Outpatient Addiction Psychiatrist - Tufts Medical Center
Overview
- Location
- Tufts Medical Center
- Practice
- Outpatient / Ambulatory · Academic Medical Center (principal teaching hospital)
Role summary
Tufts Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry is seeking an outpatient Addiction Psychiatrist for an academic faculty role at its principal teaching hospital in downtown Boston, with a focus on ambulatory addiction care, teaching, and research. The posted salary range is $250,000–$290,000 annually, with academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine commensurate with experience.
What the posting highlights
- System-wide integrated behavioral health model spanning academic medical center and community hospitals across Eastern Massachusetts
- Care setting: Primarily outpatient/ambulatory; with contribution to inpatient and community-based addiction care model
- Patient population: Adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders; includes complex patients (e.g., transplant services)
- Research or clinical-trial participation is noted
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Compensation
Employer
Tufts Medicine (MA)
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Outpatient / Ambulatory
- Facility type
- Academic Medical Center (principal teaching hospital)
- Patient population
- Adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders; includes complex patients (e.g., transplant services)
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Primarily outpatient/ambulatory; with contribution to inpatient and community-based addiction care model
- Coverage model
- System-wide integrated behavioral health model spanning academic medical center and community hospitals across Eastern Massachusetts
- Admin burden
- Curriculum development and program-building responsibilities in addition to clinical duties
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- First seen
- 3 mo ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 72%
Full description
The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medicine is seeking a dynamic and mission-driven Addiction Psychiatrist to join our rapidly growing academic department based at Tufts Medical Center, the principal teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine in downtown Boston.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a highly collaborative, expanding Department of Psychiatry that is actively building a regional model of integrated behavioral health care across Tufts Medicine—spanning our flagship academic medical center and a network of community hospitals throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Our vision is to deliver exceptional, evidence-based addiction care while advancing education, research, and system-wide innovation.
Why Join Us
- Be part of a growing academic department with strong institutional support and strategic investment in behavioral health
- Contribute to a system-wide addiction care model, integrating inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services
- Work in a highly collaborative environment alongside Primary Care and specialty medical services
- Engage in meaningful teaching and mentorship across all levels of training, including medical students, psychiatry residents, and learners from other specialties
- Opportunities to participate in and develop clinical, translational, and health services research in addiction psychiatry
- Help shape innovative programs that address the evolving needs of patients with substance use disorders across diverse care settings
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide Ambulatory Addiction treatment
- Contribute to the continued expansion of Tufts’ Ambulatory Addiction Psychiatry Services
- Deliver consultation and longitudinal care for patients with complex substance use and co-occurring psychiatric disorders
- Collaborate closely with other specialties across outpatient settings including transplant services
- Participate in teaching, supervision, and curriculum development across training programs
- Opportunity to engage in research and scholarly activity, particularly in addiction psychiatry, health systems innovation, and integrated care models
Academic Appointment
Faculty appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine will be commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and career trajectory.
Required Qualifications
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school
- Completion of an ACGME- or AOA-accredited Adult Psychiatry Residency
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in Adult Psychiatry
- Eligible for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Fellowship training and/or Board Certification in Addiction Psychiatry or Addiction Medicine strongly preferred
Compensation:
The salary range for this position is $250,000.00 to $290,000.00 annually. Actual compensation will be determined during the selection process and is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, education, internal equity, and academic rank.
At Tufts Medicine, we view this investment not merely as compensation, but as recognition of the significant impact you will have in advancing our mission and shaping the future of patient care, research, and education.
Apply: Please submit application/CV via this job posting or email CV directly to Michael Martin, Physician Executive Recruiter at michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org