At Vita Health, we're on a mission to deliver the highest quality mental health care to adolescents and transitional-age youth nationally. We believe that no youth is too ill and no problem is too small. We offer care to patients with a wide variety of mental health needs, which is both accessible and impactful. Our specialized clinical care pathways, talented clinicians, customized programs, and variety of care options allow for targeted treatment focused on helping patients and their families successfully achieve their unique clinical goals.

Overview of Role:

Delivering exceptional, high-touch, patient-centered care is at the core of Vita's philosophy. Our care involves the use of technology to deliver team-based and evidence-based care focused on general mental health for adolescents and young adults. We also utilize a proprietary electronic protocol and other tools to provide state-of-the-art treatment for suicidality. Our patient acquisition method is unique for a telehealth provider in that we partner with pediatricians and OB/Gyns in our key states to make direct referrals to our service.

We are expanding our clinical team and are looking for a Board Certified Psychiatrist (M.D./D.O.) who is currently licensed in NY, NJ, or PA who is passionate about patient care. Join us and help drive our mission to provide the highest quality care and support for adolescents, young adults, their families, and communities!

Reporting to the CMO, this role will focus heavily on clinical care as well as leadership of a team to include psychiatric APRNs. In this role, the clinician-manager will also collaborate with other clinical and operational leaders to ensure that care protocols, quality oversight, workflows, and outcomes are optimized and meet the strategy of the organization. This person will also be a thought leader and assist our organization in growing and refining our offering.

Scope of Responsibilities:

Clinical Care

• Provide initial evaluations and ongoing care for an ongoing patient panel to include patients aged 12 and above
• Key focus areas may include:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • ADHD
  • SUD
  • COVID/Mental Health
• Prescribe and manage medications, as appropriate
• Prescribe controlled substances, only where allowable and DEA/CDS exists, otherwise participate in collaborative care with primary care provider
• Utilize Vita care pathways and resources to support patient care
• Participate in cross licensure 3-5 states, as well as credentialing

Psychiatric Team Leader

• Lead group clinical consultation meetings and one-on-one clinical supervision
• Provide collaboration for APRNs when these are required by the state
• Provide first line for crisis management for direct reports and for our therapy team with the support of your manager and colleagues
• Lead other educational sessions with your team as needed

• Collaborate on the development of educational programming to support referring providers in identifying and engaging their patients in treatment

Collaboration with Therapy Team

• Accept internal referrals from our therapy team
• Collaborate with the therapists, as appropriate, on the care of patients
• Provide expert leadership for collaborative care case conferences
• Provide feedback to the therapy team to refine the referral process

Administrative Collaboration

• Collaborate with clinical leadership team on strategy and day to day operations
• Provide advice and reviews of care guidelines and protocols
• Support the clinical quality processes, including providing reviews of team members
• Provide occasional educational sessions or updates
• Provide support for software improvement and development of workflows

Team Build:

• Other psychiatry team members- primarily APRns, but may include psychiatrists
• Collaborate with other psychiatry team(s)
• Collaborate with therapy team

Additional

• Assist the risk management and compliance teams
  • Development of strong crisis management protocols and screening tools
• Support sales and business development teams with marketing efforts
• Participate in focus groups with the technical team

This role may be a fit for you if:

• You are passionate about working with teens and young adults
• You are skilled and dedicated to providing outcomes-focused, evidence-based care
• You are committed to cultivating awareness while building rapport

Qualifications:

• Board Certified Psychiatrist - currently licensed in NY, NJ, or PA
• Active DEA certificate in primary state
• Active CAQH
• Clean background for cross licensure and credentialing preferred
• Telehealth experience is a plus
• Knowledge of Athena EMR a plus

Requirements:

• Conduct clinical assessments of patients and provide medication management from your home office via live, synchronous telehealth encounters
• Complete patient notes in our Electronic Health Records system
• Prescribe medication to reduce mental health symptoms, as needed
• Review and approve individualized service plans and assessments
• Lead a psychiatry team and collaborative with Nurse Practitioners
• Collaborate with members of the patients care team, including the therapy team

Benefits:

• This is a W2 part-time position (½ FTE)
• This position is 100% remote/ Telehealth with IT support
• Hours are flexible, however the hours must meet patient hours of availability
• No on-call shifts
• Malpractice Insurance provided
• Paid license to EMR (Athena)
• Medical benefits available (for W2)
• Support team provides patient scheduling, billing, pre-auths and other back end support • Credentialing and licensing in additional states supported
• Competitive salary/compensation

EEOC Statement

Vytyl Health Management Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to their race, religion, creed, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, physical ability, mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, sex, age, genetic information, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, in all personnel actions including recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training, and termination.