Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

PsychiatryIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$223K - $243K

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Job Description

Consultation-Liaison and Interventional Psychiatrist

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a 700+ bed tertiary care teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, is recruiting highly qualified psychiatrists for part-time and full-time positions in its Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service and Interventional Psychiatry Service.

The BIDMC Department of Psychiatry is part of several exciting expanded clinical collaborations that involve partnerships with the New England Baptist Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). With DFCI, we will establish New England’s only freestanding adult inpatient cancer hospital.

This collaboration will bring together world-class academic clinicians to deliver transformational, precision medicine in an environment solely dedicated to defying cancer.

The Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service includes clinical care, teaching, and supervision on a busy service that sees 2500 Emergency Department and 1000 Inpatient Medical-Surgical consultations annually.

The service is a major teaching site for Harvard Medical School and the BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program and is home to an active Consultation-Liaison Fellowship.

The service is a multidisciplinary team, which includes psychiatric liaison nurses, social workers, and licensed mental health clinicians in addition to medical students, residents, and fellows. Certification (or eligibility) in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is preferred.

The Interventional Psychiatry Service at BIDMC cares for medical and psychiatric inpatients, as well as a diverse outpatient population referred from across Massachusetts and neighboring states.

Clinical services include ECT, TMS, and esketamine, with the potential to participate in an expanding academic interventional psychiatry service.

Psychiatrists work alongside anesthesiologists, neurologists, nurses, psychiatry residents, medical students, and research staff in a collaborative environment dedicated to excellence in patient care, education, and innovation. For those interested in the Interventional Psychiatry role, competence in ECT is required.

A Harvard Medical School appointment at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor would be commensurate with the record of accomplishments.

Responsibilities May Include

Providing comprehensive evaluation and management of inpatient and outpatient ECT patients, including individuals with severe and treatment-resistant mood disorders, psychotic disorders, catatonia, and complex psychiatric and medical comorbidities.

Administering evidence-based ECT care within a multidisciplinary academic medical center, collaborating closely with psychiatry, anesthesia, nursing, and medical subspecialty teams

Participating in the clinical education and academic activities, including supervision and teaching of psychiatry trainees, engagement in quality improvement initiatives, and advancement of innovative approaches in neuromodulation care.

About Us

HMFP/APHMFP is a multi-specialty physician organization made up of over 2,000 physicians, researchers, and advanced practitioners dedicated to providing quality and excellence in teaching, research, and clinical care.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 743-bed hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, is a founding member of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH). BILH, a health care system with 14 hospitals, brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) is one of the largest physician organizations in New England, dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, education, and research.

As a physician-led organization, HMFP partners with more than 2,400 providers to support the delivery of exceptional care, promote professional development and foster balance at work and home.

HMFP physicians have faculty affiliations with Harvard Medical School (HMS) and provide care throughout BILH system and additional hospitals across Massachusetts.

Pay Range

$223,000 - $243,000

The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time.

Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations.

In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.

Key Responsibilities

The psychiatrist will provide comprehensive evaluation and management for inpatient and outpatient populations, including those requiring ECT and other interventional treatments. They will also participate in clinical education, supervision of trainees, and quality improvement initiatives within a multidisciplinary academic environment.

Requirements

Candidates should be board-certified or eligible in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and possess competence in ECT for interventional roles. A faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School is expected, commensurate with the candidate's professional accomplishments.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical supervisionPsychiatric evaluationMultidisciplinary collaborationAcademic medicine

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$233k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $220k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 58% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

What does the Psychiatry market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in physician rolesranked against 22,282 Physician roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$223k–$243kPsychiatry median $323k (middle half $275k–$365k)97 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$220k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in Massachusetts44 active1,821 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 54% remote · 58% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts physician listings (all specialties): 19% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 13% offer loan repayment622 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry hiring demand#27 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed
New Psychiatry listings1,341 in the last 30 days867 the 30 days before (+55%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry pay trend−3.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (22,282 Physician roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 22,282 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
82%
CME allowance
36%
Loan repayment
18% this job
Relocation assistance
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,816 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians

Hospitals and Health Care
Boston, Massachusetts
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Retirement plan(s) with employer contributions
Performance-based incentives

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$800k≈ 3.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,271/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.