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Psychiatrist - Moonlighter - Per Diem - Norwich, CT

Hartford HealthCare · Norwich, CT

Posted October 16, 2026

Backus Hospital (Norwich) · 326 Washington Street, Norwich, CT, US, 06360

  • Pay range: $130.00 – $150.00 per hour
  • Practice site: 12 Case Street, Norwich, CT
  • Schedule: Per Diem
  • System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system

Moonlighting Opportunties

Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network (HHC BHN), the largest and most integrated behavioral health system in New England, has a new Per Diem / Moonlighting opportunity available for a BE / BC Psychiatrist to join our cohesive multidisciplinary team at Backus Hospital, a well-established 213 bed acute care community hospital with an 18 bed inpatient adult unit, and outpatient services including PHP / IOP, in Norwich, CT, which is ideally located close to the picturesque Connecticut and Rhode Island Shoreline, and Mystic Seaport.

Some highlights of this opportunity include:

  • Per diem shifts with a particular focus on weekend moonlighting shifts
  • Leadership and colleagues who are focused on the development and maturation of early career psychiatrists
  • Backus Hospital offers a warm, friendly, community hospital culture where everyone in the hospital knows each other, and collegial relationships interdepartmentally
  • Avenues for training and development of leadership skills are also available within HHC
  • Highly competitive compensation and malpractice coverage

There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join the Behavioral Health Network at Hartford HealthCare. The extensive capabilities of the most integrated healthcare system in CT offers Psychiatrists MORE OPPORTUNITY as you practice with nationally respected colleagues in a progressive, physician-led environment. Our broad network includes seven acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in New England.

This means MORE OPTIONS to propel your career to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of diversity, inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, innovators, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.

Located between Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.

Employer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut's most comprehensive health system: eight acute-care hospitals, the state's largest behavioral health network, and more than 500 care locations, from Litchfield County to the Long Island Sound shoreline. Its physician-led Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, with more than 2,800 providers, is one of the largest multi-specialty groups in New England.

Hartford Hospital, the flagship, is an 867-bed tertiary and academic medical center and a major teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut. Community hospitals include The Hospital of Central Connecticut, MidState Medical Center, Backus Hospital, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. Natchaug Hospital anchors behavioral health care in eastern Connecticut.

Physicians practice within system-wide institutes that set one standard of care in every community:

  • Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Cancer Institute, a strategic partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2014
  • Ayer Neuroscience Institute
  • Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute
  • Behavioral Health Network

Why physicians choose Hartford HealthCare:

  • Practice settings from academic and tertiary care to close-knit community and outpatient practices
  • Teaching, research and leadership development through the Physician Leadership Institute
  • Hospitals consistently recognized with Leapfrog "A" safety grades
  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
  • A lifestyle with New England character: coastal towns, rolling hills, strong schools, and easy reach of Boston and New York City

Livability

163,299
Norwich population
$256K
Avg 3-bedroom home
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Nearby cities
Providence
39.4 mi
Pop. 1,270,529
Hartford
34.2 mi
Pop. 969,171
New Haven
46.3 mi
Pop. 565,056
Source: US Census Bureau
Annual family budget — Southeastern Connecticut County
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Housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare & taxes for a typical family
$256K
Avg 3-bedroom home
$1,638
Avg monthly rent
Source: EPI Family Budget Calculator
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Sunny days / yr
Source: WeatherAPI.com
Population — ZIP 06360
37,219
Total residents
18,743
Male residents
18,476
Female residents
Age distribution
total
37,219
0-9
3,621
10-19
4,675
20-29
5,245
30-39
5,171
40-49
4,249
50-59
4,600
60-69
5,272
70-79
2,570
80+
1,816
Ethnicity
White
24,890
Black Or African American
4,237
American Indian Or Alaskan Native
231
Asian
2,881
Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander
0
Other
1,534
Two Or More
3,446
Source: US Census Bureau
Nearby airports
Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) 36.36 mi
Westerly State Airport (WST) 20.21 mi
Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) 45.79 mi
Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) 50.84 mi
New Bedford Regional Airport (EWB) 59.15 mi
Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) 74.01 mi
Source: FAA database
Psychiatrist - Moonlighter - Per Diem - Norwich, CT
Hartford HealthCare · Norwich, CT