Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist

Quick Facts

• Full-time outpatient adult psychiatry (W-2)
• Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (no evening or weekend call)
• 40 hours per week
• 60-minute initial evaluations and 30-minute follow-ups
• Approximately 300-patient adult caseload
• SmartCare EMR
• Compensation: $345,675 annually

Description

Provide comprehensive outpatient psychiatric care for adult patients, including evaluation, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment planning. Prescribe, manage, and monitor psychotropic medications, including ongoing assessment of response, side effects, and patient progress. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team with regular clinical meetings and available nearby crisis and primary care support.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and mental status examinations
• Diagnose and treat serious mental illness and other complex behavioral health conditions
• Develop and manage individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
• Prescribe, manage, and monitor psychotropic medications
• Perform suicide and safety risk assessments and develop intervention plans
• Provide treatment for co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders when clinically appropriate
• Coordinate referrals and follow-up to ensure continuity of care
• Collaborate with nurses, therapists, clinical social workers, case managers, substance use clinicians, and community providers
• Support higher-risk patients with nursing medication organization and monitoring
• Participate in clinical and multidisciplinary team meetings
• Coordinate with crisis services when higher-level psychiatric intervention is needed
• Educate patients and families about diagnoses, medications, and follow-up care
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in SmartCare EMR

Requirements

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
• Psychiatry residency completion
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry preferred
• Active, unrestricted California medical license (or eligibility)
• Current DEA registration (or eligibility)
• Experience in adult outpatient psychiatry
• Experience with serious mental illness and complex behavioral health conditions
• Strong psychopharmacology and medication management knowledge
• Ability to conduct suicide and safety risk assessments and individualized treatment planning
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams
• Comfort managing a diverse adult outpatient caseload
• Meet applicable credentialing and medical staff requirements
• H-1B and J-1 visa candidates may be considered

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) with competitive company match
• Annual bonus opportunities