Physician - Psychiatry (Outpatient)
Listed compensation
$310k–$500k
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
Job Requirements
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System is seeking a BC/BE Psychiatrist to join our growing multidisciplinary behavioral health team in beautiful Upstate South Carolina. This is an outstanding opportunity to practice in a well-established outpatient setting with strong administrative support, a collaborative provider network, and exceptional earning potential of up to $500,000 annually.
Position Highlights
- Outpatient Psychiatry opportunity
- Established and growing behavioral health service line
- Strong referral network with immediate patient volume
- Epic EMR platform
- Collaborative interdisciplinary team environment
- Current Behavioral Health Team
- 4 Outpatient and 6 Inpatient Psychiatrists
- 1 Outpatient and 3 Inpatient PMHNP
- 1 Clinical Psychologist and 4 Therapists
Compensation & Benefits
- $310,000 two-year salary guarantee
- $100,000 sign-on bonus
- $6,000 annual CME allowance
- 30 days’ time off annually
- Relocation assistance available
- Comprehensive retirement plan options
- Paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage
Live in the Upstate of South Carolina
The Upstate offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, affordability, and quality of life. Enjoy a vibrant downtown, thriving arts and culinary scene, excellent schools, and welcoming communities. With the Blue Ridge Mountains just an hour away and the South Carolina coast within easy driving distance, residents have year-round access to outdoor recreation and weekend getaways.
Come see why Spartanburg is one of the Southeast's best places to live, work, and build a rewarding career.
Work Experience
SC MD/DO license; BC/BE Psychiatry
Key Responsibilities
Provide outpatient psychiatric care as part of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team. Collaborate with other providers and staff to ensure high-quality patient outcomes within an established service line.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid South Carolina MD or DO license. Board certification or eligibility in Psychiatry is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Psychiatry (Outpatient) at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 19,617 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 48% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$405k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $432k in an average-cost state. 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
Living in Spartanburg
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $222k≈ 0.7× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,376/mo≈ 5% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 91.1
- State income tax
- Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Spartanburg, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.