Psychiatrist | $320,000 Guaranteed Base Salary | $50,000 Sign On Bonus - Samaritan Physicians
Watertown, NY 13601
About the Job
Outpatient Psychiatry Opportunity - Competitive salary, great work/life balance, beautiful location!
Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, NY
Samaritan is committed to keeping our Northern New York and Fort Drum community healthy - mind and body. Our behavioral health services include outpatient psychiatry, intensive outpatient addiction services, treatment and counseling to those in need.
Package Highlights:
- Annual salary: $320,000, plus a WRVU productivity model
- Signing bonus: $50,000
- Education Loan repayment: $20,000 each year
- Relocation reimbursement: $15,000
- A generous benefit package
Practice Highlights:
- Behavioral health services at Samaritan include inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, intensive outpatient addictions services and alcohol and substance abuse treatment.
- Collaborative relationship and easy access to follow up outpatient care at Samaritans Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic.
- Seasonal professionals with extensive longevity: 3 BC Psychiatrists, Licensed Practice Nurses, 14 clinicians: LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-R, Psy D
- Approximately 2,300 clients served annually with an average 1,600 appointments monthly.
- Call is 1:4
- Expanding to 12 ED beds
- Samaritan offers an environment conducive to empathy, healing and respect while providing care to adults 18 years and older.
- Recent significant renovations have occurred to provide a modernized healing environment.
- Samaritans Inpatient Mental Health Unit (IMHU) is a 32-bed unit on the main campus and is certified and licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health.
- Most common admitting diagnoses are: PTSD, psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorder and co-occurring substance abuse disorders.
- Medical H&Ps and medical support provided by Hospitalist service.
- Catchment population: 250,000
- Serving the military soldiers and their families from nearby Fort Drum, home to the 10th Mountain Army Division.
- The military population averages up to 40% of the IMHU admissions.
- Teaching opportunities are extended with accredited ACGME/AOA family medicine and internal medicine residency training programs
Qualifications:
- Board Certified or Board Eligible with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
- Patient-centered care philosophy
- Clinical excellence
- Enthusiasm working within a team model
About Samaritan Medical Center
- 290-bed hospital; medical staff of 190 physicians representing 42 specialties
- Largest community-based hospital in Northern New York
- Construction is about to begin on a brand new state-of-the-art Orthopaedic office building on the main campus of the hospital (expected opening in early 2024)
- Newly constructed (2018) state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer center affiliated with Roswell Park Care Network
- Newly added hospital wing for Obstetrics and Pediatric inpatient care, including pediatric Ortho patients (2019),.
- Expanded womens health services: Womens Wellness and Breast Care (2019)
- Not-for-profit organization, independent, financially stable
- www.SamaritanHealth.com
About Northern New York State:
Watertown, NY offers safe and attractive neighborhoods, quiet rural areas, affordable housing, light traffic, first-rate school systems and a gorgeous landscape, all combined with easy accessibility to major metropolitan areas. We are a half hour from the Canadian border. Watertown International Airport (ART) is just a short 15-minute drive, and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) is an hour South. Home to the St. Lawrence Seaway, you will find one of natures true wonders: The Thousand Islands. Take a boat tour of the Thousand Islands with a visit to Boldt Castle, owned by George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Boating, swimming, scuba diving and fishing are popular pursuits throughout the Thousand Islands. Watertown has four YMCA fitness centers in the area with endless recreational activities for kids and adults - including indoor swimming! Our local ski area is a gathering spot during the winter for family and friends offering ski/snowboarding lessons for all ages. At the foot of the Adirondacks, the Tug Hill Region gets as much as 300 inches of snow annually and is the perfect place for skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers, and snow lovers of all ages. In addition, nearby Fort Drum, home of the US Armys 10th Mountain Division, brings to the region a sense of diversity and patriotic pride!
For more information, please contact:
Sincerely,
Jennifer Haley-Saiff
Director of Physician Recruitment
Samaritan Medical Center
830 Washington Street
Watertown, New York 13601
315-779-5184 - Office
315-408-4160 - Cell
Community links:
https://home.army.mil/drum/index.php