Psychiatry Physician - Adult
Overview
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Schedule
- Flexible shift structure designed to complement existing full-time commitments · Night and weekend shift coverage
- Practice
- Hospital-employed position within Tenet Healthcare · Medical center (MetroWest Medical Center) and hospital (Saint Vincent Hospital)
Role summary
This is a full-time, hospital-employed adult inpatient psychiatry role covering night and weekend shifts at MetroWest Medical Center and Saint Vincent Hospital with a flexible schedule around existing commitments. The position offers a collaborative team environment with an 86-bed adult inpatient unit and a salary range of $195k-$447k.
What the posting highlights
- Collaborative, team-based model with supportive administration and established clinical staff
- Care setting: 100% inpatient psychiatry — no outpatient responsibilities
- Patient population: Adult psychiatric patients
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Compensation
Employer
Tenet Healthcare
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Hospital-employed position within Tenet Healthcare
- Facility type
- Medical center (MetroWest Medical Center) and hospital (Saint Vincent Hospital)
- Beds
- 86
- Patient population
- Adult psychiatric patients
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $195,000–$447,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- The posted range is wide — what specifically places a candidate at the top versus the bottom of it?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- flexible shift structure designed to complement existing full-time commitments
- Call burden
- night and weekend shift coverage
- Shift type
- night and weekend shifts
- Inpatient / outpatient
- 100% inpatient psychiatry — no outpatient responsibilities
- Coverage model
- collaborative, team-based model with supportive administration and established clinical staff
- FTE
- 1
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- First seen
- 2 mo ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
Full description
Why Join Us
MetroWest Medical Center — part of Tenet Healthcare — is a regional leader in behavioral health, offering one of the most comprehensive psychiatric care continuums in Massachusetts, from child and adolescent services through geriatric neuropsychiatric treatment. You'll join a collegial medical staff backed by a patient-centered culture and administration that genuinely supports its physicians. The Leonard Morse Campus in Natick is a high-functioning, mission-driven environment where your clinical expertise makes a measurable difference every shift. Whether this is your primary position or a supplemental role, the schedule is built around your life — not the other way around.
Position Highlights
- 100% inpatient psychiatry — no outpatient responsibilities
- Night and weekend shift coverage; well-suited as a supplemental income opportunity alongside a full-time position
- Large inpatient footprint: 86-bed adult unit at MetroWest Medical Center (Natick) and 12-bed adult unit at Saint Vincent Hospital (Worcester)
- Full behavioral health continuum on-site, including a 17-bed child/adolescent unit and 24-bed geriatric neuropsychiatric unit
- Hospital-employed position within Tenet Healthcare
- Collaborative, team-based model with supportive administration and established clinical staff
What We Offer
- Compensation Range: $195k - $447k
- Flexible shift structure designed to complement existing full-time commitments
- Access to a robust, multi-specialty behavioral health program supporting cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Malpractice insurance provided
- Health, dental, and life insurance
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Deferred compensation program
- Relocation assistance
Candidate Requirements
- Board certification in Psychiatry (ABIM)
- Clear credentialing history and consistent, comparable work experience
- Strong team collaboration and communication skills
Why Natick
Natick sits at the heart of MetroWest, one of Greater Boston's most livable suburban corridors — offering the energy and amenities of a major metro without the cost or congestion of the city itself. The area is known for its highly rated public schools, safe neighborhoods, and a genuine sense of community that draws physicians looking to put down roots. Outdoor enthusiasts will appreciate easy access to hiking, boating, and cycling throughout the Sudbury and Charles River valleys. And with Boston just 20 miles east, world-class dining, culture, and academic medicine are always within reach.