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Assistant Medical Director - Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Hartford HealthCare · Westport, CT

Posted October 16, 2026

St. Vincent's Behavioral Health (Westport) · 47 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT, US, 06880

  • Pay range: $133.17 – $197.16 per hour (about $277K – $410K a year full-time)
  • Practice site: 47 Long Lots Road, Westport, CT
  • Schedule: Full Time
  • System: Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive health system

Assistant Medical Director - General Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Hartford HealthCare, Westport, CT

Job Description:

The Shores Mental Health, a part of St. Vincent’s Medical Center and the flagship behavioral health service line of Hartford Healthcare’s Fairfield region and primary teaching hospital for Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, is seeking a Psychiatrist committed to resident and medical student education to serve as Assistant Medical Director in our department and as the Medical Director for our general psychiatry inpatient service. The Psychiatrist will serve as the Medical Director for the unit and participate in patient care, resident supervision, and medical student teaching, joining a mature and collegial faculty peer group. Applicants will be eligible for academic appointment through the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine commensurate with the school’s appointments and promotions processes.

Some highlights of this opportunity include:

  • Provide the highest quality of psychiatric treatment to complex patient population with psychiatric illness, including depression, psychosis, mania, personality disorders and other comorbidities
  • Develop your leadership skills as the clinical leader for our multidisciplinary treatment team, with additional opportunities for mentorship from department and network leadership
  • Academic Opportunities: Serve as faculty for our new psychiatry residency program with dedicated academic time
  • Work / life balance: A Monday through Friday schedule with no required on-call after hours
  • Additional compensation opportunities through voluntary night/weekend moonlighting if desired
  • Calming and therapeutic workspaces and treatment environment
  • Ongoing opportunities for career advancement, professional development and wellbeing enhancement through the respected HHC Provider Leadership Development Institute and the groundbreaking Office of Provider Wellness
  • Competitive salary plus comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental, STD/LTD, matching 401(k), generous paid time off, CME, and more
  • Eligibility to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

The Shores Mental Health is the behavioral health service line of St. Vincent’s Medical Center and is comprised of three main clinical sites: 1) Our 76-bed free-standing inpatient psychiatric service at our Westport location where we have adult, dual diagnosis, and child/adolescent services; 2) A comprehensive continuum of ED, consult-liaison and outpatient services (including IOP) and a 10-bed geriatric and medically complex psychiatric unit at the main Medical Center in Bridgeport; and 3) Outpatient services (including IOP) at our clinic in Norwalk This makes the behavioral health service line of St. Vincent's one of the largest in Connecticut, serving over 2,500 individuals annually.

Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network (HHC BHN), the largest and most integrated behavioral health system in New England, has a rewarding opportunity available for a BE / BC Adult Psychiatrist to join our cohesive multidisciplinary inpatient adult team in Westport, CT.

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 with more than 1,000 providers.

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.

Our location:

Located between Boston and within an hour of 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.

This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation.

Qualifications

  • MD or DO from an accredited medical school
  • Board Eligible or Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry
  • Eligible for unrestricted Connecticut medical licensure and DEA registration
  • Demonstrated commitment to high-quality inpatient psychiatric care
  • Interest in teaching and supervising psychiatry residents and medical students
  • Strong leadership, communication, and multidisciplinary team collaboration skills

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

3,561
Westport population
$1.19M
Avg 3-bedroom home
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Nearby cities
New York
43.3 mi
Pop. 18,832,416
Brooklyn
46.4 mi
Pop. 2,736,074
Queens
36.0 mi
Pop. 2,405,464
Source: US Census Bureau
Annual family budget — Western Connecticut County
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Housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare & taxes for a typical family
$1.19M
Avg 3-bedroom home
$3,938
Avg monthly rent
Source: EPI Family Budget Calculator
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Sunny days / yr
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Population — ZIP 06880
27,331
Total residents
13,618
Male residents
13,713
Female residents
Age distribution
total
27,331
0-9
3,516
10-19
4,333
20-29
1,711
30-39
1,801
40-49
4,230
50-59
4,748
60-69
3,304
70-79
2,507
80+
1,181
Ethnicity
White
22,708
Black Or African American
480
American Indian Or Alaskan Native
58
Asian
1,354
Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander
27
Other
533
Two Or More
2,171
Source: US Census Bureau
Nearby airports
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 37.33 mi
Westchester County Airport (HPN) 19.51 mi
Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) 25.32 mi
Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) 27.31 mi
Teterboro Airport (TEB) 42.40 mi
New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) 46.54 mi
Source: FAA database
Assistant Medical Director - Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
Hartford HealthCare · Westport, CT