At First Step House, the work is demanding and deeply meaningful. Every role contributes to helping people achieve recovery, housing, and stability. We hold ourselves accountable to outcomes, but we also look out for each other.
Salt Lake City, Utah
At First Step House, our mission is simple: We help people build lives of meaning, purpose, and recovery.
We are seeking a compassionate and innovative Psychiatrist/Prescriber to join our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team. This is a unique opportunity to practice psychiatry beyond the traditional clinic setting and work directly with individuals living with serious mental illness in the communities where they live, work, and recover.
If you're passionate about serving underserved populations, believe in recovery-oriented care, and enjoy collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, we'd love to hear from you.
Schedule: Day shift | Full time
Salary: $110k - $118K
About the ACT Team
The ACT Team provides intensive, community-based mental health treatment to adults living with serious mental illness, including:
Our team brings psychiatric, nursing, therapy, case management, peer support, and substance use treatment services directly to clients in the community, helping them achieve stability, independence, and meaningful recovery.
About the Role
As the ACT Team Psychiatrist/Prescriber, you will serve as the team's primary medical expert, providing psychiatric assessment, medication management, and clinical consultation while working closely with therapists, nurses, case managers, and peer support specialists.
Unlike traditional outpatient psychiatry, this role involves providing services in the field-including client homes, shelters, and community settings-allowing you to see the full picture of each individual's life and recovery journey.
You'll play a critical role in helping individuals who have historically struggled to engage in traditional treatment access the care they need.
What You'll Do
Clinical Services
Team Collaboration
On-Call Responsibilities
Why Join First Step House?
Licenses/Certificates/Registrations:
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is:
At First Step House, you'll join a mission-driven organization dedicated to helping individuals build healthier, more meaningful lives. Your expertise can make a lasting difference for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
To learn more about our organization, visit: www.firststephouse.org
For employee testimonials and additional opportunities: https://firststephouse.org/employment-opportunities/
First Step House is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Our culture is defined by commitment and results. This is a place for people who want their work to matter — and who thrive where expectations are high and impact is real.
There are days that the job is hard, but I think the reward outweighs how hard the job is. The reward of seeing people smile, seeing people come to the front desk and say, ‘thank you guys for everything you do –you’ve really helped me for the day.’
First Step is a great place to come if you truly want to feel like you’re making a difference. It’s really awesome coming to work everyday knowing that I’m valued and that I’m cared for and that not just my work life is important but overall.
Not only does First Step invest so much in their clients and wraparound services to set them up for success, but they do the same with employees. They give us generous time off and really encourage good like work-life balance which is so needed in this field.
I work at First Step House because I feel valued and feel like I’m giving back to my community.
The things I like most about First Step House and my job are that I get to see clients come into the building with no hope at all, and I get to watch them go from no hope to having all the hope in the world, a place to live, a job, and having a fresh life.
If you want your work to mean something, you’re in the right place.
Join a team that shows up for each other and the people we serve.
