Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Job Description
Inova Health System is looking for a dedicated Outpatient Child Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the team. Inova Behavioral Health supports Inova's overall mission, promoting total wellness – mind and body – by offering a full spectrum of mental health and addiction treatment services to the surrounding Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, metropolitan community.
Inova Kellar Center has provided behavioral health services for children, adolescents and their families for more than 35 years. Our comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment programs and an innovative special education school support families throughout Northern Virginia and continues to expand to meet future needs.
The Center was founded in 1991 in partnership with Inova and visionaries Art and Betty Kellar, who had a strong commitment to serve children and families in the multicultural Northern Virginia region.
Inova Kellar Center provides a full continuum of outpatient services and programs besides medication management clinic (including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder clinic) as listed below.
Program Features
- Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP)
- Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
- Psychological and educational testing
- Individual Therapy services
- Group therapy services
- Medication management (including MOUD clinic),
- The Kellar School
Inova Behavioral Health service line’s extensive continuum of care includes services offered at various locations across Northern Virginia: An inpatient adolescent psychiatry and several Adult inpatient psychiatry with inpatient detoxification programs; Adult partial hospitalization programs (PHP); intensive outpatient programs (IOP); Adult outpatient medication management clinic and counseling services including Behavioral Health Services Integrated with Specialty Care and Neuromodulation clinic.
At Inova Kellar Center we have a collaborative, multidisciplinary care team that consists of: BC Child Psychiatrists; Licensed Therapists/mental health professionals including Trauma specialists; Clinical Psychologists; Psychiatric Nursing team and Mental Health Technicians.
Featured Benefits: Competitive salary with annual incentive and extra shift potential.
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and hybrid opportunities; CME allowance
Additional Requirements
- Education: Doctor of Medicine degree or Doctor of Osteopathic degree from an accredited institution AND Board Certified or Board Eligible in Child Psychiatry
- Experience: Successful completion of an ACGME physician residency and child fellowship program
- Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia and Virginia DEA
- Credentialing: Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enroll as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor.
- Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services.
Other Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with managing Substance Use disorders (Prescribing Suboxone) or Board eligible/Certified in Addictions Psychiatry.
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.
And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Key Responsibilities
Provide outpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents, including medication management and substance use disorder treatment. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support families through various programs such as PHP and IOP.
Requirements
Requires a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic degree and Board Certification or Eligibility in Child Psychiatry. Must possess a current unrestricted license to practice medicine and a DEA license in the State of Virginia.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 58% have no call, 54% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.0 / 10 · top 25% in psychiatry | ranked against 1,855 Psychiatry listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Psychiatry median $335k (middle half $278k–$373k)19 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Virginia index 101.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in Virginia | 56 active | 1,864 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 60% remote · 58% no call · 54% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $10k loan repayment | Virginia physician listings (all specialties): 34% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 26% offer loan repayment753 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #27 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,317 in the last 30 days | 923 the 30 days before (+43%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | −2.9% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Inova a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,855 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc.
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