Contract Psychiatry: General Job in Bakersfield, California
This psychiatry position in Bakersfield, California is offered as a contract arrangement, one of several practice structures available for this role. As a contract physician, you would typically be engaged as an independent contractor under a defined agreement covering term, schedule, and rate, rather than as a traditional employee. This generally means handling your own benefits and usually your own retirement and tax withholding, with malpractice terms varying by agreement — an approach that can offer scheduling flexibility in exchange for fewer employer-provided benefits.
The financial offering for this listing is noted at the National Average tier. There is no emergency department call associated with this role.
Beyond the contract option, this same opportunity is also structured to be available under other arrangements, including:
- Part-Time
- Virtual
- Admin/Medical Director
- Non-Clinical Case Management
This page focuses specifically on the contract option; the other listed structures may suit different preferences for how you engage with the role.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Solo-Independent, Single-Specialty Group, Multi-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Academic, Military/VA, Community Health Center/FQHC, Contract, Part-Time, Admin/Medical Director, Virtual, Non-Clinical Case Management
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
We are looking for Psychiatrist for a full-time opening in the Bakersfield metropolitan area. We can schedule a time to talk details about this opening. If you are not interested in the Bakersfield metro area, no worries - we have openings all across the top 65 metropolitan cities in the U.S.
Monica Sarmiento
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- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus, Contract
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $316,076 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: California
- Practice City: Bakersfield
- Community Size: 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, H-1 Visa, J-1 Visa, O-1 Visa, Other
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: No
- Agency: Adaptive Medical Partners
