Chief Psychiatrist - Outpatient

Southwest Network Company Brand; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership opportunity

Collaborative team-based care model

Manageable caseloads

Job summary

Southwest Network Company Brand in Phoenix, Arizona, is seeking a Chief Psychiatrist to provide direct psychiatric care and lead a dedicated team of clinicians. You'll work collaboratively with multidisciplinary partners to ensure excellence in patient care, focusing on individuals living with serious mental illness.

This leadership role involves ongoing psychiatric assessments, treatment planning, and mentorship for both psychiatrists and residents. With a manageable caseload and limited on-call responsibilities, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or eligible in Adult Psychiatry.
• Experienced in working with serious mental illness populations.
• Skilled in medication management and brief therapy integration.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct psychiatric care to adults with complex mental health needs.
• Mentor psychiatrists and psychiatric APRNs.
• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments and treatment planning.
• Integrate brief therapy to maximize clinical outcomes.

Skills

Expertise in psychiatric care

Experience with SMI populations

Effective communication skills

Mentorship capability

Education

Board certification in Adult Psychiatry

Job description

Northern Star
2311 W. Royal Palms Road
Ste. 1
Phoenix, AZ 85021, USA

This is an opportunity to do relationship-driven, mission-focused work with a population with complex needs. You’ll be supported by a strong multidisciplinary team—including nursing, case management, and clinical partners—allowing you to focus on what matters most: excellent patient care and great clinical leadership. If you’re looking for autonomy, purpose, and the ability to make a lasting impact, we would love to meet you.

Role

You will provide direct psychiatric care to adults living with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and other complex psychiatric conditions. You will work alongside psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs, an on-site PCP, on-site pharmacist, nurses, case managers, and peer support specialists in a collaborative, team-based model.

In your leadership capacity, you will serve as the psychiatric clinical lead for your site, mentoring psychiatrists and psychiatric APRNs, advancing clinical excellence, contributing to quality improvement, and partnering with site and network leadership to ensure high-quality, evidence-based care. You will receive mentorship and support from our Chief Medical Officer to help you grow and succeed in this role.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, diagnostic clarification, and treatment planning
• Ongoing psychopharmacologic management, including clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics
• Ability to integrate brief therapy during your visits as appropriate, to maximize clinical outcomes
• Providing psychiatric care for members on Court Ordered Treatment (COT) as part of your overall caseload
• Clinical oversight and mentorship of a dedicated team of psychiatric clinicians
• Consultation with colleagues on complex or treatment-resistant cases
• Coordination with primary care, emergency, pharmacy, and inpatient teams, especially during care transitions
• Opportunity to mentor and teach psychiatry residents during clinical rotations at our site

Why This Role Matters

Behind every diagnosis is a human being with a story, goals, and the capacity for change. Our members often face some of life’s greatest challenges: serious mental illness, medical complexity, housing instability, social isolation, and fragmented systems of care. They need more than a diagnosis and a prescription; they need a psychiatrist who sees the whole person and understands that meaningful relationships are at the center of healing.

In this role, your clinical judgment, consistency, and ability to build trust can change the trajectory of someone’s life. As Chief Psychiatrist, your influence extends beyond the members you serve directly. Through your mentorship, collaboration, and clinical leadership, you help strengthen your team, elevate the standard of care, and expand the difference we can make together.

What We Offer

• A leadership opportunity where your clinical voice helps shape programs, workflows, and the future of behavioral healthcare delivery
• A mission-driven organization with deep roots in community behavioral health since 1998
• A collaborative, team-based care model where psychiatrists are supported, not siloed
• Outpatient only; no inpatient coverage
• A call schedule that respects your time: on-call coverage limited to several weeks per year, covers critical lab results only (no patient-facing or hospital-facing calls), and call volume is low
• Manageable caseloads designed to prevent burnout and allow you to practice the way you trained to

Who You Are

• Board-certified or eligible in Adult Psychiatry
• Experienced in working with SMI populations, ideally in community mental health or comparable settings
• Psychologically-minded: skilled at both medication management and integrating brief therapy when appropriate, to care for the whole person
• A natural mentor who is comfortable guiding other clinicians and elevating team practice