunities with our new Adult Psychiatry Residency Program beginning June 2024!
• Become eligible for a clinical faculty position at the University of New England School of Osteopathic Medicine
• Full-time, Monday-Friday schedule
• Possess solid clinical, teaching, and leadership skills
• Oversee the diagnostic process and the formulation and implementation of treatment plans; ensure therapies and activities provided are consistent with treatment plan objectives
• In conjunction with the interdisciplinary pediatric psychiatry team, perform diagnostic evaluations, initiate treatment interventions, provide follow-up evaluations, and lead interdisciplinary team meetings

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is an acute care, regional psychiatric teaching hospital that is the hub of a comprehensive behavioral health service line within Northern Light Health. We serve communities throughout the state and provide inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care for children, teens, and adults while specializing in the treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders. In addition, we offer innovative programming in the form of behavioral health home, integrated behavioral healthcare in primary care practices, general hospital psychiatry, and an extensive telepsychiatry network. We are the only New England partner for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.

Why Choose Northern Light Acadia Hospital?

• Robust compensation and benefits package including generous paid time off, retirement plan with employer matching, pension plan, and much more
• Top tier student loan reimbursement program
• Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance
• Professional development allowance
• Exceptional work/life balance
• Teaching and leadership opportunities, if desired

At Northern Light Health, we’re building a better approach to healthcare because we believe people deserve access to care that works for them. As an integrated health delivery system serving Maine, we’re raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Our more than 12,000 team members—in our hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, long-term and home healthcare, and ground and air medical transport and emergency care—are committed to making healthcare work for our patients, communities, and employees.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is an acute care, regional psychiatric hospital in Bangor, Maine that is a leader in the provision of tele-psychiatry services, including consultations to regional emergency departments and primary care practices. Northern Light Acadia Hospital offers innovative programming in the form of a behavioral home health, integrated behavioral healthcare in primary care practices, and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer’s medications. The hospital is the sole corporate member of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare that provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management services, and other outpatient mental health services in Penobscot, Waldo, and Knox counties. Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is the sole member of Restorative Health, LLC that operates an outpatient mental health clinic in Bangor. Northern Light Acadia Hospital is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Northern Light Health offers a broad range of providers and services, including nine hospitals, primary care and specialty physician practices, long-term care, home health and hospice agencies, and emergency ground and air transport.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine’s spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.