Adult Psychiatrist | Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital | Inpatient Services | Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Opportunity Details
Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital affiliated with Penn Medicine in southeastern Pennsylvania is seeking a BE/BC adult psychiatrist for inpatient services. The new associate will join an experienced multi-disciplinary team while working in a state-of-the-art facility, including EPIC.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a new graduate or experienced psychiatrist. Opportunity to teach residents is available.
The region offers a plethora of recreational activities allowing for a professional career and a fulfilling personal lifestyle while in close proximity to Philadelphia, NYC and beaches of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
- Quick Facts
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Schedule: Monday through Friday
- Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Practice Setting: Free-Standing Behavioral Health Hospital
- Support / Care Team: Multidisciplinary
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities will include admissions, evaluations, treatment planning and daily care of patients.
- Collaborate with physicians, APPs, and support staff.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Malpractice
- Six Weeks Paid Time Off
- CME
- Matching 401k
- Health insurance package
- Employee stock purchase plan
Qualifications
- Board eligible/certified in Adult Psychiatry
- Active or eligible Pennsylvania medical license
About the Organization & Community
Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the nation's leading hospital management companies. Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital is a 126-bed freestanding behavioral health facility.
The facility promotes wellness and provides psychiatric treatment to children, adolescents and adults who present with a broad range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders. We are the only facility of our kind in Lancaster County, dedicated to providing adults and youth with compassionate mental health treatment.
For consideration, please contact Stephanie Figueroa, In-house Physician Recruiter, Universal Health Services, at stephanie.figueroa@uhsinc.com or (484) 695-9913. Candidates may also apply directly at uhsinc.com
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Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Adult Psychiatrist | Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital | Inpatient Services | Lancaster, Pennsylvania at Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychiatry — ranked against 1,779 active Psychiatry listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$398k (11 salary observations; 42 listings), vs ~$318k nationally (250 salary observations; 779 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 30% have no call, 42% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 25.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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).
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- No weekends
- Includes call
Living in Lancaster
- Typical market rent
- $1,547/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.3
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Lancaster, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.