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Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital

GeriatricsIncludes callFull-Time

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$275K - $324K

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Job Description

Build the Future of Academic Geriatric Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Academic Geriatric Psychiatrist to join our growing faculty at the new Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (TMBHH) in Malden, Massachusetts.

Tufts Medicine, the leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health provider, have partnered to create this state-of-the-art 144-bed behavioral health hospital, designed to transform behavioral healthcare delivery while serving as a primary teaching hospital for psychiatric education across Tufts Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine.

This is a unique opportunity to help build one of the nation's premier academic geriatric psychiatry programs, caring for older adults with complex psychiatric illness, dementia, behavioral disturbances, and co-occurring medical conditions in a highly collaborative academic environment.

Join a department that is redefining behavioral healthcare through exceptional clinical care, innovative education, and transformative research. If you are passionate about caring for older adults while helping build the next generation of academic geriatric psychiatry, we invite you to become part of our growing team at Tufts Medicine.

Position Highlights

As a member of the Department of Psychiatry faculty, you will:

Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment for older adults admitted to our 48-bed inpatient geriatric psychiatry service, one of the largest academic geriatric psychiatry units in New England.

Help lead the continued clinical development, quality improvement, and future growth of the inpatient geriatric psychiatry program.

Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including psychiatry, neurology, geriatric medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapies, and social work.

Join a nationally recognized Department of Psychiatry committed to innovation in dementia care, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, neuromodulation, and behavioral health.

Academic Opportunities

  • As an academic faculty member at Tufts University School of Medicine, you will have the opportunity to:
  • Teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry residents, geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychology trainees, and other interdisciplinary learners.
  • Participate in curriculum development and educational innovation.
  • Collaborate with faculty engaged in clinical, translational, and health services research.

Pursue scholarly activities in areas including dementia, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), neuropsychiatry, neuromodulation (including ECT), delirium, late-life depression, health services research, and Alzheimer's disease therapeutics.

Develop academic interests with mentorship and opportunities for promotion through Tufts University School of Medicine.

Qualifications

  • MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
  • ABPN Added Qualification (Subspecialty Certification) in Geriatric Psychiatry preferred but not required.
  • Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • DEA registration (or eligibility).
  • Demonstrated commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care.
  • Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and academic medicine.
  • CPR certification and de-escalation/restraint training (training provided upon hire as needed).

Why Join Tufts?

The Department of Psychiatry is experiencing unprecedented growth across clinical care, education, and research. We are recruiting outstanding faculty who are excited to build innovative programs, collaborate across disciplines, and help shape the future of behavioral healthcare.

Compensation

Salary range: $275,000.00–$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and faculty rank.

In addition to a highly competitive compensation package, faculty enjoy comprehensive benefits, academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine, professional development opportunities, and the chance to shape one of the fastest-growing behavioral health programs in the region.

  • Apply
  • Please submit your CV through this posting or contact:

Michael Martin

Physician Executive Recruiter michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and treatment for older adults on the inpatient geriatric psychiatry service. Lead clinical development and quality improvement initiatives while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team in an academic setting.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Inpatient careClinical research

Geriatrics — 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.

Of the 39 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 38% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

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 ~$300k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $283k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Geriatrics Jobs

31 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution29 jobs · 12 employers

8
<$270k
1
$299k
9
$300k-330k
10
$330k-360k
1
$463k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
19%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$200k-$350k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Geriatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 193 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Malden

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$708k≈ 2.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,895/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
34 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
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.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine
Professional development opportunities