Physician

Job description

About Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is a 216-bed community teaching hospital and a major provider of comprehensive medical and behavioral health services to Southeastern Massachusetts. The hospital is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care across a diverse population.
Position Summary
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is seeking a Per-Diem Psychiatrist at approximately one half-time commitment to provide high-quality psychiatric care in an acute care hospital setting. This position includes direct patient evaluation and treatment as well as consultation-liaison services to medical, surgical, obstetric, and emergency departments. The role is weekday-based with flexible, negotiable hours.
Key Responsibilities
• Perform comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide diagnosis and treatment planning for hospitalized patients.
• Deliver direct psychiatric care, including medication management, patient education and therapeutic interventions, on a DMH-licensed inpatient psychiatry unit.
• Provide consultation-liaison psychiatry services to medical, surgical, obstetric, and emergency services.
• Provide, as assigned, occasional inpatient coverage for psychiatric clinical staff.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary care teams, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and allied health professionals.
• Document clinical encounters in accordance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.
• Participate in care coordination and discharge planning as appropriate.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Schedule
• Monday-Friday coverage only
• Approximately half-time per-diem commitment
• Hours and specific scheduling to be negotiated

Qualifications
• MD or DO with completion of an accredited Psychiatry residency
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Psychiatry
• Eligible for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Experience or interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry preferred
• Core competencies and experience in identifying, assessing, and treating substance use disorders (SUDs), including screening for all substances, understanding co-occurring mental health conditions and using evidence-based interventions like motivational interviewing, psychopharmacology (including MAT)
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills and demonstrated success in working in a fast-paced clinical environment that requires timely completion of tasks and consistently respectful treatment of patients and staff of diverse backgrounds.