Psychiatrist - Per Diem - Manchester, CT
Hartford HealthCare · Manchester, CT
Posted October 16, 2026
Manchester Memorial Hospital (Manchester) · 71 Haynes Street, Manchester, CT, US, 06040
- Pay range: $150.00 – $170.00 per hour
- Practice site: Manchester Memorial Hospital, 71 Haynes Street, Manchester, CT
- Schedule: Per Diem
- System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system
Inpatient Psychiatrist, Adult Inpatient Unit/ Per Diem
Manchester Memorial Hospital | Hartford HealthCare
Greater Manchester Region | Manchester, Connecticut
Location: 71 Haynes Street, Manchester, CT 06040
Join Hartford HealthCare's Leading Behavioral Health Network
Manchester Memorial Hospital is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Per Diem Psychiatrist to provide coverage for the Adult Inpatient Unit and become an integral part of one of New England's most comprehensive behavioral health systems.
This position offers the opportunity to provide high-quality inpatient psychiatric care while collaborating with an experienced multidisciplinary team and contributing to the education of psychiatry residents and medical students. The selected physician will cover a 22-bed adult inpatient unit, shared between two physician-led teams, ensuring a collaborative and supportive practice environment.
About the Greater Manchester Region Psychiatry Department
The Greater Manchester Region Psychiatry Department provides a comprehensive continuum of behavioral healthcare services, including:
- Dual diagnosis and adolescent inpatient psychiatry services at Manchester Memorial Hospital
- Additional adult, young adult, and older adult inpatient units at nearby Rockville General Hospital
- Child and adolescent inpatient psychiatry services
- Emergency Department psychiatry services
- Consult-liaison psychiatry services
- Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP)
- Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
- Outpatient behavioral he alth ambulatory services serving adults, children, and adolescents
About Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare's Behavioral Health Network is the largest and most integrated behavioral health system in New England. Our physician-led organization includes a robust network of hospitals, medical groups, and specialty services committed to delivering innovative, high-quality care while fostering physician growth, leadership development, and wellbeing.
Live and Work in the Greater Manchester Region
Located just outside Hartford, the Greater Manchester Region offers physicians an outstanding quality of life with convenient access to major metropolitan areas throughout the Northeast.
Enjoy:
- A welcoming, family-friendly community
- Easy access to Hartford, Boston, and New York City
- Excellent public and private school options
- Parks, hiking trails, and outdoor recreation
- Diverse dining, arts, and cultural attractions
- A variety of housing options in suburban and surrounding communities
Advance your career while making a meaningful impact on patients, trainees, and the future of behavioral healthcare at Hartford HealthCare.
Qualifications
- MD or DO degree
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
- Eligible for an unrestricted Connecticut medical license
- Interest in academic psychiatry, teaching, and leadership
- Commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based behavioral healthcare
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