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Psychiatry Expert

Weekday AIUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Aug 15, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Leverage your expertise to shape the future of AI in mental healthcare by developing critical evaluation tasks for advanced systems, contributing to groundbreaking research in a fully remote, flexible environment. If you are a board-certified psychiatrist with a passion for innovation and a desire to impact AI development, this $150/hour opportunity offers a unique way to apply your clinical acumen. Join a collaborative project that values your specialized knowledge and offers a rewarding intellectual challenge.

Quick Overview

Salary
$150/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
Remote
Location
United States
Posted
4 weeks ago
Patient Care

Job Description

This role is for one of our clients

Compensation: $150 per hour

We are seeking board-certified psychiatrists to support an expert evaluation project with a leading AI research organization.

The project focuses on assessing how effectively advanced AI systems reason through complex psychiatric scenarios. As a Psychiatry Expert, you will use your clinical expertise to develop challenging, expert-level diagnostic and reasoning tasks, establish authoritative reference answers, and identify common weaknesses in AI-generated clinical reasoning.

Psychiatrists from a range of practice settings are welcome, with particular interest in professionals with specialized expertise in psychiatry subspecialties.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop expert-level psychiatric cases and reasoning challenges designed to test advanced AI systems.
  • Create accurate, clinically rigorous, gold-standard answers supported by clear diagnostic and clinical reasoning.
  • Evaluate nuanced psychiatric scenarios, including complex differentials, edge cases, and risk-assessment considerations.
  • Review AI-generated responses and identify clinical inaccuracies, reasoning gaps, unsupported conclusions, and common failure patterns.
  • Provide structured feedback to help research teams understand and improve AI performance on advanced psychiatric tasks.
  • Collaborate directly with AI research teams and other subject-matter experts.
  • Apply current clinical knowledge and professional judgment consistently when evaluating model outputs.

Required Qualifications

  • Completed psychiatry residency through an ACGME, AOA, or recognized national-equivalent program. Current trainees do not qualify.
  • Medical degree: MD or DO. International medical degrees from recognized institutions are also eligible.
  • Active board certification in psychiatry, such as:
    • ABPN
    • FRCPC
    • MRCPsych
    • FRANZCP
    • Recognized national equivalent

  • Board-eligible or lapsed certifications do not meet the requirement.
  • Active, unrestricted medical license with no current suspension, revocation, or open disciplinary action.
  • 3+ years of independent clinical practice after residency, either currently or within the past two years. Residency and fellowship training do not count toward this requirement.
  • Current or recent practice in an accredited or government-licensed clinical setting, including hospitals, academic medical centers, community clinics, private practices, or telehealth organizations.
  • Must be based in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, or Australia. US-based candidates are preferred.
  • Psychiatry must be the primary area of professional practice.

Preferred Qualifications

The following qualifications are valued but are not mandatory:

  • 10+ hours per week of direct patient care, currently.
  • Specialized expertise in one or more of the following areas:
    • Addiction Psychiatry
    • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    • Forensic Psychiatry
    • Geriatric Psychiatry
    • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

  • Subspecialty expertise demonstrated through a fellowship, subspecialty board certification, or at least two years of relevant clinical practice.
  • Experience developing or administering OSCEs, including examiner or assessment-development experience.
  • Current or recent faculty appointment within a psychiatry department.
  • Experience reviewing, evaluating, grading, or developing clinical or medical educational content.

Role Responsibilities

As part of the engagement, you may be asked to:

  • Develop clinically challenging psychiatric scenarios for AI evaluation.
  • Produce authoritative answers with transparent and well-structured clinical reasoning.
  • Focus on nuanced differentials, psychiatric risk assessment, diagnostic uncertainty, and clinical edge cases.
  • Evaluate model responses for clinical accuracy, reasoning quality, and appropriate judgment.
  • Identify recurring failure modes in AI reasoning and communicate them clearly to research teams.
  • Collaborate with other psychiatric and clinical experts to maintain consistent evaluation standards.

Screening Process

Qualified candidates will complete a 20–30 minute structured interview.

The screening conversation will focus on your clinical background, independent practice experience, psychiatric specialization, and relevant subspecialty expertise.

Engagement Details

  • Role: Psychiatry Expert
  • Work Arrangement: Fully Remote
  • Engagement Type: Independent Contractor
  • Location Eligibility: US, UK, Europe, or Australia
  • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project requirements and performance.
  • Payments are made weekly based on services rendered through available payment platforms.
  • The engagement does not require access to confidential or proprietary information belonging to any current or former employer, client, or institution.
  • H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported.

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