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Centra Care
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – Inpatient Practice – St. Cloud, MN

PsychiatryNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

Salary range: $300K–$345K

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Job Description

Team-based care | Hospital setting | Integrated behavioral health support

Summary

Provide high-acuity inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents within CentraCare’s integrated behavioral health system. This role focuses on evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of youth with complex psychiatric needs while working closely with multidisciplinary teams in a structured hospital setting to support safe transitions and improved outcomes.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 1.0 FTE | Onsite – CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, MN
  • Day shifts | 8am-5pm

Pay and Benefits

  • Salary range: $300,000 - $345,000 per year
  • Pay may be determined by factors such as education, experience, skills, knowledge, location, and internal equity
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based compensation.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

Required

  • BE/BC in Psychiatry
  • Eligibility for Minnesota medical licensure

Department Information

CentraCare’s inpatient Behavioral Health program is supported by a robust multidisciplinary team that includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, nursing staff, therapists, and integrated behavioral health providers. The program operates within a large, integrated health system and regional referral center, offering strong clinical support, collaborative care models, and access to specialty resources to support high-quality inpatient psychiatric care for pediatric patients.

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Our Location

CentraCare, a leading not-for-profit health system and one of the largest providers of rural care, serves patients across Central, West Central, and Southwestern Minnesota.

It delivers nationally recognized care through 40+ medical and surgical specialties, innovative population health programs, and a collaborative physician–administration leadership model.

St. Cloud Hospital, a 489-bed regional referral center and Level II trauma center, delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services with Magnet-designated nursing and expert support staff. Just 60 minutes from Minneapolis-St. Paul, the St.

Cloud region is a family-friendly mini-metro featuring excellent schools and four colleges, vibrant arts and theatre, abundant lakes and outdoor recreation, and year-round activities for all seasons.

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CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

The role involves providing high-acuity inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents within an integrated behavioral health system, focusing on evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of youth with complex psychiatric needs. This work requires close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in a structured hospital setting to ensure safe transitions and improved outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Inpatient Care

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 70% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% 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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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k≈ 0.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,244/mo≈ 5% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee Discounts
Team-Based Care
Integrated Behavioral Health Support