Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Quick facts
- Pay
- $385,000 plus bonus
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Watertown, NY
- Background
- MD / physician
- Industry
- Health and Care — 3087 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
HealthYes Staffing Network is recruiting a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for a permanent opportunity with an established pediatric behavioral health program in Northern New York.
This opportunity offers primarily daytime hours, an experienced interdisciplinary team, productivity-based earning potential, substantial recruitment incentives, student-loan assistance, and J-1 and H-1B visa sponsorship.
Physicians completing training in 2026 or 2027 are encouraged to apply.
Position Highlights
- Competitive base salary of $385k plus bonus
- Additional wRVU productivity incentives
- Sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance
- Student-loan repayment support
- Primarily daytime schedule
- Established pediatric behavioral health team
- Comprehensive employee benefits
- Employer-provided malpractice insurance
- J-1 and H-1B visa sponsorship available
- 2026 and 2027 candidates welcomed
- Permanent employed position
Clinical Environment
The psychiatrist will provide specialized care to children and adolescents within a dedicated youth behavioral health setting. The position involves collaboration with psychiatrists, pediatric clinicians, social workers, nursing professionals, families, schools, and community-based resources.
The physician will help evaluate, stabilize, and manage young patients experiencing acute and chronic psychiatric, behavioral, developmental, and emotional conditions.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental evaluations
- Diagnose and manage acute and chronic mental health conditions
- Provide age-appropriate psychopharmacologic treatment and medication management
- Develop individualized treatment, stabilization, and follow-up plans
- Provide crisis assessment and intervention
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment options, and recovery planning
- Collaborate with pediatric clinicians, social workers, nurses, therapists, schools, and community resources
- Coordinate follow-up care supporting stabilization and long-term recovery
- Maintain complete and timely clinical documentation
- Participate in applicable quality, safety, and performance-improvement initiatives
- Participate in shared call coverage
Schedule and Call
- Primarily daytime schedule
- Shared call rotation
- Day and night call coverage during at least one weekend per month
Complete weekday hours, weekday call frequency, post-call expectations, and weekend coverage details will be reviewed during the interview process.
Qualifications
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
- Completion of an accredited Psychiatry residency
- Completion of an accredited Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Active New York medical license or eligibility to obtain one
- Eligibility for applicable medical-staff appointment and clinical privileges
- Strong psychiatric evaluation, medication-management, and crisis-intervention skills
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary pediatric behavioral health environment
- Strong communication skills and a family-centered approach to care
Visa Sponsorship
The organization is actively considering qualified physicians requiring:
- J-1 visa sponsorship
- H-1B visa sponsorship
Physicians completing residency or fellowship training in 2026 or 2027 are encouraged to apply. Visa eligibility and sponsorship requirements will be reviewed individually.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation package includes:
- Competitive base salary
- wRVU productivity incentives
- Total compensation potential exceeding $385,000 annually
- Sign-on bonus
- Relocation assistance
- Student-loan repayment support
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- CME support
- Employer-provided malpractice insurance
Final compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, productivity, and the terms of the employment agreement.
Life in Northern New York
Located near the St. Lawrence River, the community offers access to the Thousand Islands, Adirondack recreation, waterfront communities, and the Canadian border. Watertown, Ottawa, and numerous year-round outdoor destinations are within the broader region.
The area may appeal to physicians seeking meaningful clinical work, a manageable pace of life, four-season recreation, and the opportunity to improve access to specialized pediatric mental healthcare.
Confidential Application
Apply confidentially through HealthYes Staffing Network. A recruiter will review your background, discuss the compensation and call structure, and provide the complete opportunity profile after qualification.
HealthYes Staffing Network — Connecting People, Building Futures.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name HealthYes Staffing Network in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Psychiatrists (SOC 29-1223).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Physician (teaching or research only)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level IV (fully competent)Psychiatrists · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $165,152 | ~15% |
| Level II | $230,776 | ~31% |
| Level III | $296,379 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $362,003 | ~61% |
This job pays $385,000 a year — that's Level IV (fully competent). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level IV registration gets 4 entries; estimated selection chance about 61% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.