Psychiatrist

PsychiatryFull-Time

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Job Description

Psychiatrist

Make a Lasting Impact on Mental Health in Your Community

At Wyandot Behavioral Health Network, we believe everyone deserves access to compassionate, high-quality mental health care. We're seeking a dedicated Psychiatrist to join our team and help individuals experiencing mental health challenges achieve greater stability, recovery, and an improved quality of life.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the community while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of behavioral health professionals. You'll provide psychiatric care, guide clinical decision-makin

What You'll Do

Provide Comprehensive Psychiatric Care: Conduct psychiatric evaluations, diagnose mental health conditions, develop treatment plans, manage medications, and provide ongoing treatment for assigned clients.

Provide Clinical Leadership: Offer clinical direction and consultation to Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) and nursing staff to support safe, effective, high-quality care.

Collaborate Across Disciplines: Partner with clinical staff and other professionals to develop individualized treatment plans and coordinate services that support each client's needs and recovery goals.

Support Quality Care: Conduct utilization reviews, evaluate treatment plans, and help ensure services meet established clinical standards.

Mentor and Educate: Contribute to the ongoing education, professional development, and clinical supervision of staff.

Contribute to Organizational Excellence: Participate in administrative responsibilities and relevant committees that strengthen clinical practices and improve service delivery.

Requirements

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

  • Current Kansas license to practice medicine as a psychiatrist.
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse team of mental health and medical professionals.
  • Commitment to compassionate, culturally responsive, and person-centered care.
  • Sensitivity to the cultural, ethnic, and individual differences of the clients served.
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Why Join Wyandot Behavioral Health Network?

Meaningful work: Help individuals and families navigate mental health challenges and move toward recovery.

Collaborative care: Work alongside professionals who share a commitment to improving behavioral health in the community.

Clinical leadership: Influence treatment approaches, support clinical staff, and contribute to the quality of care.

Community impact: Make a difference in the lives of individuals and families throughout Wyandotte County.

Bring your psychiatric expertise to a team where your work matters. Join Wyandot Behavioral Health Network and help make compassionate, effective mental health care accessible to our community.

Key Responsibilities

The psychiatrist will conduct evaluations, develop treatment plans, and manage medications for clients while providing clinical leadership to nursing staff. They will also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care and contribute to organizational clinical standards.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationMental health diagnosisTreatment planningMedication managementMultidisciplinary collaborationUtilization reviewPatient care

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 54% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Psychiatrist Jobs

45 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution43 jobs · 25 employers

6
<$350k
7
$350k-400k
6
$400k-450k
17
$450k-500k
7
$500k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 25 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
Sign-on bonus
59%
CME allowance
52%
Visa sponsorship
10%
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed PsychiatristContract

Sonder Mind · Providence, Rhode Island

$296 per hour
#2

Youth and Adult Psychiatrist - Mead Valley Wellness MHUCCContract

Telecare · Riverside, California

$170-$277/hr
#3

Psychiatrist (MD/DO)

$210-$270/hr
#4

Clinical Psychiatrist - Adult

$320k-$500k
+ 43 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,881 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,326/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Wyandot Behavioral Health Network

Mental Health Care
Kansas City, Kansas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Loan repayment eligible (nonprofit/PSLF)