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BJC HealthCare
St. Louis, Missouri

Child or Adult Psychiatrist - St. Louis, MO South County

Psychiatry 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

BJC Behavioral Health invites Adult, Child, Geriatric, or Addition Psychiatrists to apply for consideration to join our team. Due to growth, we have multiple practice settings available, ranging from rural to urban.

  • Opportunity for general, child, and addiction psychiatrists
  • Outpatient only Monday through Friday
  • 12-15 patients per day
  • No call
  • Opportunity to work with medical students and residents, if interested, but not required
  • Strong support staff including team supervisors, case managers, community support specialists, schedulers, nurses, and primary care consultants
  • Onsite pharmacy and pharmacist
  • Base salary to allow quality care focus

Relocation Assistance

Please reach out to Amy Taylor at amy.taylor@bjc.org for additional details

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Takes exceptional care of people by ensuring optimal care and safety of patients admitted to assigned service.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with patients, families, and members of the health care team to ensure excellent clinical outcomes.

  • Manages the medical care of assigned clients.
  • Participates in performance improvement efforts, task forces and committees.
  • Performs and documents histories and mental status exams in the patient's medical record.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Doctorate

  • Medicine

Experience

  • No Experience
  • Supervisor Experience
  • 2-5 years
  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Drug Enforcement Agency
  • BNDD - applicable state

Preferred Requirements

  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Psych Residency/Bd Eligible

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Medicine and possess relevant state licenses including DEA and BNDD. While no prior experience is required, 2-5 years of supervisory experience is listed as a requirement.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

ACLS

Key Skills

PsychiatryClinical carePatient assessmentMedical record documentationTreatment planningCollaboration

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 50% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri 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).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Child or Adult Psychiatrist - St. Louis, MO South County at BJC HealthCare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,872 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 26 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
68%
Sign-on bonus
48%
Loan repayment
12%
Visa sponsorship
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.0
Better work-life than 80% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
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About BJC HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, legal services
Disability insurance paid by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off
Adoption assistance