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Brentwood Hospital
Shreveport, Louisiana

Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist | Full-time W2 | Shreveport, LA

PsychiatryIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • Opportunity Details
  • Position Title: Full-time Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Location: Shreveport, LABrentwood Hospital provides an inpatient mental health program for children 4–12 in need of around-the-clock access to care and supervision in a comfortable and compassionate environment. Position overview:
  • Role: Full-time Inpatient Child/Adolescent Position
  • Patient Population: ages 4-12
  • Schedule: Monday-Friday, daytime hours
  • Weekend Coverage: 1:6 Saturday/Sunday in-person rounding.
  • Weekday Call: One evening call shift per week by phone only.
  • Employment Type: Full-time employed position.

Additional earnings potential: Extra call options and Productivity Bonus Plan. Faculty opportunities for residents and fellows are available once board certified.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct admission evaluations, develop treatment plans, and provide ongoing treatment follow-up for geriatric/senior adult patients.

  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care.
  • Complete required patient documentation and notes in accordance with facility guidelines.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with Productivity Bonus potential.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including malpractice insurance, paid time off, CME package, and student loan assistance (optional)
  • Relocation assistance and/or sign-on bonuses are available.
  • Additional perks: Robust benefits package and more.

Qualifications

Education: M.D./D.O. with Board Eligibility/Certification in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry.

  • Training: Successful completion of an accredited Psychiatry residency and Child/Adolescent fellowship program.
  • Licensure: Louisiana medical license in good standing or eligibility to obtain it.
  • Why Shreveport, LA?
  • Affordable housing
  • A comfortable lifestyle on a physician’s salary
  • Easy access to outdoor recreation (lakes, parks, Red River)
  • A central Ark‑La‑Tex location with quick access to Dallas
  • A strong cultural scene with music, food, and festivals

About Brentwood Hospital

As one of the region’s most trusted psychiatric hospitals, Brentwood offers a rare opportunity to provide specialized care to a rapidly growing child/adolescent population in the Ark‑La‑Tex area. The position features a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, modern inpatient and outpatient programs, and strong administrative support that allows physicians to focus on high‑quality clinical care.

Brentwood Hospital provides resources, team culture, and patient volume that empower psychiatrists to thrive.

Brentwood Hospital is a private subsidiary of the largest facility-based behavioral health provider in the country, Universal Health Services (UHS).

For More Information, Please Contact

Victoria Miller | In-house Physician Recruiter | Victoria.Miller@uhsinc.com | Cell (440) 361-1078

Universal Health Services, Inc. | UHS of Delaware, Inc. | 367 South Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | www.uhsinc.com.

Physician Career Opportunities

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Child psychiatryInpatient careTreatment planningMultidisciplinary collaborationClinical documentationPsychiatric assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist | Full-time W2 | Shreveport, LA at Brentwood Hospital 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 19,720 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 44% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,760 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Shreveport

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$154k
Typical market rent
$1,184/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
84.8
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Brentwood Hospital

Mental Health Care
Shreveport, LA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Productivity Bonus Plan
Malpractice insurance
Paid time off
CME package
Student loan assistance
Relocation assistance
Sign-on bonus
Faculty opportunities