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Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Lafayette, LA

PsychiatryFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 40m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Location: Lafayette, LA

Join a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Program

A behavioral health hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join its psychiatric team.

This opportunity focuses on providing inpatient psychiatric care to children and adolescents within a 14-bed hospital setting.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, diagnose, and treat children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders
  • Provide inpatient psychiatric care
  • Develop and oversee individualized treatment plans

Collaborate with therapists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and other members of the multidisciplinary care team

  • Participate in treatment planning and family education
  • Coordinate discharge planning and continuity of care
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation

Position Highlights

  • 14-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry focus
  • Inpatient psychiatric setting
  • Multidisciplinary team environment
  • Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children, adolescents, and their families
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • MD or DO
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
  • Fellowship training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry preferred
  • Eligible for Louisiana medical licensure
  • Strong clinical and interpersonal skills

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and be board certified or eligible in psychiatry, with fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Applicants must also be eligible for Louisiana medical licensure and possess strong clinical and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Psychiatric diagnosisMultidisciplinary collaborationPsychiatric evaluation

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 40% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Visa sponsorship
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Lafayette

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$227k
Typical market rent
$1,329/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.2
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 · Lafayette, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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