Remote Acute Care Psychiatrist
Listed compensation
$150-$195/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Array Behavioral Care is the nation's leading virtual psychiatry and therapy practice.
As the leading mental health provider, Array is on a mission to transform access to quality, timely behavioral health care through innovative telepsychiatry solutions and services that span the entire care continuum, from the hospital to the home.
Array partners with an extensive network of hospitals, health systems, community healthcare organizations, and payors to improve access and deliver the highest quality of care to patients.
About the Role
Array Behavioral Care is hiring an evening specialist, 100% virtual Psychiatrist to provide measurement-based, culturally humble episodic care to patients in acute crisis across various settings and states.
You will immerse yourself in the buzz of emergency departments, hospital medical floors or crisis stabilization units from the comfort of your own home.
Array Emergency Psychiatrists collaborate with onsite professionals to determine a timely disposition and use evidence-based practices to provide care to vulnerable individuals experiencing mental health crises.
Array will support getting additional state licensure for active, board-certified or board-Eligible Psychiatrists. If you don't see a job posting in a state you are actively licensed in, please feel free to apply.
What You’LL Do
Simultaneously serving multiple emergency rooms, hospital medical floors, and psychiatric crisis programs to evaluate and treat patients in crisis and find the most appropriate and least restrictive level of care
Receiving support throughout your shift by our 24/7 access center who triages cases and makes sure you have what you need to successfully treat each patient
Directing and/or implementing psychotherapeutic treatments and prescribing medication to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
Utilizing a collaborative care approach within your partner’s healthcare treatment team
What We’RE Looking For
- Board-certified or board-eligible Psychiatrist
- Unrestricted, independent licensure
- Established and updated CAQH and FCVS profiles
- Experience providing psychiatric care to all age groups
- Treating patients in acute crisis and providing stabilizing treatment in 24/7 settings
- Communicating with patients from various backgrounds and providing culturally competent care
- Experience working with multiple EMRs at the same time
- Advanced technical proficiency, including using hardware (Laptop, camera, monitors), Windows systems, Microsoft software, and EMR software over several years of experience in telehealth
- You thrive in a supportive, collaborative, solutions-oriented, and inclusive environment
- You are interested in being a clinician in a thriving behavioral health care modality
You are passionate about our mission to transform access to quality behavioral care through innovative applications of technology
Position Logistics
- 100% remote position
- Required to have a private office space in home or elsewhere for confidentiality
You will likely be required to work with Array to obtain additional state licensure and DEA licenses. We will support that process and cover the costs and/or reimburse for out-of-pocket expenses.
Compensation and Benefits
The pay range for this role is $150 - $195 an hour. This information reflects the anticipated salary range for this position using current market data. The final offer will be determined based on an individual's skills, years of experience, education, capacity, licenses, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Regardless of hours worked per week, you are eligible to enroll in our 401k, corporate wellness programs and access to our Array’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Beginning at 24 hours per week you become eligible for CME credits and FlexTime, which can be used for any requested time off, including but not limited to vacation, holidays, personal and sick time
Full benefits eligibility begins at 30 hours per week, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for your family as well as employer paid life & long-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits include short-term disability, voluntary employee, spousal and child life insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital, or confinement insurance and flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA) contributions
Medical Liability Coverage
Beware of fraudulent job postings and messages from scammers impersonating Array Behavioral Care employees and Recruiters. The only valid email addresses from Array Behavioral Care will be firstname.lastname@arraybc.com and we will not ask you to download an app onto your phone in order to conduct your interview.
EOE M/V/F/D
Key Responsibilities
Provide virtual psychiatric evaluations and stabilizing treatment to patients in acute crisis across emergency departments and hospital settings. Collaborate with onsite professionals to determine timely dispositions and implement evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatments.
Requirements
Must be a Board-certified or Board-eligible Psychiatrist with unrestricted independent licensure and updated CAQH/FCVS profiles. Requires experience in acute crisis care, telehealth proficiency, and the ability to work with multiple EMRs simultaneously.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 74% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$173k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $190k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.1 / 10 · above average in physician roles | ranked against 22,479 Physician roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $150k–$195k | Psychiatry median $321k (middle half $260k–$562k)18 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$190k in purchasing power | Missouri index 90.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in Missouri | 23 active | 1,889 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 66% remote · 74% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Missouri Physician listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $40k) · 18% offer loan repayment369 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +9.8% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| Array Behavioral Care | silver tier, 78/100 | Top Employers work-life index13 active listings |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Remote Acute Care Psychiatrist at Array Behavioral Care a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 22,479 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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