Hartford Healthcare

Primary Location

: Connecticut-Norwich-Backus Hospital (10309)

Job

: Psychiatry

Organization

: Backus Hospital

Job Posting

: Feb 5, 2024 

Psychiatrist – Adult Inpatient - Norwich, CT - (24152486) 

Description

Adult Psychiatrist Opportunity - Eastern CT

Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network (HHC BHN), the largest and most integrated behavioral health system in New England, has a new opportunity available for a BE / BC Psychiatrist to join our cohesive multidisciplinary team at Backus Hospital, a well-established 213 bed acute care community hospital with an 18 bed inpatient adult unit, and outpatient services including PHP / IOP, in Norwich, CT, which is ideally located close to the picturesque Connecticut and Rhode Island Shoreline, and Mystic Seaport. 

Some highlights of this opportunity include:

• Leadership and colleagues who are focused on the development and maturation of early career psychiatrists
• The Adult Psychiatrist practices in a inpatient setting conveniently located on the Backus Hospital campus. The psychiatrist practices on a team of providers including another psychiatrist and psychiatric APRN providing care for individuals requiring behavioral health or substance use services, and also providing psychiatric consultations for patients admitted to other services, and to the ER, if needed
• After hours weekday call is shared with 4 other psychiatrists, and is paid for separately. Weekend call is optional and paid for separately.
• An opportunity to provide supervision to selected medical students, residents and non-physician health professionals
• The psychiatrist can participate in Medical Staff Committees and attend meetings in Medical Staff regulations

About Behavioral health at Backus Hospital:

Backus Hospital offers a warm, friendly, community hospital culture where everyone in the hospital knows each other, and collegial relationships interdepartmentally

The psychiatrist will work within a multi-disciplinary treatment team and act as a clinical team leader for the coordination and supervision of care provided across clinical disciplines, including providing guidance and leadership to other clinicians on the team in formulating and implementing the treatment plan

Opportunities to participate in robust, imaginative and visionary system Annual Improvement Projects [AIP]. Current ongoing AIP include initiatives on Early Psychosis Treatments, Zero Opioid Death Initiative, and a Behavior Dyscontrol Project. There are several other HHC BHN initiatives ongoing, such as the HHC-wide Zero Suicide Project as well as the Colleague Wellness Initiative. Every feasible opportunity will be offered and encouraged for projects that the psychiatrist might want to pursue

• Avenues for training and development of leadership skills are also available within HHC
• Competitive salary plus comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental, STD/LTD, matching 401(k), generous paid time off, CME, and more
• Eligibility to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• H1B and J1 waiver candidates are welcome to apply

About the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network:

The Hartford HealthCare BHN is an expansive psychiatric treatment, research, and academic network that includes the world-renowned Institute of Living and the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center. An experienced GME organization, the BHN currently hosts two psychiatry residency programs and three psychiatry fellowship programs.

The BHN provides 750,000 outpatient visits and 110,000 inpatient days of care a year across 50 locations and 300 inpatient beds, the BHN is recognized for coordinated, high-quality care. With ten Clinical Day Schools providing 45,000 days of care and education and six residential locations providing 45,000 residential patient days, it is also recognized as a major partner in the communities across CT.

This means MORE OPTIONS to propel your career to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of diversity, inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, innovators, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.

Our location:

Connecticut is located within two hours of Boston and about an hour from New York City, and offers access to the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, access to New England beaches and ski resorts, and options to live near the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.

For additional information and 1:1 discussion:

Please contact Samuel McNeil, Physician Recruiter

Samuel.McNeil@hhchealth.org

Call/text: 860-637-5571

Qualifications

BC/BE Psychiatrist eligible for licensure in the state of CT

Other Locations

: Connecticut-Norwich-12 Case St Norwich (10206)

Regular

Standard Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule: Full-time (40 hours)