Inpatient Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
Company websitetuftsmedicine.org (Tufts Medicine, opens in new tab)
Base salary $275K to $324K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
You apply on the employer's own site. Six Figure Work does not handle applications.
- LocationTufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Academic Adult Psychiatrist
Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
Department of Psychiatry | Tufts Medical Center | Tufts University School of Medicine
Build the Future of Academic Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center is seeking an outstanding Academic Adult Psychiatrist to join our growing faculty at the new Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (TMBHH) in Malden, Massachusetts.
Tufts Medicine, the leading integrated academic health system in Massachusetts, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health provider, have partnered to create this state-of-the-art 144-bed behavioral health hospital, designed to transform behavioral healthcare delivery while serving as a primary teaching hospital for psychiatric education across Tufts Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine.
This is a unique opportunity to help build one of the nation's premier academic psychiatry programs, caring for adults with complex psychiatric illness in a highly collaborative academic environment.
Join a department that is redefining behavioral healthcare through exceptional clinical care, innovative education, and transformative research. If you are passionate about caring for older adults while helping build the next generation of academic psychiatry, we invite you to become part of our growing team at Tufts Medicine.
Position Highlights
As a member of the Department of Psychiatry faculty, you will:
- Help lead the continued clinical development, quality improvement, and future growth of the inpatient psychiatry program.
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including psychiatry, neurology, medicine, neuropsychology, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapies, and social work.
- Join a nationally recognized Department of Psychiatry committed to innovation in psychiatry.
Academic Opportunities
As an academic faculty member at Tufts University School of Medicine, you will have the opportunity to:
- Teach and mentor medical students, psychiatry residents, psychology trainees, and other interdisciplinary learners.
- Participate in curriculum development and educational innovation.
- Collaborate with faculty engaged in clinical, translational, and health services research.
- Develop academic interests with mentorship and opportunities for promotion through Tufts University School of Medicine.
Qualifications
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
- Eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- DEA registration (or eligibility).Demonstrated commitment to compassionate, patient-centered care.
- Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and academic medicine.
- CPR certification and de-escalation/restraint training (training provided upon hire as needed).
Why Join Tufts?
- The Department of Psychiatry is experiencing unprecedented growth across clinical care, education, and research. We are recruiting outstanding faculty who are excited to build innovative programs, collaborate across disciplines, and help shape the future of behavioral healthcare.
Compensation
Salary range: $275,000.00–$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, and faculty rank.
In addition to a highly competitive compensation package, faculty enjoy comprehensive benefits, academic appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine, professional development opportunities, and the chance to shape one of the fastest-growing behavioral health programs in the region.
Apply
Please submit your CV through this posting or contact:
Michael Martin
Physician Executive Recruiter
[email protected]
Source: Tufts Medicine on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
How this pay compares
Base floor $275,000, above 99% of the 114 Social & Community Services roles nationwide on this site. The employer's range is $49,000 wide, 18% of the floor. Observed open for 14 days so far (since Oct 25, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 114 Social & Community Services roles nationwide listed on this site, the median base floor is $113,165 and the middle half runs from $104,393 to $138,400. This role's floor ($275,000) is above 99% of them.
Base floors of 114 Social & Community Services roles nationwide
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 64.9% | 74 |
| $125K to $150K | 16.7% | 19 |
| $150K to $175K | 6.1% | 7 |
| $175K to $200K | 10.5% | 12 |
| $200K to $225K | 0.9% | 1 |
| $225K to $250K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $275K and up | 0.9% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 114 open postings with this job family nationwide
- Sample size
- 114
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
How Tufts Medicine pays
33 of Tufts Medicine's 92 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 57 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $255,422; the middle half runs from $131,040 to $325,000.
Base floors of Tufts Medicine's 92 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 25.0% | 23 |
| $125K to $150K | 8.7% | 8 |
| $150K to $175K | 4.3% | 4 |
| $175K to $200K | 3.3% | 3 |
| $200K to $225K | 2.2% | 2 |
| $225K to $250K | 3.3% | 3 |
| $250K to $275K | 15.2% | 14 |
| $275K and up | 38.0% | 35 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 92 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 92
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Social & Community Services roles nationwide with the nearest published base floor to $275,000, one per employer.
- Vice President, Colorado Community Health Alliance (CCHA) Must reside in Colorado Alpine Physicians · base floor $220,000
- Principal, Human Health Risk Assessment, Community Health Impact Assessment, Emerging Contaminants Ramboll · base floor $190,000
- Director, Bioprocess / Process Development – Pivotal Drug Substance Amgen · base floor $184,494
- Vice President - Community Engagement & Grassroots Wounded Warrior Project · base floor $180,000
- National Behavioral Health Design Leader DLR Group · base floor $180,000
This listingInpatient Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital$275K to $324K
VP, HR Community Hospitals$275K to $325K
Blood Bank Medical Director$279,877 to $310,250
OB Laborist$270K to $300K
Chief Infection Control Officer & Hospital Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases Physician$282K to $325K
CRNA$267,800 to $309,000
OB Hospitalist - Lowell General Hospital$262,811 to $303,485
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Inpatient Psychiatrist - Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (this listing) | $275K - $324K |
| VP, HR Community Hospitals | $275K - $325K |
| Blood Bank Medical Director | $279,877 - $310,250 |
| OB Laborist | $270K - $300K |
| Chief Infection Control Officer & Hospital Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases Physician | $282K - $325K |
| CRNA | $267,800 - $309,000 |
| OB Hospitalist - Lowell General Hospital | $262,811 - $303,485 |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Oct 25, 2026 (14 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-09
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital
Salary range: $275,000.00–$324,000.00, commensurate with experience, academic accomplishments, an
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.