Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital

About the Role

The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Academic Geriatric Psychiatrist to join the growing faculty at the new Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (TMBHH) in Malden, Massachusetts. This partnership between Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare aims to transform behavioral healthcare delivery through a state-of-the-art 144-bed hospital, serving as a primary teaching site for Tufts University School of Medicine.

This role offers a unique opportunity to help build one of the nation’s premier academic geriatric psychiatry programs, focusing on older adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions in a collaborative academic environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment for older adults admitted to the 48-bed inpatient geriatric psychiatry service, one of the largest academic units in New England.
• Lead the clinical development, quality improvement, and growth of the inpatient geriatric psychiatry program.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatry, neurology, geriatric medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapies, and social work.
• Participate in teaching and mentoring medical students, psychiatry residents, geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychology trainees, and other interdisciplinary learners.
• Engage in curriculum development, educational innovation, and scholarly activities in areas such as dementia, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), neuropsychiatry, neuromodulation (including ECT), delirium, late-life depression, health services research, and Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics.
• Pursue 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 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 (provided upon hire if needed).

Benefits

• Academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

Salary range: $275,000.00–$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and faculty rank.