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Exton, Pennsylvania

Psychiatrist

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Job Description

  • Level: Experienced
  • Job Location: STR Exton - Exton, PA 19341
  • Position Type: Contractor
  • Education Level: Graduate Degree
  • Job Category: Health Care

Who We Are To meet an ever-expanding need for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in the region, STR Behavioral Health is excited to announce a new PHP/IOP location opening soon in Exton, PA.

The approach at our treatment centers is firmly rooted in individualized, person-centered care to help clients uncover the why behind their disorders and help them build foundational relationships that help answer the how in moving forward Position Summary This position’s responsibilities include ensuring the health and safety of all clients as well as assessing and prescribing appropriate medication regimes.

This position also assesses medical and psychiatric issues and concerns then address or make appropriate referrals. This position also approves potential admissions based on medical and psychiatric requirements.

This position is responsible for consulting with the treatment team on primary diagnosis and co-occurring issues. Relationships and Contacts Within the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with peers and accounting team members throughout STR Behavioral Health and affiliated facilities.

Outside the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with third party vendors, as necessary. Position

Responsibilities

Essential

Responsibilities

Maintaining a safe and secure environment Help Clients by providing information, services, and assistance Routine checkups and psychiatric evaluations of clients Conducting follow up and evaluation of client physical and psychiatric conditions. Prescribe medications as necessary Document clinical, medical, and psychiatric treatments and recommendations Oversee and collaborate with Clinicians on client’s treatment plans Participate in Clinical Treatment team meetings 2x a month Pre-screen clients by reviewing psych and medical records for admission Minimum of two hours a week, depending on current census Additional

Responsibilities

Functions within the guidelines of the facility’s Code of Ethics and in accordance with corporate compliance. Represents the program within the community at local, regional, and national events, as requested. Assists in promoting and ensuring the organization’s values, mission, goals, and objectives are understood and actively supported by the employees. Performs other duties as assigned Qualifications: Minimum

Requirements

Education and Experience This position requires at least 3 years of residency in psychiatry. Active valid licensed practitioner in the state of Pennsylvania. Willingness to work with a clinical to make recommendations and implement strategies that will benefit clients. Willingness to take calls during after hour day and times. Additionally, complete other tasks and duties appropriate to the position and/ or as assigned. PHI Access in Medical Physical

Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers, clients, families’ other facilities and/or vendors. Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies – may be very quiet to moderate.

Performs duties that require the employee to sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time. Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building and may require walking around facility grounds. While performing duties may be required to sit stationary for long periods of time.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste, or smell. Ability to move up to 25 pounds. Additional

Requirements

Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance and acceptable driving record. Clearance of TB test, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements. Current CPR and First Aid certification.

Skill Competencies Work Standards - Sets high standards of performance for self; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Communicating Effectively - Conveys information and ideas in a professional, clear, and timely manner; providing information to ensure understanding; soliciting input from the others during the communication. Provides input to the organization when requested.

Building Collaborative Relationships - Generates alliances internally and externally by continuously identifying and acting on those things that will create success for our organization and the clients.

Contributing to Team Success - Actively participates as a committed member of a team and works with other team members to help complete goals and deliverables.

Practicing Resourcefulness – Contributes to small business environment by taking ownership of one’s position in the team and resolves productivity and efficiency problems by being seeking solutions.

STR Behavioral Health provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. STR Behavioral Health reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.

This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.” ISJP123

Key Responsibilities

The psychiatrist is responsible for assessing and prescribing medication regimes, conducting psychiatric evaluations, and overseeing client treatment plans. They also collaborate with the clinical team to ensure the health and safety of clients within the facility.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a graduate degree and have completed at least 3 years of residency in psychiatry. An active, valid medical license in the state of Pennsylvania is required, along with current CPR and First Aid certification.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationMedication managementClinical documentationTreatment planningPatient assessmentCrisis interventionCollaborationDiagnostic skillsMedical record reviewTeamwork

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 52% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Psychiatry jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPsychiatry median $380k (middle half $325k–$380k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in Pennsylvania126 active1,864 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 58% remote · 52% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania Physician listings: 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $70k) · 16% offer loan repayment911 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry hiring demand#27 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 days · 28% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed
New Psychiatry listings1,279 in the last 30 days1,013 the 30 days before (+26%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry pay trend−2.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 4.8
Better work-life than 30% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,860 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Exton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$521k
Typical market rent
$2,422/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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