Transform Mental Health in Maine with Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is seeking a full-time clinical psychologist to join the dynamic Developmental Psychology Assessment Services team on our campus in Bangor, Maine. This psychologist will be responsible for seeing patients ages 7-13.

Opportunity:

• Serve as the psychology consultant to our pediatric inpatient interdisciplinary care teams, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, social workers, nursing staff, and occupational therapists
• Provide exceptional group therapy for children and adolescents on our inpatient psychiatric units
• Perform psychological testing when indicated for diagnostic clarification
• Opportunities available for outpatient therapy and evaluation

Requirements:

• Board-certified or eligible to obtain board certification
• Clinical skills should be relevant to the client population served
• Desire to build relationships and facilitate communication among interdisciplinary team members is critical
• Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in psychology

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?

• Competitive 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
• CME allowance
• Exceptional work/life balance
• Teaching 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.