Physician - Psychiatry - Inpatient

PsychiatryIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$318K - $354K

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

The Selected Psychiatric Provider Will

  • Deliver inpatient psychiatric care within a 30-bed adult mental health unit, collaboratively working alongside another psychiatrist.
  • Oversee patient management across three specialized units: Mental Health, MICA (Mentally Ill Chemically Addicted), and Gero-Psychiatry.
  • Engage in close collaboration with hospitalists, medical specialists, and community-based healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive care.
  • Actively participate in a multidisciplinary treatment team that includes counselors, therapists, case managers, nurse practitioners, and fellow psychiatrists.
  • Provide treatment to a diverse population of adult psychiatric patients, addressing a wide range of medical, psychiatric, and socio-environmental factors.
  • Exhibit a commitment to delivering patient-centered and compassionate care.
  • Partake in the unit's on-call rotation, approximately one weekend in every six.

Qualifications

  • Must be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Psychiatry.
  • Candidates should possess or be eligible for a New York State Medical License.
  • A DEA registration must be obtained prior to commencement of employment.
  • A clean malpractice history is required.
  • Submission of the most recent NPDB Self Query Report (dated within the last 30 days) is mandatory.

Certification Requirements

  • Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Psychiatry
  • DEA registration
  • New York State medical licensure

Additional Licensing Requirements

  • No further licensure requirements specified beyond DEA registration and New York State licensing.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will deliver inpatient psychiatric care across three specialized units and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient treatment. Responsibilities also include managing a diverse adult population and participating in a regular on-call rotation.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Psychiatry and possess or be eligible for a New York State medical license. A valid DEA registration and a clean malpractice history are mandatory for this position.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Mental health assessmentMICA treatmentMultidisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionPsychiatric evaluationTreatment planningCase managementMedical documentation

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

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

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$336k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $311k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,809 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends