Psychiatry·Part-time; specific hours not stated; benefits available at 24+ hours/week·A+Pay transparency
Overview
The package
AI-structured
Amae Health is hiring a part-time Psychiatrist for their upcoming integrated outpatient SMI clinic in Orange, CA, serving patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I, and treatment-resistant depression as part of an interdisciplinary team. The full-time equivalent base salary range is $300,000–$330,000/year, prorated for part-time hours, with benefits available at 24+ hours/week.
$300k - $330k/yr employer-posted compensation with salary structure
Part-time; specific hours not stated; benefits available at 24+ hours/week
Outpatient specialty clinic · Venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation; in-person integrated SMI clinic (partnered with major health systems) · Outpatient only (with occasional virtual visits)
Teaching responsibilities or academic setting indicated
Research expectations or opportunities indicated
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Posted pay vs real comps
Posted pay
$333k$440k$610k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
The employer-posted range and what 10 physicians report earning (state cohort) are shown side by side below — compared, never blended into one number. Reported figures are total compensation; posted ranges are often base salary, so this comparison can read low.
Compensation
Type
Listed on official posting
Job-specific pay
$300,000 – $330,000
Evidence
base salary for this part-time role will be prorated from a full-time equivalent range of $300,000- $330,000 per year, adjusted based on market benchmarks. Benefit packages will be available if part-
Observed
2 wk ago
Structure
salary
Pay in context
Orange, California
Employer-posted pay shown next to what physicians report earning — compared, never blended, never scored one against the other.
Employer-posted pay
$300k - $330k/yr
Midpoint $315,000 · listed on official posting
Physician-reported median
$440k
10 physician reports · state cohort · total comp
Posted pay
$333k$440k$610k
Posted pay Physician-reported range Reported median
Reported pay is SalaryDr community data — total compensation, shown separately from the employer-posted range, which is often base salary only. We don't score one against the other because they measure different things.
Venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation; in-person integrated SMI clinic (partnered with major health systems)
Patient population
Adults with severe mental illness: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, treatment-resistant depression
Community snapshot
Peer median
$440k
10 reports · California
Active supply
39
1 in Orange
Transparent pay
4/39
state roles with reviewed pay
Work-life
Outpatient specialty clinic
Cost of living
113
above U.S. avg (100) · BEA Regional Price Parities
Schools
-0.4
grade levels vs U.S. avg · NAEP 2024
10 SalaryDr Psychiatry reports in California show a $440,000 median.
39 active Psychiatry roles in California, including 1 in Orange; 4 include reviewed transparent pay.
Physicians in this comparison cohort report 4.5/5 average job satisfaction.
Questions to ask the employer
Is $300,000–$330,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
The posted pay sits below what 10 Psychiatry physicians report (state median $440,000) — what closes that gap: productivity upside, bonus, equity, or schedule?
What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
At 0.5 FTE, how do compensation, benefits, and call scale — and is moving to 1.0 FTE an option later?
How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
Generated from this posting's disclosed facts and the SalaryDr comparison — bring them to the first recruiter call.
Work Design
Schedule
Part-time; specific hours not stated; benefits available at 24+ hours/week
Inpatient / outpatient
Outpatient only (with occasional virtual visits)
Coverage model
Interdisciplinary team-based care (psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, community health workers)
Admin burden
Moderate; treatment plan development, interdisciplinary care coordination, documentation; purpose-built technology tools provided
<div class="content-intro"><div>
<p><strong>The Problem</strong></p>
<p>Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for.</p>
<p>What makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve.</p>
<p>We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology.</p>
</div></div><p><strong>Who We Are</strong></p>
<p>Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation that delivers specialty outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. We design and operate high-acuity, in-person clinics across the United States.</p>
<p>Our model integrates psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community health workers under one roof to deliver coordinated, longitudinal care for a population that has historically been fragmented across systems.</p>
<p>Leading health systems collaborate with Amae to bring this model to their communities, including <strong>New York-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit Health</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Why We Are Different</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Integrated care, not a referral network.</strong> Psychiatrists, therapists, primary care providers, dietitians, and community health workers work side-by-side and share responsibility for the same patients.</li>
<li><strong>Practice at the top of your license.</strong> Manageable caseloads, meaningful clinical depth, and purpose-built tools designed for this population.</li>
<li><strong>Continuous learning.</strong> Through our collaboration with Mass General Brigham, clinicians receive ongoing training, supervision, and mentorship in evidence-based SMI care.</li>
<li><strong>Advancing the field.</strong> Our clinicians contribute to new outcomes frameworks and research shaping the future of severe mental illness care.</li>
<li><strong>A model built for sustainability.</strong> Team-based care, thoughtful caseloads, and strong infrastructure make this work meaningful—and sustainable over time.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Role</strong></p>
<p>We are hiring a <strong>Psychiatrist (Part-time)</strong> to join our upcoming clinic in Orange, CA as part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to delivering personalized, compassionate, high-quality care for individuals with SMI.</p>
<p><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Provide behavioral healthcare management to Amae Health patients; monitor and manage care through an array of treatment modalities as patients progress through phases of recovery</li>
<li>Develop individualized treatment plans during the engagement and stabilization phase, focused on specific psychosocial and medical needs that might limit recovery</li>
<li>Provide continuous, regular consultations as patients navigate recovery, both in person and occasionally virtually</li>
<li>Liaise with patient care teams and collaborate with behavioral health providers to ensure an integrated, cohesive approach to care</li>
<li>Address medical needs to mitigate negative impacts of social determinants of health</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What You'll Have</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Psychiatrist, with a CA license and DEA that are active, unrestricted, and in good standing</li>
<li>In possession of or willing to obtain Clozapine REMS certification and Medicaid enrollment if needed</li>
<li>Prior experience with mental health and/or addiction issues; familiarity with the medical, mental health, and social service systems in the Orange County area</li>
<li>Holistic perspective on health and understanding of patient rights</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a wide range of settings with people from diverse backgrounds</li>
<li>Comfort working one-on-one or in group settings; strong coaching and negotiation skills</li>
<li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ease adapting in a dynamic environment</li>
<li>Solid understanding of technology and a passion for utilizing technology to improve care delivery</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What We're Building</strong></p>
<p>As a clinician at Amae, you are not adjacent to this work. You are essential to it.</p>
<ul>
<li>A national care delivery model for the highest-acuity patients in behavioral health.</li>
<li>Precision medicine for SMI. Individualized treatment informed by multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data.</li>
<li>A clinical operating system that puts longitudinal data, real-time patient signals, and purpose-built tools into a single decision layer for care teams.</li>
<li>Frontier science and measurement: defining and validating the outcomes frameworks that this field has never had. Hospitalizations avoided, days stable, functional improvement, and more.</li>
<li>A collaboration model with the country's leading health systems that proves coordinated SMI care can work at scale.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Compensation & Benefits</strong></p>
<p>Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this part-time role will be prorated from a full-time equivalent range of $300,000- $330,000<strong> </strong>per year, adjusted based on market benchmarks. Benefit packages will be available if part-time schedule is 24+ hours/week. We’ll share specifics during the interview process.</p>
<p><em>If you want to practice at the top of your license, learn from the best in academic medicine, contribute to research that is defining a new field, and do it all inside a team that was actually built for this work, we'd like to talk.</em></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p&g…
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