Direct Care Physician

Summary

Join Cerebral as a Direct Care Physician and provide evidence-based mental health treatment to adult clients via telemedicine. Collaborate with therapists and psychiatrists to support clients on their mental health journey. Enjoy flexible scheduling options, working during traditional business hours, evenings, or weekends. This is a 1099 independent contractor position requiring an active MD/DO license in Tennessee, national board certification, and a strong clinical background in psychiatry, family medicine, or integrative medicine. You will conduct client sessions, maintain weekly availability, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals. Cerebral offers a remote-first model, access to innovative technology, continued education opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• Hold an active MD/DO license in good standing in Tennessee
• National Board Certification
• Strong clinical background within Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine
• Comfortable assessing and formulating evidence-based treatment plans for clients with mental illness
• 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

• Hold thoughtful and engaged sessions with clients; 30 minute initial sessions and 15 minute follow up sessions
• Provide a minimum of 5 hours of weekly availability
• 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
• Must be clinically strong, function autonomously and competently, and utilize critical thinking skills to provide appropriate care
• You will work collaboratively with other mental health care partners at Cerebral to ensure the most beneficial level of treatment for our clients
• 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