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St. Louis, Missouri

PSYCHIATRIST Behavioral Health

PsychiatryFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Employee shall provide the following general and administrative duties during the term of this Agreement:

1. Accountability to Employer’s Medical Director for all professional and administrative activities within the Employer.

2. Collaborate with employer and employer’s staff and providers to ensure appropriateness and quality of the care and the treatment of patients served by the psychiatric services, consistent with each particular patient’s care needs and best interest. The parties do not intend this to limit or reduce patient benefits.

3. Demonstrate behavior that exemplifies the highest standards of conduct on and off the job.

4. Demonstrate a willingness and capacity to work effectively with the Employer’s staff in a professional manner.

5. Will practice compliance with all Clinical Excellence best practices/recommendations, and perform in accordance with psychiatric specific evidenced-based medicine and national guidelines.

Qualifications

Please refer to Employee Agreement.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 300 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

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Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychiatric CareEvidence-Based MedicinePatient TreatmentCollaborationProfessional ConductAdministrative Management

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 44% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Psychiatrist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution36 jobs · 22 employers

8
<$350k
5
$350k-400k
6
$400k-450k
10
$450k-500k
7
$500k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
80%
Sign-on bonus
60%
CME allowance
50%
Visa sponsorship
13%
Loan repayment
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Psychiatrist (MD/DO) - Fully (Remote)Contract

ARC Health Partners · Ann Arbor, Michigan

$210-$270/hr
#2

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists · Orange, California

$360k-$541k
#3

Psychiatrist

$200-$250/hr
#4

Clinical Psychiatrist - Child Adolescent or Adult

$320k-$500k
+ 35 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,760 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in St. Louis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k
Typical market rent
$1,334/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.