Consulting Psychiatrist (VA, TN, WA, MI, KY, or NC License, IMLC Preferred)

Company Overview

April Health is a mission-driven healthcare organization that helps people access high quality mental health treatment through their primary care clinician. As the prevalence of mental health issues continues to rise, more people experience difficulty finding support, particularly in rural communities. At April Health, we make evidence-based mental treatment easily accessible and affordable through the collaborative care model. This team-based treatment model involves a medical provider and behavioral health care manager who coordinate the patient’s care under the oversight of a consulting psychiatrist.

Our success starts with our people. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to work in a rewarding workplace with a strong sense of community. We know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging.

Role

The Consulting Psychiatrist is responsible for helping facilitate the highest quality mental health care possible for patients enrolled in April Health. In this role, you will not directly evaluate patients. Instead, you will participate in virtual case consultation meetings where you will provide guidance and treatment recommendations for patients under the care of our behavioral health care managers and primary care partners. This role has a minimum time commitment of 1.5 hours/week, but can scale up over time if you are interested.

Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly virtual caseload consultation in partnership with behavioral health care managers.
• Synthesize patient’s medical and psychiatric details to write evidence-based treatment suggestions/adjustments. This includes medical recommendations and supporting behavioral treatment within 24 hours of case review.
• Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment in the medical setting until patients are engaged in specialized care as appropriate.
• Document treatment recommendations in the electronic health record and communicate with ordering providers as requested.
• Communicate periodically with behavioral health care managers and ordering providers for urgent matters. Respond to telephone calls from medical providers within one business day.

Background and Skills

• Board-certified, licensed psychiatrist (MD/DO)
• Currently licensed in one of the following states: NC, VA, WA, IA, KY, MI, TN and willing to pursue additional licenses as needed
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude
• Proficient in evidence-based brief therapeutic interventions (i.e., Problem-Solving Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Behavioral Activation)
• Subspecialty experience with child/adolescent psychiatry, perinatal/women’s health psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry are highly desirable.
• Experience with the Collaborative Care Model preferred
• IMLC License preferred

Key Attributes

• Comfortable providing population-based mental health treatment in collaboration with other treatment providers without directly seeing the patient
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships other members of the care team
• Experience with primary care psychiatry or consultation-liaison psychiatry
• Comfortable working remotely in a virtual setting including collaborating with colleagues by telephone and video calls

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive hourly compensation
• Fully remote & flexible work environment
• Opportunity to grow your hours in the future