Psychiatrist | Inpatient Behavioral Health | Missouri

A leading healthcare system in Missouri is seeking a Psychiatrist for a 13-week contract assignment focused on overnight behavioral health coverage. This opportunity offers a consistent night schedule, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the ability to provide comprehensive psychiatric care within an established behavioral health program.

This role is ideal for psychiatrists who thrive in acute psychiatric settings and are comfortable performing evaluations, medication management, admissions, and ongoing treatment planning.

Opportunity Highlights

• Full-time Psychiatry opportunity
• Night shift schedule
• Five 8-hour shifts per week
• 13-week assignment
• Inpatient behavioral health setting
• Multidisciplinary treatment team
• Paid orientation
• Consistent scheduling
• November 2026 start
• Opportunity to work with diverse psychiatric presentations

Practice Setting

Providers will support behavioral health patients through psychiatric evaluations, medication management, treatment planning, and coordination of care within a collaborative clinical environment.

The psychiatrist will work closely with nursing staff, therapists, social workers, APPs, and physicians to ensure comprehensive psychiatric treatment and continuity of care.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Perform initial psychiatric evaluations and diagnostic assessments
• Conduct psychiatric follow-up visits
• Diagnose and treat psychiatric and behavioral health conditions
• Provide medication management services
• Develop and update individualized treatment plans
• Complete psychiatric histories and mental status examinations
• Perform suicide risk and behavioral risk assessments
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings
• Coordinate care with therapists, social workers, APPs, and nursing teams
• Assist with admissions and discharges as needed
• Provide psychiatric consultation services when requested
• Complete timely and accurate documentation

Schedule

40 Hours Per Week

• Five 8-hour night shifts weekly
• Hours scheduled between:
  • 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

Additional Details

• Night coverage position
• Start Date: November 2026
• 13-week contract assignment
• Paid orientation provided
• Consistent weekly schedule

Patient Care Environment

• Behavioral health patient population
• Comprehensive psychiatric care model
• Collaborative interdisciplinary team
• Acute psychiatric assessment and stabilization
• Medication management and treatment planning
• Ongoing psychiatric monitoring and follow-up

Qualifications

Required

• MD or DO
• Completion of an accredited Psychiatry Residency Program
• Active Missouri Medical License
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Active DEA Registration
• Experience providing psychiatric evaluations and medication management
• Ability to work overnight behavioral health coverage

Preferred

• Inpatient Psychiatry experience
• Behavioral Health Hospital experience
• Emergency Psychiatry experience
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry experience
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary treatment teams

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Consistent night schedule
• Full-time hours
• Paid orientation
• Collaborative behavioral health environment
• Diverse psychiatric patient population
• Opportunity to utilize a broad clinical skill set
• Multidisciplinary support
• Streamlined interview process
• Established healthcare system
• Immediate coverage need

Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Psychiatrists licensed in Missouri are encouraged to apply for immediate consideration for this inpatient behavioral health opportunity.