Child Psychiatrist
Listed compensation
$380k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Child Psychiatrist Job Opportunity
Four Winds Hospital in Westchester is seeking a full-time, on-site, warm, energetic, child & adolescent psychiatrist to be medical director of a 15-bed child & adolescent unit.
Four Winds is a one of its kind, family-run psychiatric hospital founded in 1978, affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We are a 175-bed facility where patients stay in cottages with adjacent play areas located on a beautiful 55-acre campus setting. Four Winds provides exceptional care for its child, adolescent, and adult patients. Additional location in Saratoga Springs. Come join our Four Winds Family!
Job Highlights
- Unit Medical Director of a 15-bed child and adolescent unit
- Plentiful support and supervision
- Evaluate and treat child & adolescent patients on an inpatient unit
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team that includes a program director, nurse manager, therapists, and nurse practitioners
- Coordinate care with outside psychiatric prescribers
- Teach medical students if interested
- Academic faculty position if interested in teaching students
- Moonlighting opportunities
- Minimal on-call responsibilities
Generous Benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan (employer funded)
- 401K
- Medical, dental, and life insurance
- HSA and flexible spending plan
Qualifications
- New York State license
- Valid DEA number and unrestricted DEA license
- Board Eligible or Board Certification in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Salary
- Salary $380,000
Start Date
- Earliest July 1, 2027 but start date flexible
Application Instructions
- Qualified candidates are invited to email a CV and a brief letter of professional interest to Dr. Sarah Klagsbrun, Four Winds Executive Medical Director at Drk4Winds@gmail.com [Drk4Winds@gmail.com] or apply through the FourWindsHospital.com website
Four Winds is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director will oversee a 15-bed child and adolescent inpatient unit, providing clinical evaluation and treatment for patients. They will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and coordinate care with external psychiatric prescribers.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 78% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$380k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $352k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $380k | Psychiatry median $350k (middle half $278k–$369k)20 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$352k in purchasing power | New York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in New York | 100 active | 1,890 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 62% remote · 78% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New York Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 16% offer loan repayment1,177 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +8.3% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| Confidential Employer | #8 of 10 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
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Benefits & Perks
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About Confidential Employer
Benefits & Perks
Living in Katonah
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $986k≈ 2.6× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $3,501/mo≈ 11% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 35 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.