Psychiatrist - Adult Services - Full-Time

PsychiatryNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$223k-$357k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Our Guiding Principles

Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.

Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.

Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.

Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary

Excellence in Psychiatry. Impact in Community. WellPower is Denver’s leading provider of community-based mental health and wellbeing services—recognized as a Denver Post Top Workplace and nationally regarded for innovative, evidence-based care.

Our psychiatric providers are empowered to shape clinical programs, lead multidisciplinary teams, and deliver person-centered treatment that improves lives at every stage. This is a full-time role with on-site requirements in Denver, CO.

Join Us and Practice Psychiatry With

  • Flexibility - part-time opportunities available!
  • Clinical autonomy – design treatment approaches, introduce new modalities

Collaboration – work alongside expert colleagues in psychiatry, psychology, nursing, therapy, and case management

Mission-driven impact – care for diverse populations with varying levels of need, from children to older adults

Compensation & Benefits

  • $222,996.80 - $356,990.40 per year, salary will be commensurate with experience
  • For complete overview of our robust Benefits: wellpower.org
  • Flexible work options
  • Benefits eligibility begins at just 30 hours/week
  • Up to 3 days of paid conference leave annually
  • Up to $1,500 in annual conference reimbursement
  • Generous PTO and wellbeing time
  • DEA licensure and renewal costs covered
  • 403(b) retirement plan with 4% employer match after one year, increasing to 5% after two years
  • The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications

Job Duties & Functions

  • Conduct psychiatric evaluations, make diagnoses, and prescribe treatment plans, including psychotropic and specialty medications (e. g., Esketamine)
  • Provide clinical consultation and collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams
  • Manage psychiatric crises and evaluate individuals for mental health holds
  • Prepare involuntary care letters and provide court testimony in accordance with 27-10 regulations
  • Complete timely and thorough documentation in the EHR
  • Supervise assigned residents, review treatment plans, and support delegated medical services
  • Participate in committees, quality initiatives, and program development
  • Contribute to grant-funded or specialty programming as assigned
  • Deliver care that is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy (MD/DO)
  • Completion of an approved psychiatric residency (3 years for adult psychiatry or 5 years for child/adolescent psychiatry)
  • Board certified or eligible in Psychiatry
  • Current or eligibility for Colorado medical license and DEA license

Work Location

This is a hybrid opportunity in the Greater Denver Metro area, with limited opportunity to work remote and majority of work on-site.

Shift/Hours: Our opportunities for M.D.'s & D.O.'s take place during standard business hours (8 AM -5 PM, Monday through Friday).

Physical Requirements: Requires sitting, standing, bending, and reaching. May require occasional lifting up to 40 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Learn More About WellPower

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: wellpower.org

Key Responsibilities

Conduct psychiatric evaluations, diagnose patients, and manage treatment plans including medication administration. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, manage psychiatric crises, and provide clinical supervision to residents.

Requirements

Requires a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy (MD/DO) degree and completion of an approved psychiatric residency. Candidates must be board certified or eligible and hold or be eligible for a Colorado medical license and DEA license.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationDiagnosisTreatment planningPsychotropic medication managementInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis managementEHR documentationTrauma-informed careCulturally responsive careStrengths-based practice

Psychiatry — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 80% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

In Colorado, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$311k (63 salary observations; 213 listings), vs ~$320k nationally (1,316 salary observations; 6,807 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 Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$290k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $281k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatrist - Adult Services - Full-Time at WellPower - Psychiatric Medical Providers 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 21,236 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Psychiatrist Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution46 jobs · 10 employers

6
<$350k
7
$350k-400k
19
$400k-450k
8
$450k-500k
6
$500k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 10 employers

401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
82%
CME allowance
34% this job
Visa sponsorship
11%
Relocation assistance
2%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$320k-$500k
#2

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$320k-$500k
#3

Interventional Psychiatrist

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,858 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Denver

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$560k≈ 2.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,881/mo≈ 10% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About WellPower - Psychiatric Medical Providers

Mental Health Care
Denver, Colorado
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible work options
Benefits eligibility at 30 hours/week
Up to 3 days paid conference leave
Up to $1,500 annual conference reimbursement
Generous PTO and wellbeing time
DEA licensure and renewal costs covered
403(b) retirement plan with 4% employer match (increasing to 5% after two years)
Clinical autonomy