Psychiatrist NE
Compensation
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Job Description
- The Staff Physician provides direct patient care and emergency services in an effort to ensure that patient health care needs are met at all times.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job.
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological development).
Key Responsibilities
The Staff Physician provides direct patient care and emergency services to ensure patient health care needs are met. The role involves performing various clinical tasks and adapting to changing circumstances such as emergencies or workload shifts.
Requirements
Candidates must have completed an approved psychiatric residency and hold an MD degree. A current unrestricted Louisiana Medical License is required along with strong interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 58% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Living in Baton Rouge
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $239k
- Typical market rent
- $1,333/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 90.8
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Baton Rouge, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.