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Alexandria, Virginia

Outpatient Psychiatrist - Intensive Outpatient Program

Psychiatry 8.1 Work-LifeFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Outpatient Psychiatrist to join the team. Inova Behavioral Health supports Inova's overall mission, promoting total wellness – mind and body – by offering a full spectrum of mental health and addiction treatment services to the surrounding Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, metropolitan community.

Split between our outpatient clinic and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), the Outpatient Psychiatrist position offers a unique blend of clinical opportunities. In the outpatient clinic, you will carry a small caseload of medication management patients and will help lead transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and esketamine, as part of our growing neuromodulation program.

In the Intensive Outpatient Program, you will provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and clinical consultation for patients participating in structured outpatient behavioral health services. This role works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary treatment team to support stabilization, treatment planning, symptom management, and safe transitions to ongoing care.

Our extensive continuum of care includes an urgent psychiatric assessment center (IPAC), inpatient psychiatry, detoxification and addiction services, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient psychiatric appointments, and outpatient counseling services.

We have a collaborative, multidisciplinary care team that consists of:

  • Psychiatrists
  • Licensed Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Psychiatric Nurses
  • Mental Health Technicians
  • Patient Care Coordination Managers

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

  • Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
  • Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
  • Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
  • Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
  • Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Program Features

Inova Behavioral Health Services offers medication management, therapy and integrated behavioral healthcare services at clinic locations across Northern Virginia. Here is an overview of the types of outpatient care we offer:

  • Medication Management
  • Individual Therapy and Counseling
  • Integrated Behavioral Health Services
  • Behavioral Health Services Integrated with Specialty Care

Additional Requirements

  • Education: Doctor of Medicine degree or Doctor of Osteopathic degree from an accredited institution AND Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
  • Experience: Successful completion of an ACGME physician residency program
  • Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia and Virginia DEA
  • Credentialing: Ability to be credentialed by the Inova Health System as an associate member of the Medical Staff with clinical privileges in Internal Medicine

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 years experience

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.

And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The Outpatient Psychiatrist provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and clinical consultation across an outpatient clinic and an Intensive Outpatient Program. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to lead neuromodulation programs and support patient stabilization and safe transitions of care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree, be Board Certified or Eligible in Psychiatry, and have completed an ACGME residency. A current unrestricted license to practice medicine and a DEA license in the State of Virginia are required.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Esketamine TreatmentInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 58% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

What does the Psychiatry market look like in Virginia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.1 / 10 · top 25% in psychiatryranked against 1,855 Psychiatry listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPsychiatry median $323k (middle half $275k–$362k)99 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in Virginia56 active1,864 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 60% remote · 58% no call · 54% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k loan repaymentVirginia physician listings (all specialties): 34% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 26% offer loan repayment753 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry hiring demand#27 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed
New Psychiatry listings1,317 in the last 30 days923 the 30 days before (+43%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry pay trend−2.9% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,855 Psychiatry listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Psychiatrist - Intensive Outpatient Program at Inova a 8.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,855 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.1
Better work-life than 80% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,855 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Inova

Hospitals and Health Care
Falls Church, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Wellness Program
Retirement Match (5%)
Tuition Assistance ($5,250/yr)
Student Loan Assistance ($10,000)
Mental Health Support (25 therapy sessions/yr)

Living in Alexandria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$700k
Typical market rent
$2,275/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.