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Friends Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Psychiatrist for Inpatient Rounding | PRN Weekends | Friends Hospital | Philadelphia

PsychiatryIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Opportunity Details

Friends Hospital in Philadelphia is seeking a board-eligible/certified psychiatrist for inpatient rounding. This PRN position offers flexibility to work weekends, holidays and occasional weekdays. Ideal for experienced psychiatrists or psychiatry fellows with an unrestricted Pennsylvania medical license.

Competitive compensation and malpractice provided. Located in Philadelphia, the region offers a plethora of recreational activities allowing for a professional career and a fulfilling personal lifestyle while in close proximity to Philadelphia, NYC and beaches of New Jersey.

  • Quick Facts
  • Employment Type: PRN
  • Schedule: Variable
  • Call: None
  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Practice Setting: Free-Standing Behavioral Health Hospital
  • Support / Care Team: Multidisciplinary

Responsibilities

  • Responsibilities will include admissions, evaluations, treatment planning and daily care of patients.
  • Collaborate with physicians, APPs, and support staff.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Malpractice

Qualifications

  • Board eligible/certified in adult psychiatry
  • Active or eligible Pennsylvania medical license

About the Organization & Community

Friends Hospital is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital management companies.

Friends Hospital has been providing psychiatric treatment to adolescents, adults and seniors for centuries, making it the oldest private psychiatric hospital in the nation.

In 1813, the Quakers founded Friends Hospital based on the belief that all people, even those with a mental illness, can live a “moral, ordered existence if treated with kindness, dignity and respect.

Located on a 100-acre garden campus in Philadelphia, PA, Friends is also a teaching hospital affiliated with a local medical school.

For consideration, please contact Stephanie Figueroa, In-house Physician Recruiter, Universal Health Services, at stephanie.figueroa@uhsinc.com or (484) 695-9913. Candidates may also apply directly at uhsinc.com

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient CareCollaboration

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 54% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

In Pennsylvania, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$364k (60 salary observations; 667 listings), vs ~$314k nationally (1,801 salary observations; 6,834 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

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).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
71%
Sign-on bonus
46%
Loan repayment
13%
Visa sponsorship
13%

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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 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

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.

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About Friends Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Malpractice coverage