CHICAGO, IL | PSYCHIATRIST | PT-FT
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Join TeamHealth, a clinician-founded and clinician-led organization since 1979 employing 35,000+ professionals nationwide and focus on delivering high-quality behavioral health care to older adults without the administrative responsibility of private practice. This role offers clinical autonomy, flexible scheduling, and strong organizational support in post-acute and long-term care settings (SNF/LTC/ALF/IRF).
Role Overview
- Full-time or part-time within Monday - Friday
- Provide medical director services and round on patients
- Enjoy stability, support, and flexibility with onsite patient care and remote documentation
- No nights or weekends
- Provide psychological assessments, diagnoses, and individual psychotherapy
- Treat depression, anxiety, trauma, adjustment disorder, grief and loss plus life transitions
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams across care settings
- Coverage area includes Chicago and Harvey, Illinois
Compensation and Benefits
- W2 position with full benefits
- Competitive compensation package
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted Illinois state license as a psychiatrist
- Eligible for independent practice and billing
- Open to new grads
- Experience with inpatient hospital work as a psychiatrist a plus
- Experience with older adults or post-acute care preferred
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City Caption
Chicago, Illinois
City Description
Located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the heart of the Midwest, Chicago is home to several sports teams, an internationally renowned symphony orchestra, spectacular live theater, celebrated architecture, thousands of restaurants, and world-class museums and shops.
With its deep layers of history and culture, there are numerous top-notch museums and scores of institutions of higher learning. The city is alive with wondrous theater, film, dance, and parades. The Chicago Cultural Center is the first free municipal cultural center in the U.S.
And then there are the observation decks of the Hancock Building or the Sears Tower, as well as the exciting activities offered at Navy Pier and Odyssey Fun World.
Job Benefits
- Industry-leading onboarding training program
- Company issued iPad supporting seamless remote access for enhanced collaboration
- Developed infrastructure with extensive back office as well as local management support
- Dental, health, vision, 401k and more
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Flex time off
- Professional liability insurance
Key Responsibilities
Provide medical director services and conduct psychological assessments, diagnoses, and individual psychotherapy for older adults. Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams across various post-acute and long-term care settings.
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 60% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.8 / 10 · above average in psychiatry | ranked against 1,857 Psychiatry listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Psychiatry median $91k (middle half $88k–$98k)16 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Illinois index 100.0 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in Illinois | 122 active | 1,923 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 66% remote · 60% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Illinois Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 25% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #27 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 28% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,374 in the last 30 days | 1,102 the 30 days before (+25%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | −3.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates CHICAGO, IL | PSYCHIATRIST | PT-FT at Team Health a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,857 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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