Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute

The MD Psychiatrist will provide physician-level psychiatric assessment, treatment planning, clinical oversight, and medication management for patients receiving care through Kadima’s advanced psychiatric treatment programs. This role includes supervising a Nurse Practitioner, working in the ketamine clinic, overseeing TMS treatments, and providing psychiatric medication management through both in-person and virtual visits.

The ideal candidate is clinically thoughtful, collaborative, compassionate, and interested in advancing access to evidence-informed interventional psychiatry. There may also be opportunities to support clinical research trials depending on the physician’s interests, qualifications, availability, and study needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, and ongoing medication management for patients seen in person and virtually.
• Supervise and collaborate with the Nurse Practitioner, including case consultation, clinical guidance, treatment planning support, and safety oversight.
• Provide physician-level oversight in the ketamine clinic, including patient appropriateness reviews, dosing considerations, treatment response monitoring, and adverse-event support.
• Oversee TMS treatment planning, clinical monitoring, response review, and treatment-course adjustments in collaboration with TMS Operators and clinical staff.
• Support safe, compliant delivery of Spravato care in alignment with REMS requirements and clinic protocols.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, TMS staff, administrative team members, and research staff to support coordinated, high-quality care.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation of evaluations, medication management visits, treatment plans, safety assessments, and clinical decisions.
• Participate in clinical research support opportunities as appropriate and available.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
• Active, unrestricted California medical license in good standing.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Psychiatry required.
• Active DEA registration and ability to prescribe controlled substances in accordance with state and federal requirements.
• Experience providing psychiatric medication management for patients with complex or treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions.
• Experience with ketamine, Spravato, TMS, interventional psychiatry, or treatment-resistant mood disorders strongly preferred.
• Ability to supervise and collaborate effectively with Nurse Practitioners and multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Strong clinical judgment, documentation skills, professionalism, and patient-centered communication.

Why Join Kadima?

• Work in a specialty clinic focused on innovative psychiatric and neuropsychiatric treatments.
• Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team committed to compassion, excellence, integrity, and clinical innovation.
• Support patients with complex and treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions through advanced treatment options.
• Contribute to a growing interventional psychiatry program with opportunities for clinical leadership and research involvement.
• Provide care in a setting that values thoughtful clinical judgment, trauma-informed care, and meaningful patient outcomes.