Psychiatrist - Physician

PsychiatryIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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

Responsibilities

  • 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

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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Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Medical documentationTreatment planningMedication managementAcute careMultidisciplinary collaborationMedical billing

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 50% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

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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Salary Distribution33 jobs · 14 employers

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$450k-500k
4
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 14 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
78% this job
CME allowance
41% this job
Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,765 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Chicago

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$356k≈ 1.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,342/mo≈ 9% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
33 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital - Adult Campus

Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus Available
Productivity Bonus Available
Comprehensive Benefits
PTO
CME
Weekend/Holiday Rounding Compensated at $1,750/day