Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
Reported by 94 physicians · national cohort · total comp, not the employer's posted pay
Overview
- Location
- Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
- SalaryDr Signal range
- $333k – $390k
- Practice
- Academic hospital · Behavioral health hospital
94 physician reports · not the employer's posted pay
Role summary
The role is an academic inpatient geriatric psychiatrist position at Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital featuring a 48-bed inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit within a 144-bed behavioral health hospital. The position includes teaching medical students and residents, research opportunities, and clinical care focused on older adults with complex psychiatric and medical comorbidities.
What the posting highlights
- Care setting: Inpatient (48-bed geriatric psychiatry unit)
- Patient population: Older adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions
- Research or clinical-trial participation is noted
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
Physician-reported range shown; the employer did not post pay for this role.
Compensation
- What physicians report
- $333k – $390k
- Pay context
- SalaryDr Signal · physician-reported
- Report sample
- 94 recent physician reports · national cohort
- Compensation basis
- Estimated total compensation
This is a SalaryDr Signal computed from 94 recent, approved physician reports (national cohort). It is not an employer offer or posted pay; this employer did not disclose pay.
Employer
Tufts Medicine (MA)
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Academic hospital
- Facility type
- Behavioral health hospital
- Beds
- 144
- Patient population
- Older adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- inpatient (48-bed geriatric psychiatry unit)
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- SalaryDr Signal
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
Full description
Build the Future of Academic Geriatric Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Academic Geriatric Psychiatrist to join our growing faculty at the new Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (TMBHH) in Malden, Massachusetts.
Tufts Medicine, the leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health provider, have partnered to create this state-of-the-art 144-bed behavioral health hospital, designed to transform behavioral healthcare delivery while serving as a primary teaching hospital for psychiatric education across Tufts Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine.
This is a unique opportunity to help build one of the nation's premier academic geriatric psychiatry programs, caring for older adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions in a highly collaborative academic environment.
Join a department that is redefining behavioral healthcare through exceptional clinical care, innovative education, and transformative research. If you are passionate about caring for older adults while helping build the next generation of academic geriatric psychiatry, we invite you to become part of our growing team at Tufts Medicine.
Position Highlights
As a member of the Department of Psychiatry faculty, you will:
- Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment for older adults admitted to our 48-bed inpatient geriatric psychiatry service, one of the largest academic geriatric psychiatry units in New England.
- Help lead the continued clinical development, quality improvement, and future growth of the inpatient geriatric psychiatry program.
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including psychiatry, neurology, geriatric medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapies, and social work.
- Join a nationally recognized Department of Psychiatry committed to innovation in dementia care, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, neuromodulation, and behavioral health.
Academic Opportunities
As an academic faculty member at Tufts University School of Medicine, you will have the opportunity to:
- Teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry residents, geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychology trainees, and other interdisciplinary learners.
- Participate in curriculum development and educational innovation.
- Collaborate with faculty engaged in clinical, translational, and health services research.
- Pursue scholarly activities in areas including dementia, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), neuropsychiatry, neuromodulation (including ECT), delirium, late-life depression, health services research, and Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.
- Develop academic interests with mentorship and opportunities for promotion through Tufts University School of Medicine.
Qualifications
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
- ABPN Added Qualification (Subspecialty Certification) in Geriatric Psychiatry preferred but not required.
- Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- DEA registration (or eligibility).
- Demonstrated commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care.
- Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and academic medicine.
- CPR certification and de-escalation/restraint training (training provided upon hire as needed).
Why Join Tufts?
The Department of Psychiatry is experiencing unprecedented growth across clinical care, education, and research. We are recruiting outstanding faculty who are excited to build innovative programs, collaborate across disciplines, and help shape the future of behavioral healthcare.
Compensation
Salary range: $275,000.00–$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and faculty rank.
In addition to a highly competitive compensation package, faculty enjoy comprehensive benefits, academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine, professional development opportunities, and the chance to shape one of the fastest-growing behavioral health programs in the region.
Apply
Please submit your CV through this posting or contact:
Michael Martin
Physician Executive Recruiter
michael.martin1@tuftsme…