Psychiatrist - Street Psychiatry

Atrium Health Behavioral Health is a vital part of Carolinas Medical Center and is the largest regional provider of mental health and substance use services in the Carolinas and is currently seeking a psychiatrist who will work primarily in the community (outreach centers, on the streets, in homeless encampments). The position serves the homeless population of Mecklenburg County.

This team provides the most advanced care in psychiatric, and substance use services and offers treatment options for adults, adolescents, and children through a comprehensive, integrated system of inpatient and outpatient programs.

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. We invite BE/BC Psychiatrists to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together in our Psychiatry & Counseling team at Atrium Health Behavioral Health.

Position Highlights:

• Community-Based Care: Provide psychiatric evaluation and treatment directly to the unhoused community

• : Work as part of a multidisciplinary street medicine team delivering care in non-traditional settings (streets, encampments, shelters).
• Collaborate with nurses, and outreach specialists to address mental health, substance use, and social determinants of health.
• Adapt to dynamic, field-based work environments with a focus on patient engagement and trust-building.
• Utilize evidence-based practices to support individuals with complex mental health needs and histories of trauma.
• Promote mental health awareness and advocate for systemic changes to improve access to psychiatric care for marginalized populations.
• Coordinate follow-up and linkage to community resources, housing programs, and outpatient services.

Candidate Highlights:

• MD/DO
• BE/BC Psychiatrist

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.