Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Pay not listed · Atlanta, Georgia.
Compensation
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Job Description
- Job Id: L-MD-73077
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Atlanta, GA 30338
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: ASAP – May 28, 2027
- Shift Schedule: Mon – Fri, 8a – 5p
- Reason for Coverage: Vacancy
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by agency
Patient Information
- Patient Demographics: Pre-adolescent to Geriatric
- Average Daily Volume: 14-16 patients/day
- Case Mix: Mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and others
Facility Information
EMR System: Epic
Privileges & Compliance
- Hospital Priveleges Required: No
- Temporary Priveleges Available: No
Required Procedures
Requred
- Organic disorders
- Involuntary commitments
- Secusion therapy
- Restraint application
- Pharmacotherapy
- Group therapy
- Family therapy
- ECT
Preferred
- Anxiety disorders
- Affective disorder
- ADD/ADHD
- Personality disorders
- Eating disorders
- Development disorders
- Psychotic disorders
Job Requirements
- Board: Board Certfication required (Eligible accepted, must become certified within 24 months)
- Licenses: Licensed in GA
- Certfications: BLS, ACLS, ABLS
- Experience: Minimum 3 years post-residency preferred; experience with wide age ranges (pre-adolescent to geriatric)
- Other Qualifications: EPIC EMR experence preferred; team-based care experience
Duties & Resonsibilities
- Provide and supervise medical and physical care to admitted psychiatric patients.
- Develop and implement treatment plans including medication management and psychotherapeutic methods.
- Collaborate closely with treatment team members, pharmacy, and hospital staff.
- Supervise and support nurse practitioners.
- Manage a wide variety of psychiatric diagnoses across age ranges.
Key Responsibilities
Provide and supervise medical and physical care to admitted psychiatric patients while developing and implementing comprehensive treatment plans. Collaborate with the treatment team and hospital staff to manage a wide variety of psychiatric diagnoses across diverse age ranges.
Requirements
Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrists with a valid Georgia medical license. A minimum of three years of post-residency experience and proficiency with Epic EMR are preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 50% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Adelphi Staffing a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 20,977 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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- On-site
- Includes weekends
Living in Atlanta
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $377k
- Typical market rent
- $1,944/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.