Description

Psychiatrist – MHBH Outpatient

Location: SHH/OP Program

Lancaster St, Portland, Maine

Schedule: FT, 1.0

Req#: 59398

MaineHealth Behavioral Health (MHBH) is seeking a full-time (1.0 FTE) psychiatrist to join our team in Portland, Maine, with a unique opportunity to work across two levels of care. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to provide both intensive, team-based psychiatric care and traditional outpatient treatment within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. 

• 2.5 days per week at our Spring Harbor Hospital Outpatient Clinic, and 
• 2.5 days per week in our Ambulatory Outpatient Program, both located at 165 Lancaster Street 

About the Spring Harbor Outpatient Clinic: 
The Spring Harbor Outpatient Clinic bridges the gap between intensive services (Hospitalization or Partial Hospitalization) and outpatient care, offering an alternative for patient individuals who require more intensive treatment than traditional outpatient visits. The program provides: 

• Structured team-based approach to delivering 
• Individualized treatment planning with specific tracks and lengths of stay 
• A multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses 
• A focus on reducing psychiatric symptoms and preventing inpatient hospitalization 
  
  

The selected psychiatrist will serve as a lead of the interdisciplinary team, conduct psychiatric evaluations, manage medications, and guide treatment planning in collaboration with primary care clinicians and psychiatric nursing staff. 

About the MaineHealth Behavioral Health Outpatient Program: 
The MHBH Ambulatory Outpatient Program in Portland is evolving into a CCBHC model of care, which ensures timely access to comprehensive, coordinated behavioral health services for individuals and families in Cumberland County. Services include: 

• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management 
• Individual & family therapy, peer support services, and care coordination 
• Established Dialectical Behavioral Therapy program 
• Trauma-informed, recovery-oriented approaches 
• Support for co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions 
• Telehealth and hybrid care options 

Minimum Qualification:

• MD or DO with board certification or eligibility in Psychiatry.
• Current or eligible licensure as a physician by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. 
• Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or be eligible for examination by the American Board as documented by written evidence.
• Board Certified or board eligible in general psychiatry.
• Current DEA Registration Certificate.
• 3+ years' experience inclusive residency and/or fellowship training.
• Experience or interest in partial hospitalization, co-occurring disorders, or integrated care preferred. 
• Strong commitment to collaborative, patient-centered care. 

This position offers:

• Multidisciplinary, team-based care model. 
• Opportunities for teaching, supervision, and academic affiliation through Tufts University School of Medicine. 
• 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.
  
  

Additional Information:

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth 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 MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

MHBH, a MaineHealth member, is Northern New England’s leading integrated behavioral healthcare system, serving predominantly southern, western, central, and Mid-Coast Maine. It is composed of southern Maine’s only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, eight multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, crisis services, crisis stabilization units, partial hospital and intensive outpatient treatment, as well as four ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

To learn more about our system please visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefits page.

 For more information, please contact Donna Lafean, Physician and APP Recruiter at donna.lafean@mainehealth.org.