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Remote Psychiatrist jobs

57 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Psychiatrists are physicians who diagnose and treat mental illness, and they are the mental health clinicians with full authority to prescribe and manage medication. In telehealth roles they are responsible for psychiatric evaluations, medication management follow-ups, risk assessment and coordination with therapists and primary care, all documented in an electronic health record.

About the Psychiatrist role

What the work looks like

  • Conduct initial psychiatric evaluations by video, covering history, mental status exam, diagnosis and a treatment plan.
  • Prescribe and adjust medications in shorter follow-up visits, monitoring response, side effects, labs and interactions.
  • Assess suicide and safety risk and arrange a higher level of care when outpatient treatment is not enough.
  • Document each encounter in the electronic health record and complete prior authorizations for medications when insurers require them.
  • Consult with therapists, nurse practitioners and primary care clinicians, and in some roles supervise or collaborate with nurse practitioners.

What employers ask for

  • MD or DO with completed psychiatry residency
  • Board certified or board eligible in psychiatry
  • Active unrestricted medical license in the states served
  • DEA registration for controlled substances
  • Telepsychiatry and electronic health record experience
  • Subspecialty training such as child and adolescent psychiatry

Doing this job remotely

Telepsychiatry is well established because the work is mostly conversation and prescribing. The main constraint is licensure: a psychiatrist must generally be licensed in the state where the patient is located, so employers hire for specific states or ask for several licenses. Prescribing controlled substances by telehealth is subject to federal and state rules that change.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Psychiatrists reach the role through medical school and a psychiatry residency, sometimes followed by a fellowship. Experienced clinicians move into medical director roles, supervision of nurse practitioners, clinical leadership at telehealth companies or private practice.