Psychiatric Consultant

Summary

Join Colla Health, a behavioral healthcare company supporting cancer patients, as a Psychiatric Consultant. You will provide consultation to a collaborative care team, including Behavioral Health Care Managers (BHCMs) and clinic providers, on managing patient behavioral health conditions. Responsibilities include caseload consultation, treatment recommendations, and advising on appropriate care. The role initially involves a contract-to-hire arrangement with flexible hours, transitioning to full-time employment. This position requires a PMHNP license and strong collaboration and communication skills. Ideally, candidates will have experience in primary care or consultation-liaison psychiatry and proficiency in evidence-based treatment approaches.

Requirements

• Licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude
• Ability to quickly synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence-based clinical recommendations

Responsibilities

• Provide regularly scheduled systematic caseload consultation to BHCMs. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload, who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan, who received medication recommendations, and who have elevated symptoms
• Using the registry to track all assigned patients, work with BHCMs to oversee the status and population health of assigned patient caseload
• Recommend any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other brief therapeutic strategies
• Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment in the medical setting until patients can be engaged in specialized care as appropriate
• Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone consultation to clinic providers for very complex patients or challenging patient situations
• Deliver behavioral health education to the team regarding treatment of conditions
• Support collaboration remotely and / or in-person with clinic providers by participating in multi-disciplinary activities such as Tumor Board and Clinic Trainings

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with primary care psychiatry or consultation-liaison psychiatry
• Experience in collaborative, multidisciplinary medical settings
• Proficiency in evidence-based treatment approaches (Problem-Solving Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Behavioral Activation)
• Knowledge of behavioral health screening tools (PHQ9, GAD7, CSSRS, etc.)

Benefits

• Base Salary $140,000 - $150,000
• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Generous and flexible vacation policy
• Access to world-class startup platform