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UMass Memorial Health
Worcester, Massachusetts

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Addiction MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$263k-$274k

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Job Description

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Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

  • Hiring Range: $263,358 - $274,358
  • Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
  • Location: Worcester, MA
  • Facility: UMass Memorial Health
  • Department: Psychiatry
  • Specialty: Addiction Consultation Liaison
  • Schedule: Full-Time

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks Addiction Consultation Liaison to join our growing team. Our competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Key Highlights

Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments of patients in medical surgical units and the emergency room to evaluate for psychiatric diagnoses, risk factors, and treatment needs.

Collaborate with medical and surgical teams to develop integrated treatment plans that address both medical and psychiatric concerns.

Provide evidence-based psychiatric interventions, including medication management, psychotherapy, and crisis intervention, as appropriate.

Educate medical and nursing staff on psychiatric issues, including recognition of symptoms, appropriate interventions, and strategies for managing psychiatric emergencies.

  • Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and case conferences to discuss complex cases and coordinate care.
  • Document all clinical encounters thoroughly and accurately in the Epic electronic medical record system.
  • Maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical and legal standards governing psychiatric practice.
  • Stay abreast of developments in the field of consultation liaison psychiatry through continuing education and professional development activities.
  • Participation in weekday evening and weekend is optional and provides additional compensation

Qualifications

  • Eligible individuals should have the following qualifications:
  • Must hold a MD or DO degree and qualify for a Massachusetts license

Be Board Certified or Board Eligible

  • Top Tier Benefits to Reflect Your Value and Needs.
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary with additional retirement plan options
  • Tuition reimbursement, student loan forgiveness support, and PSLF‑eligible employment
  • Concierge services for relocation to include special mortgage promotions
  • Professional liability insurance coverage of $5 million per claim and $10 million aggregate
  • Organization-wide commitment to formal Clinician Wellness Program
  • Visit UMass Memorial Medical Group to learn more about our organization.

Qualified candidates may contact Krystal Vincent, Provider Recruiter, at Krystal.Vincent@umassmemorial.org or 207-754-2480

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide evidence-based interventions for patients in medical-surgical units and the emergency room. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop integrated treatment plans and educate staff on psychiatric care.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Psychiatric assessmentAddiction psychiatryIntegrated treatment planningClinical documentationEpic EMRMultidisciplinary collaborationPatient educationPsychiatric emergency management

Addiction Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$290k (60 salary observations; 113 listings), vs ~$293k nationally (1,554 salary observations; 5,436 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$269k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $254k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Addiction Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 105 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Worcester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$449k≈ 1.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,130/mo≈ 10% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About UMass Memorial Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Worcester, Massachusetts
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8%
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan forgiveness support
PSLF-eligible employment
Concierge services for relocation
Professional liability insurance coverage
Clinician Wellness Program