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Dr. Hain: Staff Psychiatrist

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Dr. Hain is an extremely qualified and highly skilled psychiatrist with over 10 years of clinical experience. At KACH, he is the primary psychiatrist in the department, as out other full time psychiatrist recently took a job in the civilian sector. Dr. Hain is board certified as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and sees a mix of child, adolescent, and adult patients. A key aspect of his position is following cadets who require psychiatric services and making fitness determinations as cadets prepare for commissioning: accession to standards waivers, consultant to the USMA Surgeon, CoC, and with Psychiatric Consultant to the Surgeon General. In addition, as an experienced healthcare provider, his duties include writing profiles, sometimes, unique to military, review NARSUMS, and interact with Command. 2. The Psychiatry position in West Point is one of the most unique and hard to fill type of positions. As a Staff Psychiatrist who provides care for child, …show more content…

Dr. Hain was initially employed at KACH in 2009 as a contractor. Since May 2014 he has been a government employee. Dr. Hain’s current annual salary is $213,501. He is currently receiving a ten percent retention bonus. A survey of salary.com reflects a median salary of $219K for the West Point New York area and $231K for the New York City commuting area. Dr. Hain resides in Manhattan, NY, which he commutes daily to work. 4. During a recent conversation with Dr. Hain he was informed that his retention bonus could be rejected. Dr. Hain expressed that if his retention bonus request is denied he would leave government service in search of employment that would better compensate his knowledge, experience and expertise. 5. We would like to retain Dr. Hain by offering him a 15% incentive at $32,025.15. Retaining Dr. Hain would ensure continued excellent service to our beneficiaries. If Dr. Hain were to leave, we would have been unable to provide critical psychiatric services to our active duty

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