
Inova Health
Outpatient Psychiatrist - Intensive Outpatient Program
Alexandria, VA
Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Outpatient Psychiatrist to join the team. Inova Behavioral Health supports Inova's overall mission, promoting total wellness - mind and body - by offering a full spectrum of mental health and addiction treatment services to the surrounding Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, metropolitan community.
Split between our outpatient clinic and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), the Outpatient Psychiatrist position offers a unique blend of clinical opportunities. In the outpatient clinic, you will carry a small caseload of medication management patients and will help lead transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and esketamine, as part of our growing neuromodulation program.
In the Intensive Outpatient Program, you will provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and clinical consultation for patients participating in structured outpatient behavioral health services. This role works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary treatment team to support stabilization, treatment planning, symptom management, and safe transitions to ongoing care.
Our extensive continuum of care includes an urgent psychiatric assessment center (IPAC), inpatient psychiatry, detoxification and addiction services, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), outpatient psychiatric appointments, and outpatient counseling services.
We have a collaborative, multidisciplinary care team that consists of:
• Psychiatrists
• Licensed Therapists
• Social Workers
• Psychiatric Nurses
• Mental Health Technicians
• Patient Care Coordination Managers
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.**We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Program Features:
Inova Behavioral Health Services offers medication management, therapy and integrated behavioral healthcare services at clinic locations across Northern Virginia. Here is an overview of the types of outpatient care we offer:
- Medication Management
- Individual Therapy and Counseling
- Integrated Behavioral Health Services
- Behavioral Health Services Integrated with Specialty Care
Additional Requirements:
- Education: Doctor of Medicine degree or Doctor of Osteopathic degree from an accredited institution AND Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
- Experience: Successful completion of an ACGME physician residency program
- Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia and Virginia DEA
- Credentialing: Ability to be credentialed by the Inova Health System as an associate member of the Medical Staff with clinical privileges in Internal Medicine
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2 years experience
About Inova Health
We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC metropolitan area's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy.
We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help them flourish. Through our expansive network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, and outpatient services, Inova provides care for more than one million unique patients every year. Total patient visits exceed four million annually, demonstrating our ability to deliver the best clinical care and ensuring a seamless experience for all who rely on us for their healthcare needs.
Consistently ranked and recognized as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience, Inova's world-class care is made possible by the strength and breadth of our network, our 26,000 team members, our technology and our innovation. In 2025, Inova was named the Health System of the Year by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare experience, recognizing our excellence in patient care, team member engagement, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Inova is home to Northern Virginia's only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provides high-quality healthcare to each person in every community we are privileged to serve – regardless of ability to pay – every day of their life.
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Posted June 11, 2026