Physician, Psychiatry; Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is seeking a full-time, BC/BE Psychiatrist.

• Join a growing team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and psychotherapists.
• Schedule flexibility; full time is 35 patient contact hours (4-day work week).
• Responsibilities include direct patient care, psychiatric evaluations and diagnosis, treatment planning, psychopharmacology, and supportive brief therapy.
• The ideal candidate should have a willingness to work with both adult and geriatric patients.
• Opportunity for rapid practice growth; call is on average one in twelve.

• Residency in Adult Psychiatry.

• Relocation allowance.
• Guaranteed salary for two years with production bonus.
• Generous benefits package.
• Shareholder eligibility after two years.
• 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA.

We are one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country, made up of over 1,700 clinicians in 40+ specialties, in practices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our organization is nationally recognized for our excellence with multiple awards for quality of care, innovation, and leadership.

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group is affiliated with Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support, including the latest technology, allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

Located 35 miles south of San Francisco and 14 miles north of San Jose, Palo Alto is part of the San Francisco Metropolitan Bay Area and became known as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Palo Alto offers an unusual blend of intellect, innovation, culture, and natural beauty.

Proximity to Stanford University with its cultural and educational offerings enhances the vibrancy, innate charm, and beauty of Palo Alto. Distinctive in every way, Palo Alto offers its business community a diverse and exciting environment in which to work and live.

It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals, prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy, or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance, or regulation.

We promote equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area.