Physician (Psychiatry)
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Job overview
The Defense Health Agency seeks an experienced Physician Psychiatrist to provide care at Naval Medical Center San Diego. The role serves a broad range of psychiatric patients and includes evaluation, medication and psychotherapy, treatment planning, referrals, and possible research on innovative therapies. Candidates must meet physician education, licensure, supervised clinical experience, and psychiatry residency requirements; board certification in psychiatry is identified as suitable.
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Overview
Serve as a Physician Psychiatrist) with the Department of Defense atat Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Medical malpractice liability insurance is not required for federal civilian healthcare providers as they are covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)) while acting within the scope of their employment.
Physician (Psychiatrist)
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Physician Psychiatrist to start work ASAP.
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Suitable candidates Board Certified Psychiatry
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Salary range: Up to-$335,000 per year
Benefits: https://civilianmedicaljobs.com/benefits/
Downtown San Diego is located on San Diego Bay. Balboa Park encompasses several mesas and canyons to the northeast, surrounded by older, dense urban communities including Hillcrest and North Park. To the east and southeast lie City Heights, the College Area, and Southeast San Diego. To the north lies Mission Valley and Interstate 8. The communities north of the valley and freeway, and south of Marine Corps Air Station Mirmar, include Clairemont, Kearny Mesa, Tierrasanta, and Navajo. Stretching north from Miramar are the northern suburbs of Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos, and Ranch Bernado. The far northeast portion of the city encompasses Lake Hodges and the San Pasqual Valley, which holds an agricultural preserve. Carmel Valley and Del Mar Heights occupy the northwest corner of the city. To their south are Torrey Pines State Reserve and the business center of the Golden Triangle. Further south are the beach and coastal communities of La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, and Ocean Beach. Pont Loma occupies the peninsula across San Dego Bay from downtown. The communities of South San Diego (an Enclave), such as San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, are located next to the Mexico-United States border and are physically separated from the rest of the city by the cities of National City and Chula Vista. A narrow strip of land at the bottom of San Diego Bay connects these southern neighborhoods with the rest of the city.
San Diego has one of the top-ten best climates in the United States and has one of the two best summer climates in the country as scored by The Weather Channel. San Diego area has been variously categorized as having either a semi-arid climate or a Mediterranean climate. San Diego's climate is characterized by warm, dry summers and mild winters, with most of the annual precipitation falling between December and March. The city has a mild climate year-round, with an average of 201 days above 70 °F and low rainfall (9–13 inches annually).
Responsibilities
Duties
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Provide appropriate referrals to other medical and mental health care providers in and outside of MTF.
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Deliver Psychiatric medical care to a wide demographic and large variety of psychiatric patient presentations, symptoms, conditions, and complexities.
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Conduct thorough biopsychosocial evaluations of presenting patients, including but not limited to integration of laboratory, radiological, EKG, psychological testing, and clinical findings.
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Prescribe appropriate pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment.
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Develop treatment and rehabilitation plans and provides appropriate therapeutic treatment services.
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Research activities may involve the development, testing or evaluation of innovative therapies.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts isin this document (https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr\_public?id=kb\_article&sysparm\_article=KB0016283) .
Basic Requirement for Physician ( Psychiatry ) :
Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must have provided education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.
Licensure : Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Graduate Training: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Residency Training for GP-14 Position: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled (Psychiatry) and equivalent experience and training equal to at least 4 years. Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is required for the specialty identified.
If you are selected for a Physician position: A salary quote will not be provided to you at the time of the initial job offer. The salary determination process begins after the initial job offer is accepted. This Activity Compensation Panel is responsible for determining base pay and market pay, therefore a starting salary is provided once approved.
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Location US-CA-San Diego
Job ID 2026-10113
# Positions 1
Category Medical
Salary Range Up to-$335,000 per year
Recruitment Bonus Negotiable
Relocation Assistance Negotiable
Student Loan Repayment Negotiable
How this job compares
Set against the 13,822 open Physician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingup to $335K/yr
- California median$293–385K/yr448 salary ranges
- California median$183–199/hr77 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 581 open Physician jobs in California and 13,822 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Dignity Health103 open
- Veterans Health Administration45 open
- Provider Solutions & Development36 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Physician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,629 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 6,777 of the 13,822 open Physician jobs (49%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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