About the role
This is a remote position.
Job Description:
Psychiatry Pod Lead
* Provide psychiatric clinical leadership to a designated psychiatry pod (team), ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care to patients with SMI, SUD, and dementia.
* Lead, mentor, and supervise a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals
* Lead clinical team huddles to ensure the care team is working collaboratively toward improving the lives and clinical outcomes of patients
* Provide clinical support to the BH team, who will be providing short-term psychotherapy, supporting caregivers, coordinating transitions of care, and connecting patients to community-based organizations and agencies
* Provide regular supervision and support to the respective pod psychiatric nurse practitioners
* Conduct regular case reviews, peer supervision sessions, and provide constructive feedback to ensure professional development and adherence to best practices.
* Serve as a key liaison between the psychiatric pod and other departments, including primary care, chronic care management, and community services.
* Collaborate with PCPs, as well as patients’ other providers, to coordinate treatment and help address co-occurring physical health conditions
* Contribute to constructing the psychiatrist’s role within the company, including contributing to company culture and serving as an ambassador for the company’s mission.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of BH clinical programming within the market, with an eye toward refining processes that allow the company to scale
Direct Psychiatric Care
* Manage the psychiatric care of a panel of patients, including diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, medication management, and crisis intervention when needed.
* Ensure continuity of care by monitoring patient progress, adjusting treatment plans as necessary, and ensuring follow-up care is provided.
* Use outcome measurement tools during the course of treatment to help patients and the treatment team track progress.
* Implement and monitor clinical protocols and guidelines that enhance the quality of psychiatric care.
* Support the recruitment process, interview candidates, and provide input in the hiring process, in addition to supporting clinicians' onboarding and ongoing training
* Participate in a rotating on-call schedule (few times per year)
* Full-time, 40h/week (anticipate 30h/week direct virtual patient care)
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Requirements
Qualifications:
* A Medical Degree (MD or DO) and Board certification in Adult Psychiatry are required
* Active medical licensures in the states of practice, Florida and Texas, and other states, as services are scaled nationally
* Additional board certification in Geriatric Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, and Addiction Psychiatry is preferred.
Experience:
* Strong knowledge of psychiatric conditions, treatment modalities, and current best practices in the field.
* Experience treating patients with serious mental illness (preferred: experience treating seniors) and comfort managing patients with complex medical and psychosocial needs.
* Leadership experience in clinical psychiatry with proven experience leading, managing, or supervising multidisciplinary teams.
* Telehealth experience
* A minimum of 2-3 years of experience supervising psychiatric nurse practitioners
* Experience supervising a multidisciplinary team of providers
* Experience working in a collaborative care model and with care management teams is a plus
* Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred
Benefits
WHAT WE OFFER:
* Wrap around administrative support (medical assistants, documentation and AI scribe, billing, etc.)
* Retirement savings plan (401k) Plan up to 3.5% company match
* Low-cost benefits package for employee and dependents ( medical/ dental/ vision/ STD/ Life Insurance)
* Generous paid vacation and sick leave
* 9 paid holidays throughout the year with (2) additional flex holidays .. 11 in total!
* CME PTO and CME funds for continued education
* Full licensure and board certification maintenance reimbursement
* Performance-based bonuses
* and more!
Originally posted on Himalayas