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Merakey
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Outpatient Psychiatrist - part-time

PsychiatryPart-Time

Listed compensation

$200-$210/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do!

We are seeking a part-time Psychiatrist to support our Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) at our Harrisburg, PA and Carlisle, PA locations.

Pay range: $200-$210/hr

Shift: 16 hours per week (flexible schedule - choose your own days and hours between both locations)

Program Locations

1801 N Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17102

33 State Ave, Carlisle, PA 17013

Position Details

The Psychiatrist will provide onsite psychiatric services for Merakey's Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), delivering psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing treatment for adults with behavioral health needs.

Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary treatment team, this provider supports individuals requiring structured, intensive outpatient care while promoting stabilization, recovery, and successful transitions to less intensive levels of care.

The Psychiatrist Will

  • Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and establish accurate diagnoses using evidence-based practices.
  • Develop, implement, and oversee individualized treatment plans in collaboration with therapists, nurses, case managers, peer specialists, psychiatric rehabilitation specialists, and other members of the treatment team.
  • Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychotropic medications while ensuring safe medication management and adherence to Merakey policies regarding prescription renewals and electronic prescribing.
  • Provide crisis intervention, psychiatric consultation, and ongoing medication management for individuals participating in the Partial Hospitalization Program.
  • Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation within the electronic health record (EHR) and ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
  • Educate individuals and their families regarding diagnoses, treatment recommendations, medications, potential side effects, and expected outcomes while obtaining informed consent.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary treatment meetings, case conferences, quality improvement initiatives, and peer review activities to support high-quality patient care.
  • Collaborate with primary care providers, community partners, and external behavioral health providers to ensure coordinated, person-centered care.

About Merakey's Adult Behavioral Health Services

As part of our Adult Behavioral Health Services team, you'll join a compassionate, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to providing person-centered mental health treatment and recovery-focused services that empower individuals to achieve their goals. Learn more about our Adult

Behavioral Health Services Here

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Benefits

Merakey Offers Competitive Compensation Plans and More!

  • DailyPay
  • Work/Life Balance
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Cell Phone Discount Plans
  • Employee Referral Bonuses

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year.

Click here to watch a video about Merakey.

Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status.

Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

Qualifications

  • Psychiatrist with an active, unrestricted Pennsylvania license.
  • Board certified or board eligible in psychiatry
  • Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines, including clinical and clerical staff.
  • Expert assessment, diagnostic, and psychopharmacological treatment skills.
  • Professional credentials should be current as dictated by the State licensing standards and Professional Licensing Board.

Key Responsibilities

Provide onsite psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing treatment for adults in Partial Hospitalization Programs. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop individualized treatment plans and support patient stabilization and recovery.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Diagnostic SkillsPsychopharmacologyTreatment PlanningInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient EducationElectronic Health Records

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 53% have no call, 55% require no weekends.

In Pennsylvania, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$364k (60 salary observations; 667 listings), vs ~$314k nationally (1,798 salary observations; 6,828 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

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).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Psychiatrist - part-time at Merakey a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,872 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution37 jobs · 16 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 16 employers

401k / retirement match
80%
Sign-on bonus
60%
CME allowance
40%
Visa sponsorship
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.9
Better work-life than 80% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,872 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Harrisburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$268k
Typical market rent
$1,369/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Merakey

Non-profit Organizations
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

DailyPay
Work/Life Balance
Flexible Schedules
Cell Phone Discount Plans
Employee Referral Bonuses