| Maine Medical Center (MMC) is seeking a part to full time BC/BE Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist clinician-educator to join the Department of Psychiatry. Successful candidates will be gifted clinicians or investigators committed to improving the lives of youth through patient care, education, research, and advocacy. The primary role will be physician leader of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division’s Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program team, a nationally known family-focused center for research and treatment of adolescents and young adults, in the first years of a psychotic spectrum disorder. This role involves not only patient care but leadership in program development, state-wide and national teaching, consultation, advocacy, and research. The position also involves outpatient care in our child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic. Special consideration will be given to candidates with prior experience in specialized care for emerging psychosis. The Child Psychiatry Division offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for those under 21 with mood, anxiety, behavior, psychotic, substance use, trauma-related, learning, and developmental disorders. Evaluations offered include assessment of autism and other developmental disorders. Our clinical staff includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical social workers and psychologists. The Child Psychiatry Division is part of a larger clinical network that includes Spring Harbor Hospital and Maine Behavioral Healthcare, a region wide comprehensive mental health system. The division is an active teaching program for child & adolescent psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, medical students, social work interns, and trainees in other disciplines. Maine Medical Center has 637 licensed beds and is the state’s leading tertiary hospital and Level One Trauma Center, with a full complement of residencies and fellowships and an integral part of the Tufts University Medical School. The position involves teaching and mentoring Psychiatry residents, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellows, and medical students from the Maine Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine Program. The successful candidate would have an academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine commensurate with medical school criteria. Maine Medical Partners is an organization within Maine Medical Center, and is Maine's largest multi-specialty medical group serving the healthcare needs of patients locally and throughout northern New England. This high quality team of more than 500 physicians and 200 advanced practice providers provides a wide range of hospital-based, primary, specialty and sub-specialty care delivered through a network of more than 30 locations in and near Greater Portland. Situated on the Maine coast, Portland offers the best of urban sophistication combined with small-town friendliness. The area provides four season recreational opportunities, such as skiing, hiking, sailing, and miles of beautiful beaches. Just two hours north of Boston, this is an exceptionally diverse and vibrant community. For more information please contact Gina Mallozzi, Physician Recruiter at (207) 661-2092 or gmallozzi@mainehealth.org. |
