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Avance Care
Durham, North Carolina · Hybrid

Psychiatrist

PsychiatryNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Avance Psychiatry stands out in the psychiatric community for its focus on an integrated approach to the treatment of psychiatric disorders, which includes collaboration with behavioral therapists, primary care, and other specialists as warranted. Avance Psychiatry is led by a team of experienced and respected physicians and psychiatrists with expertise in clinical care, research, and education in General Psychiatry, Addictions, Medical Pain, and Treatment Resistant Disorders.

Adolescent Psychiatry. We espouse rational, patient centered care, which incorporates pharmacology, behavioral therapy, family involvement, and specialized care, as needed. Targeted treatments, such as buprenorphine, Spravato and others are utilized as appropriate. Ongoing research at the clinic affords us the opportunity to stay on the leading edge of psychiatric care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Demonstrate a passion for comprehensive and patient centered psychiatric care

Demonstrate a Record of Leading Clinical Change

Demonstrate clinical proficiency, strategic development, understanding of medical practice operations, including leading a first-rate clinical practice

Demonstrate excellent supervisory, managerial, and leadership skills, including, but not limited to, team cohesion, excellent patient care and experience, and effective fiscal management of the operation

Support CMO in clinical and administrative services, promote quality initiatives across the Avance Care footprint

  • Drive a culture of clinical standardization and organizational development
  • Supervise Avance Practice Providers as needed
  • Build teams, collaborate, establish responsibilities and accountability, lead through partnership
  • Ability to lead team(s) to grow the psychiatry practice to financial independence
  • Have a working knowledge of the economics of running a practice
  • Experience with virtual health delivery and operations

Description

Full-time Outpatient Monday to Friday, 40hrs per week position with no on call or weekend hours or open to part-time work

  • Occasional travel to surrounding Avance Practices for Psychiatry coverage needs.
  • Supported by Medical Assistants and Patient Coordinators

Includes Patients with Psychiatric Conditions

  • Work in an integrated system with practitioners in primary care, neurology, addiction, MAT, interventional psychiatry, child psychiatry and over 60 behavioral therapists
  • Patient load includes a hybrid of in person and telehealth

Qualifications

  • Board Certified Physician
  • Practicing Physician with a minimum of 5 years of experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to read and interpret documents such as professional journals, safety rules, procedure manuals, and government regulations

  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, effectively
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clinic staff, providers, clients, customers, and the general publications
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Ability to think logically in order to troubleshoot, analyze situations, make independent decisions and delegate responsibility and duties

Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail systems, and web-based programs

  • Possess strong and effective communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Expectation of Employee
  • Adheres to Avance Care’s Policy and Procedures
  • Demonstrates strong critical thinking and clinical judgment
  • Work as a team player
  • Uses strong computer skills
  • Uses strong attention to detail
  • Performs administrative duties as workload necessitates
  • Maintains company confidentiality in all areas
  • Maintains a positive, respectful attitude, high team spirit and morale
  • Communicates between providers, team members, and patients
  • Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
  • All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screen.

Avance Care provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to religion, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, alienage or citizenship status, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran or military status, predisposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Key Responsibilities

The psychiatrist will provide comprehensive, patient-centered psychiatric care while collaborating with an integrated team of specialists. Additionally, the role involves leading clinical practice operations, supervising practice providers, and driving organizational development.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

SupervisionTeam building

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatrist at Avance Care a 7.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,759 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 42% have no call, 44% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Better work-life than 70% of Psychiatry listings

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  • No call
  • No weekends
  • Hybrid
  • Remote
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About Avance Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Durham, North Carolina
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full-time outpatient Monday-Friday, 40hrs/week
No on-call or weekend hours
Part-time option available
Supported by Medical Assistants and Patient Coordinators
Integrated system with primary care, neurology, addiction, MAT, interventional psychiatry, child psychiatry, and 60+ behavioral therapists
Hybrid of in-person and telehealth