Collaborating Psychiatrist

Summary

Join Cerebral as a licensed Collaborating Psychiatrist and contribute to our mission of expanding access to high-quality mental healthcare. This 1099 independent contractor position, estimated at 5-15 hours per month, involves supervising Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs). You will conduct patient chart audits, hold monthly office hours with NPs, ensure proper documentation and interventions, and meet state-specific collaboration requirements. The role requires a strong clinical background in psychiatry, excellent communication skills, and comfort with telemedicine. Cerebral offers a flexible schedule, remote work, access to innovative technology, continued education opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• Hold an active MD/DO license in good standing in Texas
• National Board Certification as a Psychiatrist
• Strong clinical background within Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine
• Mental Health experience and a minimum of 2+ years’ experience
• Maintain a strong evidence-based clinical skill set while practicing & implementing outcome-focused care
• Empathetic and intuitive listening
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Knowledgeable in crisis response
• Comfortable working autonomously in a telemedicine environment
• Tech-savvy with the ability to navigate various systems & tools with ease (this includes, but is not limited to Google Workspace, proprietary EMR, etc.)
• Passionate about our mission of improving access to high-quality mental health care

Responsibilities

• Ensure the most beneficial level of treatment is implemented for our clients
• Work collaboratively with the PMHNP team and conduct patient chart audits on a monthly basis
• Conduct a minimum of three patient chart audits per month per nurse practitioner that you are supervising; requirements will vary based on states regulations
• Hold a monthly 1-hour office hour (or two 30-minute sessions) for designated nurse practitioners
• Evaluate and assess that proper documentation and appropriate interventions are being implemented
• Fulfill any state-specific requirement as a collaborator (attendance in meetings, etc.)
• Must be clinically strong, function autonomously and competently, and utilize critical thinking skills to provide appropriate triage care
• Each nurse practitioner that you supervise will roughly be an hour of work per individual per month (must abide by state rules and regulations)
• Create your own flexible schedule based on your individual availability! Scheduled time must fall within the hours of 6:00am to 11:30pm per your specific timezone
• Work alongside other like-minded clinicians that have a common goal to positively impact the lives of others, and create an environment that leads to favorable outcomes for clients

Preferred Qualifications

An entrepreneurial spirit or previous experience within a startup or fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Mission-driven impact: Shape the future of the #1 largest and fastest growing online mental health care company in the world
• Mission-driven impact: Build a platform that is improving the lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people
• Mission-driven impact: Join a community of high achievers who have a passion for promoting mental health
• Path to develop & grow: Readily available psychiatrists and clinician leadership for case consultations to ensure you always receive the support you need
• Path to develop & grow: Access to innovative technology to support you in delivering the highest quality of care to your clients
• Path to develop & grow: Access to UpToDate for continued education (free CEU offering)
• Remote-first model: Flexibility to choose the hours and schedule that work best for you
• Remote-first model: Work virtually from anywhere in the United States
• Culture & connectivity: Highly-responsive and supportive team of clinical and operational management
• Culture & connectivity: Decreased administrative time for clinicians through ongoing technology improvements and automations
• Culture & connectivity: Fully integrated, data-enabled EMR with embedded clinical decision support, monthly prescriber metric reports, and task management system
• Culture & connectivity: Opportunity to participate in strategic development initiatives to improve our clinical quality and safety and/or clinical processes across the organization