Tufts Medicine

Inpatient Psychiatrist, Per Diem, Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital, Malden, MA

This role involves evaluating and treating patients with mental health issues at a new behavioral health hospital, providing coverage during nights, weekends, and holidays. The position offers the opportunity to work with adult, child/adolescent, or geriatric patients within a collaborative, compassionate, and impact-driven team of providers.

Key Responsibilities
  • • Evaluate and treat patients with mental health issues who are admitted and receiving care at the hospital.
  • • Provide night, weekend, and holiday coverage.
Required
  • • Possess an MD (or equivalent), and eligible to obtain a medical license in the State of Massachusetts
  • • BC/BE in Psychiatry
  • • Enjoy working with a system of collaborative, compassionate, and impact driven providers
Preferred
  • • Interest in Adult, Child/Adolescent, and/or Geriatric patients
Tufts Medicine, a leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation’s largest standalone behavioral health provider, have partnered to establish the Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital, a state-of-the-art, 144-bed facility in Malden, Massachusetts. This hospital, set to open in February 2026, will serve as a center of excellence in behavioral health care and provide vital training opportunities for the next generation of clinicians.

We are seeking per diem BC/BE Adult and/or Geriatric Psychiatrists to join our team for night, weekend and holiday coverage. In this role you will evaluate and treat patients with mental health issues who are admitted and receiving care at the Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital. We are considering candidates with an interest in Adult, Child/Adolescent and or Geriatric patients.

We encourage you to apply if:

  • Possess an MD (or equivalent), and eligible to obtain a medical license in the State of Massachusetts
  • BC/BE in Psychiatry
  • Enjoy working with a system of collaborative, compassionate, and impact driven providers


The salary range for this position is $286,829 – $333,943, pro-rated to per diem. Actual compensation will be determined during the selection process and is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, education, internal equity, and academic rank.

At Tufts Medicine, we view this investment not merely as compensation, but as recognition of the significant impact you will have in advancing our mission and shaping the future of patient care, research, and education.
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