Child & Adult Psychiatrist
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Job Description
Job Quick Facts
- Specialty: Psychiatry
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Facility Location: San Jose, CA
- Service Setting: Outpatient
- Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
- Coverage Period: Nov 2, 2026 - Ongoing
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri; 8a-5p
- 12-16 hrs/week
- Patient Demographics: Ages 5 and up (all ages)
- Patient Volume: 6-10
- Support Staffs: Medical Director, Nurses, Case Managers
- Case Mix: Anxiety Disorder, Intermittent explosive disorder, Depression, disruptive mood disorder, OCD, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorders
- EMR: Avatar NX
Duties/Responsibilities
- Perform psychiatric assessments, evaluations, and MSEs, providing DSM-based diagnoses
- Provide ongoing medication management for assigned patients
- Obtain and review diagnostic data, labs, and consultations relevant to patient treatment
- Advise families and caregivers regarding diagnoses, treatment, and intersection with developmental disabilities
Requirements
- Active CA License
- BC/BE
- Flu & Covid Vaccines
- Local Candidate
Key Responsibilities
Perform psychiatric assessments, evaluations, and mental status examinations to provide DSM-based diagnoses. Provide ongoing medication management and advise families regarding treatment plans and developmental disabilities.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Child & Adult Psychiatrist at Adelphi Staffing a 9.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,759 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 32% have no call, 42% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No call
- No weekends
Living in San Jose
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.30M
- Typical market rent
- $3,563/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 110.4
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.