Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

🧠 Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

📍 Hamden, CT | 🕒 5 – 10 hours week | Exempt

Transform Young Lives Through Compassionate Psychiatric Care The Children’s Center of Hamden is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our multidisciplinary clinical team. You will play a central role in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating youth with emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges in our outpatient, residential, and school-based programs. Your expertise will directly support the well-being and long-term success of the children and adolescents we serve.

Why Join Us?

The Children’s Center of Hamden offers a collaborative clinical environment where every provider is respected, supported, and empowered to deliver exceptional care. We understand the critical role psychiatric professionals play in the lives of children and adolescents, and we ensure you have the clinical resources, interdisciplinary partnership, and professional development opportunities needed to excel and advance in your career.

👥 Excellent Clinical Support – You’ll work closely with licensed clinicians, milieu staff, nurses, and supervisors who ensure continuity of care and shared decision-making.

💼 Retirement & Long-Term Security – 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you save for the future.

📚 Professional Growth & Development – Interest-free tuition loans, ongoing CEU-accredited training, and opportunities for career advancement.

💙 Supportive, Mission-Driven Culture – Join a collaborative team where your work truly makes a difference for youth and families.

What You’ll Do

As a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, you will

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and provide treatment, including medication management, for children and adolescents.
• Monitor treatment plans and levels of care to ensure effective, appropriate interventions.
• Complete timely and accurate documentation of assessments, treatment recommendations, and discharge planning.
• Provide psychiatric consultation and clinical guidance to the treatment team.
• Participate in clinical rounds, medication reviews, and treatment team meetings.
• Apply knowledge of child and adolescent development in diagnostic and treatment decisions.
• Assess and treat adolescent substance use disorders.
• Supervise psychiatry trainees and APRNs as assigned.