Psychiatrist Consult Liaison

Overview

Psychiatrist – MHBH Psychiatrist Consult Liaison

Location: Biddeford and Sanford

Schedule: Full-Time

Req#: 7989

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) seeks a Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our growing behavioral health team in Biddeford. In this role, you’ll serve as the primary psychiatric consultant to the Emergency Department and medical/surgical units, working closely with crisis clinicians, hospitalists, and ED providers to evaluate patients and guide timely, effective behavioral health care. This position offers diverse clinical exposure, academic collaboration, and seamless integration with outpatient and inpatient behavioral health services—including access to ECT, partial hospitalization, and ACT programs.

You’ll enjoy professional autonomy with the support of a deeply experienced care team.

• Serve as the primary psychiatric consultant to the Emergency Department and medical/surgical units.
• Collaborate with crisis clinicians, hospitalists, and ED providers to evaluate patients and guide timely, effective behavioral health care.
• Engage in diverse clinical exposure and academic collaboration; integrate with outpatient and inpatient behavioral health services—including access to ECT, partial hospitalization, and ACT programs.
• Operate with professional autonomy within a supportive care team.

• Graduate of Allopathic or Osteopathic Medical School. Completion of internship and psychiatric residency and/or fellowship training.
• Current or eligible license as a physician by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.
• Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or eligible for examination by the American Board as board certified or board eligible in general psychiatry.
• Current DEA Registration Certificate.
• 3+ years of experience inclusive of residency and/or fellowship training preferred.
• Meet other credentialing criteria defined in medical staff by-laws.

• Competitive compensation package including sign-on bonus and relocation assistance to qualified candidates, CME expense reimbursement, and malpractice insurance.
• Benefits include Paid Time Off, CME time, retirement options with employer contributions, medical, dental, vision, life/disability coverage, and more.

York County, Maine is one of the oldest counties in the United States, established in 1639. It is known for its historic colonial settlements and picturesque coastal location along the Gulf of Maine. The county has a population of over 211,972 people.

Maine Health is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” Maine Health consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the Maine Health Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, Maine Health provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH, a Maine Health member, is Northern New England’s leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It includes southern Maine’s only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital and intensive outpatient treatment, and four ACT teams.

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