Build the Future of Academic Geriatric PsychiatryThe 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.
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).
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
[email protected] 
