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MEDICAL PHYSICIAN

PsychiatryFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 21m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Responsibilities

Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

Visit us online at: https://friendshospital.com/

Friends Hospital is seeking dynamic and talented Medical Physician to assist with our inpatient patients. Friends Hospital is a private behavioral healthcare center and offers the most advanced behavioral health, diagnostic treatment services for adults in our inpatient programs.

The Physician responsibilities include examining patients to ensure proper injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery that reflects new or ongoing medical problems and initial evaluations.. Requests necessary tests, and follow-up visits, and refers patients to specialists, as necessary

  • Good communications skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills required.
  • Shows initiative and possess good problem solving skills.

Ability to use thermometer, sphygmomanometer, mechanical restraints, emergency medical equipment, oto/ophthalmoscope, EKG machine.

About Universal Health Services (UHS), Inc.

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $14.3 billion in 2023. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U. S. States, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

Job Requirements

  • Medical License in PA
  • Current DEA & CDS
  • Current BLS
  • Assistant with demonstrated medical experience and proven leadership
  • Strong clinical skills, and high motivation

EEO Statement

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  • We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Medical examinationTreatment planningPatient evaluationCommunication skillsThermometer usageSphygmomanometer usageOto/ophthalmoscope usageEKG machine operation

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 36% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
50%
Loan repayment
15%
Visa sponsorship
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.