Outpatient Psychiatrist Fairfax, VA, United States
Job Identification: 683971 Posting Date: 06/04/2026, 04:00 AM Job Schedule: Full time Locations: Inova Fairfax Hospital
Job Description: Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Inpatient Psychiatrist to join the team. Inova Behavioral Health supports Inova's overall mission, promoting total wellness - mind and body - by offering a full spectrum of mental health and addiction treatment services to the surrounding Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, metropolitan community.
Our extensive continuum of care includes an urgent psychiatric and addiction assessment center (IPAC), inpatient psychiatry, inpatient detoxification, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient psychiatric appointments and outpatient counseling services.
Our unit operates on a three-pronged model of care: The first is trauma informed care. The second is patient and family centered care. We strive to provide care that is specific to each individual and within the context of the family. Lastly, our staff is trained in Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) tools to identify lagging skills while resolving issues and difficulties in a collaborative and mutually satisfactory way.
We have a collaborative, multidisciplinary care team that consists of:
Psychiatrists
Licensed Therapists
Social Workers
Psychiatric Nurses
Mental Health Technicians
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off and paid parental leave
Minimum Qualifications:
Work schedule: Monday thru Friday
Education: Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution. Board eligible or board certified in psychiatry.
Experience: successful completion of psychiatry residency program.
Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia.
Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services
Preferred Qualifications:
One year of experience is preferred.
Applicants may be considered for current and future opportunities including full time, part time and PRN positions.
Positions available for various facilities, shifts and specialty areas.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than 1 million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed 4 million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs. Consistently ranked and recognized as ...a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova’s world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 24,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to every person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life. More information about Inova can be found at Inova.org.