Practice Hospital-Employed Outpatient Community Psychiatry in Award-Winning Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Behavioral Health seeks a BE/BC Psychiatrist to join our Behavioral Health team at Saratoga Community Health Center (SCHC) in an outpatient role. SCHC is a fully integrated center providing primary care, behavioral health, addiction medicine and dentistry. Work with a collegial multidisciplinary team, including a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with Family Medicine physicians, including one addiction medicine specialist, advanced practice providers, dentists and support staff. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who enjoys the opportunity to collaborate with community-based organizations that provide or support mental health care. The office is located in a bright, renovated facility across from famous Congress Park in walkable downtown Saratoga Springs.

Psychiatrists in the practice provide coverage of the Saratoga Hospital inpatient mental health unit. All physicians take inpatient call for a 16-bed inpatient adult mental health unit. Call is paid and approximately 1:10 (with a growing pool), taken evenings by phone with rounding on weekends.

The Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Behavioral Health team includes our Community Health Center providers; Psychiatrist and PMHNPs (APPs) in two additional primary care settings; Saratoga County Mental Health Psychiatrists and APPs who are employed by Saratoga Hospital, and our inpatient and consultation liaison Psychiatrists and APPs. Providers work closely across the system with physicians and APPs in our primary care and specialty network.

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group

Our multispecialty practice —Saratoga Hospital Medical Group—has 450 + physicians and advanced practice providers across a number of medical and surgical specialties. Medical group members play an invaluable role in our hospital’s continued growth and reputation for excellence. They enjoy a shared governance approach to leadership and support of hospital administration. Physicians having medical students rotate through their practices as well as Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioners from regional programs, if they so choose. Saratoga Hospital’s Family Residency welcomed its third class this summer.

Saratoga Hospital

Saratoga Hospital is a 171-bed independent, locally governed, thriving community hospital and a leading healthcare provider in the region. We have enjoyed continuous growth for more than a decade, along with a reputation for high quality, personalized, compassionate care. Since September 2004, Saratoga Hospital has maintained Magnet^® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center - the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

Saratoga Hospital (An Affiliate of Albany Med):

Saratoga Hospital is a member of the Albany Med Health System. This partnership has added convenient access to services typically not offered by community hospitals, as well as a seamless connection to the Capital Region’s only academic medical center and the highly specialized medical care it can provide. Our physicians have access to shared best practices, continuing medical education (CME), and leadership and teaching opportunities.

Comprehensive & Competitive Benefits Package: Starts at $300K/Annually

• Sign-on bonus and moving expense stipend
• Health and Prescription Plan, Dental and Vision Insurances
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contributions and 457 (b) Non-Qualified Retirement Plan
• For full time: Company Paid Life Insurance & Accidental Death and Dismemberment; LTD
• Flexible Spending Account(s) including Medical Reimbursement and Dependent Care Account
• $4,000 CME stipend, professional dues; professional liability coverage
• $200 annual YMCA discount, a number of supplemental insurances, services, discount programs and more!

Saratoga Hospital is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity for those participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Saratoga Hospital is a 171-bed independent, locally governed community hospital and a leading healthcare provider in the region. The hospital earned a reputation for high-quality, personalized, compassionate patient care.

Notable awards and designations include:

• Magnet® designation for nursing excellence since 2004
• Sixth straight 'A' grade from the Leapfrog Group for patient safety. 
• 4-Star Quality Rating under the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Initiative
• Age-Friendly Health System
• Mission: Lifeline® – STEMI Receiving Center – Gold Plus
• Get with the Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Target: Stroke Honor Roll
• Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence recognition from the American College of Radiology

Saratoga Hospital Medical Group, our multispecialty group of 450 physicians and advanced practice providers, contributes significantly to the hospital’s continued growth and reputation for excellence. Collegiality plays an integral part in that, too. Providers enjoy a shared governance approach to leadership and support of hospital administration. 

Our physicians who enjoy teaching have the option for medical students to rotate within their practices. Two of Albany Med’s residency programs offer rotations at Saratoga Hospital – General Surgery and Emergency Medicine. The hospital and our practices are also clinical rotation sites for regional Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant training programs. Saratoga Hospital Family Medicine Residency welcomed its inaugural class in July 2023. The third class was announced in March. 

Saratoga Hospital is an affiliate of The Albany Med Health System, the largest and only regionally governed, not-for-profit health system serving northeastern New York and western New England.

Part of the Capital – Saratoga Region, our communities have nearby access to the Lake George Region, the Adirondacks and some of New York’s most historic sites. Cultural events, great neighborhoods, schools, and our prime location for outdoor enthusiasts, make our region a highly desirable place for those seeking lifestyle!

Saratoga Springs is a great place to live and work, where you will feel a sense of community.

• Located a half hour from Albany, New York State’s Capital City, and Albany International Airport;
• Three hours from New York City, Montreal and Boston — right on the edge of New England, 
• Saratoga County offers family-oriented neighborhoods, communities and excellent schools — both public and private.
• Saratoga and towns throughout the region draw many to a variety of specialty shops, spas, and eateries, many with locally sourced food and regionally produced craft beverages.
• Music, art, cultural festivals and farmer’s markets add to the vibrant community feel and social scene.
• Known for world-class entertainment, and abundant year-round recreational and athletic opportunities, 
• Famous venues include: Saratoga Race Course featuring world-class thoroughbred racing, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Spa State Park, and Saratoga National Historic Park. 
• Outdoor enthusiasts will love the natural beauty of the Adirondacks, nearby Berkshires and Green Mountains, Saratoga Lake, Lake George, other waterways, and more!

Saratoga Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability or protected veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal law or Executive Orders.