Psychiatry Physician
Newark, NJContract / Full-time$234/hrPosted 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Psychiatrist provides direct patient care in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health settings. The role evaluates patients’ psychiatric health and medical needs and develops and implements treatment plans. Minimum requirements include medical school graduation, psychiatric residency, state medical licensure, board certification or eligibility, and required registrations and credentials.
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The Psychiatrist provides direct patient care to patients in in-patient and out-patient psychiatric/behavioral health settings. The Psychiatrist is responsible for the evaluation of psychiatric health and medical needs as well as developing and implementing a plan to treat the patients in their care.
Minimum Requirements:
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Graduation from an accredited Medical School with aDoctorate’s degree in Medicine (MD/DO) is required. Successful completion of a psychiatricresidency approved by the Accreditation Council of on Graduate Medical Education(ACGME) or equivalent body
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Licensed to practice medicine in the state of practice asrequired. Must be Board Certified orBoard Eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Active DEA and DPS numbers are required
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Complies with all relevant professional standards ofpractice
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Current CPR if applicable
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TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
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Current Health certificate (per contract or stateregulation)
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Must meet all federal, state, and local requirements
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Must be at least 18 years of age
Job Category: Physician
Job Function: Physician | Psychiatry | Psychiatry
Job Type: Contract - Full Time
Setting: Healthcare Facilities
Position Type: Healthcare
Office Number: 0727
Contract Duration: 26
Pay Rate: $234 / Hour
Date Posted: 2026-11-02
How this job compares
Set against the 1,249 open Psychiatrist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$234/hr
- US median$175–200/hr93 hourly ranges
This rate, $234/hr, is 23% above the US median midpoint ($190/hr) — in the middle half of Psychiatrist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 36 open Psychiatrist jobs in New Jersey and 1,249 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- Lyra Health14 open
- Care Plus NJ4 open
- New Jersey Department of Health4 open
- Experience
- Psychiatrist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 5 years (266 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 630 of the 1,249 open Psychiatrist jobs (50%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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