What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Hampstead Hospital position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health?
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Hampstead Hospital & Residential Treatment Facility
Dartmouth Health's Department of Psychiatry, in a unique collaboration with the State of New Hampshire, seeks a Psychiatrist to be based primarily at Hampstead Hospital, our affiliated state child and adolescent and young adult psychiatric and residential facility, located in Hampstead, NH.
In this role, you will provide state-of-the-art acute psychiatric and substance related disorder care for children, adolescents, and young adults. We work collaboratively with an experienced team of fellow nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, and medical providers to deliver high-quality care. The aim of the state-academic partnership is to offer outstanding care, train others in this important work, and add to our field’s understanding of how to optimally serve this population.
About Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility
Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility is an accredited State of New Hampshire specialty hospital that serves the acute psychiatric and substance related disorder needs of children, adolescents, and young adults. For Children and Adolescent population, our facility provides individualized, behavioral programming based on both cognitive functioning and psychiatric needs. Two distinct treatment programs, the Acute Psychiatric Unit and the Intensive Behavioral Unit, provide treatment for over 40 children and adolescents. Our psychiatric and substance related disorder services for children, adolescents, and young adults include: a 15-bed Inpatient Hospitalization unit, Partial Hospitalization as a step-down from our inpatient treatment, and a 12-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility.
Our beautiful setting, in rural southern New Hampshire, is the perfect place to begin the healing process. Located on 100 acres of rolling hills, woodlands and landscaped grounds, Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility is less than one hour from Boston and the Seacoast. We are easily accessible by Interstates 93, 495, and 95.
About Dartmouth Health
The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, the Dartmouth Children's Hospital; 4 affiliated hospitals, and 30 ambulatory clinics across the region.
Dartmouth Health is highly dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive group of faculty, staff, and trainees to meet the vast needs of our community and patient populations. We are especially interested in applicants who can work effectively with and care for individuals from all backgrounds, including but not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals who identify with LGBTQ communities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and/or individuals from lower income backgrounds. We invite applicants to state in their cover letter how their professional and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth Health’s commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- Must obtain and maintain a medical license in the state of New Hampshire