Behavioral Health Consultation Lead Psychiatrist

Title: Behavioral Health Consult Lead Psychiatrist 

Location: BS:ME:Bangor

Work Type: Remote, Full Time

Job Description:

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible remote Lead Psychiatrist to join our highly skilled Behavioral Health Consultation Services team. This dynamic group provides consultation services to 20 emergency rooms and 18 inpatient units across the state of Maine.

In this position, you will provide clinical leadership and psychiatric consultation via telepsychiatry to emergency departments in collaboration with the Medical Director of the service.

Details:

• Assist the Medical Director in the development, implementation, and ongoing optimization of telepsychiatry consult services
• Partner with emergency medicine, nursing, care management, and other service Medical Directors to improve patient flow and care coordination
• Contribute to program development with lead administrative partners
• Serve as a liaison between behavioral health, emergency medicine, hospital administration, and community partners
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings focused on ED throughput, behavioral health boarding, and care transitions
• Foster a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement among the telepsychiatry team
• Take ownership of quality improvement initiatives, peer review, and performance monitoring to promote safe, timely, and effective care
• Participate in the onboarding, supervision, and mentorship of telepsychiatry clinical staff
• Support provider scheduling models, coverage expectations, and communication standards

Why Northern Light Acadia Hospital?

• Competitive compensation and benefits package including generous paid time off, retirement plan with employer matching, continuing medical education (CME) allowance, and much more
• Newly increased student loan reimbursement program
• Sign-on bonus
• Flexible schedules to promote an exceptional work/life balance
• Teaching and research opportunities available

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is an acute care, regional psychiatric teaching hospital that is the hub of a comprehensive behavioral health service line within Northern Light Health. We serve communities throughout the state and provide inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care for children, teens, and adults while specializing in the treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders. In addition, we offer innovative programming in the form of behavioral health home, integrated behavioral healthcare in primary care practices, general hospital psychiatry, and an extensive telepsychiatry network. We are the only New England partner for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.