Chief Psychiatrist - Outpatient

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Why This Role Matters

Beyond the diagnosis, each member faces unique challenges such as serious mental illness, medical complexity, housing instability, social isolation, and fragmented systems of care. Your clinical judgment, consistency, and ability to build trust can profoundly impact someone’s life. Your influence extends beyond the members you serve directly, shaping programs, workflows, and the future of behavioral healthcare delivery.

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.

Compensation And Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience, with additional compensation reflecting leadership responsibilities.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Health Savings and Flex Spending account options.
• Paid sick, vacation, and holiday time (10 paid holidays per year).
• CME reimbursement and paid CME time.
• Retailment plan (403b) with company match.
• Hinge Health (musculoskeletal care).
• Virta (diabetes management program).
• Disability insurance.
• Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Discounts.

Education And Licensure Requirements

• 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.
• Comfortable navigating complexity and energized by the opportunity to make a difference in community mental health.
• A collaborative leader who values partnership.

Additional Information

Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification of education, employment, driving record and auto insurance, and completion of a criminal background check and drug testing.

Southwest Network is an equal opportunity employer.