Outpatient Psychiatrist

Department: Psychiatry | Reports to: Medical Director
Engagement: Independent Contractor (1099) | Location: Remote

Anticipated Service Commitment:
Approximately 28–40 hours per week

Who We Are

Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare exists to empower individuals to live healthy, purpose-filled lives on their terms. We are a non-profit, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic rooted in the heart of northcentral Iowa and everything we do flows from a boundless belief in personal potential.

Our vision is to engage individuals, families, and communities in personalized, whole-self care. We don't treat diagnoses in isolation; we walk alongside people, honoring their dignity and their story, and building care around their strengths and their goals.

Across our region, we offer a continuum of services: outpatient psychiatry and counseling, residential substance use treatment, an Opioid Treatment Program, an intensive outpatient program (IOP), an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, and drop-in centers in two communities. We also bring services directly to rural neighbors through outreach clinics across the region.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a psychiatrist who shares our belief that every person, regardless of circumstance, deserves compassionate, high-quality care and who wants to collaborate with a team that lives that out daily.

In this role, you'll provide outpatient psychiatric care for adults navigating mental health and substance use challenges while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team that includes an on-site psychiatrist, a virtual child psychiatrist, a virtual addiction/family medicine psychiatrist, a family medicine physician, therapists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, service navigators, nurses, and medical assistants. Our team works collaboratively to support our patients and the communities we serve.

This is a primarily weekday outpatient opportunity with no evening, weekend, or on-call responsibilities. 

What You'll Do

Empowering Patients Through Expert Care

• Conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations and develop individualized treatment plans that honor each patient's autonomy and lived experience, including psychopharmacologic interventions where appropriate.
• Provide ongoing medication management for outpatient and residential substance use patients, attentively monitoring effectiveness and side effects.
• Offer meaningful psychoeducation to patients and families to help them understand their conditions, their options, and the resources available to them.

Resilient, Integrated Teamwork

• Serve as a bridge between medical and behavioral health staff using evidence based trauma-informed care.
• Consult with colleagues, case coordinators, and community partners
• Contribute your expertise to telemedicine policy and best practices, helping us extend care to those who need it.
• Participate, as appropriate to the engagement, in clinical consultation and other collaborative activities that support responsive, high-quality patient care.

Documentation & Accountability

• Maintain complete, accurate records in accordance with professional standards.
• Uphold all HIPAA and 42 CFR regulations governing patient confidentiality.

What You Bring

• M.D. or D.O. with board certification or board eligibility in Psychiatry
• Iowa medical licensure (or eligibility to obtain)
• Valid DEA registration and National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Confidence using telemedicine platforms to extend care to rural and satellite locations
• A deep, genuine commitment to serving individuals with dignity, respect, and a belief in their potential

Why Prairie Ridge

North central Iowa needs skilled, compassionate psychiatric care. At Prairie Ridge, you'll have the opportunity to use your expertise where it's genuinely needed while working alongside an experienced behavioral healthcare team committed to providing thoughtful, integrated care.

It's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact for the individuals and communities we serve while maintaining a schedule without evenings, weekends, or on-call responsibilities.