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Collaborating Psychiatrist (Supervising Physician) — Texas, Fully Remote, Part-Time

Legion Health

Legion Health

Austin, TX, USA
Posted on Feb 5, 2024
[We show compassion to heal minds.]

About Legion Health:

Legion is a pioneering, tech-enabled virtual psychiatry network focused on delivering world-class outpatient care. Quality is paramount to us. This means recruiting exceptional providers, championing evidence-based protocols, and implementing an outcomes-based measurement approach.

Our vision is to pioneer a new era of mental health by delivering world-class psychiatry. We believe in a future where every patient can access the psychiatric care they need, regardless of the insurance they have.

Our psychiatric APPs undergo a rigorous vetting process (fewer than 5% are selected) and have trained at some of the top programs in the country, including Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, UT Austin, and UTHealth Houston.

Legion is backed by physicians and C-suite executives at Optum, Geode Health, Modern Health, and Definitive Healthcare.

About the role:

We're seeking a forward-thinking psychiatrist who is passionate about leveraging technology to improve access to mental health services and making an impact as a collaborating/supervising psychiatrist for Legion's APPs. Our focus is on the high-quality treatment of conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and insomnia/sleep disorders through secure telemedicine visits.

Job Type: Part-time, Contract, Fully Remote.

Salary: $500 / month / PMHNP. In Texas, physicians can supervise 7 full-time NPs and 14 part-time NPs, meaning this role can compensate up to $7,000 / month.

Additional compensation: Bonuses rewarding strong performance.

Growth: Insight into a fast-growing, tech-forward mental health company. Interaction with our esteemed clinical advisory board. Ability to shape how Legion delivers on our promise of high-quality care.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with highly-experienced, highly-trained, and compassionate PMHNPs who treat low- and medium-risk psychiatry patients using evidence-based treatments.
  • Directly contribute to Legion's vision of making world-class psychiatric care much more accessible to patients, regardless of insurance.
  • Approve and send prescriptions through our EMR & eRX system.
  • Mentor other psychiatric providers to ensure that each patient is getting the highest-quality care possible.
  • Earn extra for additional collaborative agreements with new NPs.

Requirements

  • Active, unrestricted license as a physician (MD or DO) in Texas.
  • Active, unrestricted DEA license in Texas.
  • Board certification as a psychiatrist.
  • Passion for improving access to high-quality care for vulnerable populations.
  • Comfort supervising nurse practitioners, conducting chart reviews, and answering questions at monthly meetings.
  • Comfort using technology and electronic health record systems.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional information

Members of our clinical and business advisory board include:

  • Madhukar Trivedi, M.D. [Professor of Psychiatry and Distinguished Chair in Mental Health at UT Southwestern]
  • David Marcovitz, M.D. [Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University]
  • Alexander Ruvalcaba, M.D. [Psychiatrist and Physician Executive at MultiCare Behavioral Health Network]
  • Kamlesh Sisodiya, M.D. [Pain Medicine Physician and Partner at Precision Pain Solutions]
  • Samir Malik [ex-Founder at Genoa Telepsychiatry, Founder at firsthand]
  • Andrew Thompson [National COO at Pediatric Associates]