Psychiatrist - Physician
Listed compensation
$320k-$350k
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Job Description
General Psychiatrist - Full-Time
Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital
Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible General Psychiatrist to join our acute behavioral health team.
Position Highlights
- Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Average caseload of 15 patients per day
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide high-quality patient care
- Participate in quality improvement and review processes
- Shared phone call rotation with medical staff
- Weekend and holiday rounding compensated at $1,750 per day (up to 25 patients)
- Facility Details
- 160-bed acute behavioral health hospital
- Average daily census of 90 patients
- Average length of stay: 8-9 days
- Join a team of 5 experienced providers
- EMR: WellSky
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary: $320,000 - $350,000
- Sign-On Bonus: available
- Productivity bonus available
- Comprehensive benefits, PTO, and CME per company policy
Requirements
- MD/DO with completion of Psychiatry residency
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
- Eligible for medical licensure and DEA registration
Summary
Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
- Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
- Ensure the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
- Review and complete medical information for individual care plans.
Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.
Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
- One or more years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.
Licenses/Certifications
- Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
- Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
- Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
- Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.
- Our Comprehensive Treatment Network
23,500 Employees
- 11,400 Beds
- 258 Locations
- 38 States
- 1 Network
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders.
At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process.
We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services.
Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.
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Key Responsibilities
The psychiatrist will provide clinical services to patients, including reviewing medical information and developing individual care plans. They will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care and participate in quality improvement processes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 70% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 11,644 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $62 per wRVU — implying roughly $722k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
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