Psychiatric Physician Assistant Virtual Psychiatry Online Job Opening for Employment

We at TelepsychHealth are looking for a personable, energetic, self-motivated licensed psychiatric physician assistant (PA) who is interested in coming on board to a private practice to provide telepsychiatric services to individuals in Illinois, Florida, California, Minnesota, Texas, New York and potentially more states.

Since this is a telepsych/virtual position, you would work from home. The patients will be located in their own homes during the appointments.

This is for a W2 full-time employee position with benefits. You would have the support of intake, benefit verification, insurance credentialing, billing, scheduling, authorizations. You would be working closely with a team consisting of a psychiatrist, professional counselor, clinical social worker, and a marriage and family therapist.

Your responsibilities would include: carrying out medication management and psychotherapy services in accordance to state and national regulations, maintain the schedule of all your active clients, complete timely appointment notes that comply with insurance contracts, operate and troubleshoot your own technology (such as computer, software, EHR), and collaborate with other providers of the practice.

About the position

– If you are currently credentialed by most insurance companies, you would start at 30 hrs per week for 4 weeks then increase to 40 hrs per week thereafter. If you are not credentialed by insurance, your starting hours would be determined by when the insurance credentialing completes.

– The patients would be seeing you from their homes, not from a clinic or hospital.

– Average age of patients is around 20-45, but ranges from 18 to 65.

– EHR we use is ChARM, and is very easy to use, extremely reliable, and web-based. It includes a patient portal, scheduling, all-in-one.

– New patient appointments are 55 minutes, follow up appointments: 25 minute sessions.

– Interest in psychotherapy is a plus.

– Pay is based on face-to-face time with patients.

Requirements

– Applicants must have an independent and unrestricted PA license in the state of Illinois or California and at least 1 year of experience in the field.

– Hold a current license in Illinois, California, Texas or New York, with a clean license history.

– You must own a computer with camera, subscribe to high speed internet, and have a private, well-lit office to see patients.

– Ability to work at least 30 hours per week.

– Willing to consent to a background check.

– Some evening and/or weekend availability is required.

– Candidates will need a NPI and an attested CAQH profile. To do so, you can go to: https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/ and https://proview.caqh.org/PR/Registration to get started. This is required for credentialing with insurance companies.

– Must not be currently under contract, or have any noncompete with your current employer.

– Must live in the U.S.

Benefits

– Deliver psychiatric services on your own schedule and grow your practice

– Convenience of working from home

– Lifelong learning opportunities with CME and team conferences

– Compensation commensurate to experience

To Apply

• Please include a cover letter about your interest in telepsychiatry. Please describe your background in online therapy. Candidates with prior telepsych experience will be given special consideration.

Job Type: Contract