Job Description

Job Description

Seeking a dynamic, part time, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Provider to put the principles of team-based collaborative care and population health into action for medically complex & socially vulnerable members. This role will provide Clinical Guidance and / or Direct Care for Members with Acute and Chronic Behavioral Health needs to include:

• Guide behavioral health treatment of a specified cohort of behavioral health patients, through shared care with other behavioral health clinicians and the primary care provider, using a modified Collaborative Care Model
• Provide interdisciplinary collaboration to make recommendations for the successful management of high risk, high utilizing members with co-occurring behavioral health concerns, including but not limited to: screening, therapeutic interventions, approaches to communication, medication interventions
• Provide education and ongoing consultative support to on and offsite providers related to medical management for BH population
• Provide direct patient care to members requiring evaluation and access to psychiatry – direct care to include provision of diagnosis; recommendations for treatment; evaluation of treatment plan; evaluation of treatment adherence etc.
• Provide tele-psychiatry to appropriate members
• Provide peer to peer consultations as needed for successful management of member care
• Support with Transitional Care Management, Emergency Department diversion and Crisis Intervention
• Outreach to local inpatient and outpatient mental health providers, when needed, to facilitate communication and care coordination
• Conduct post discharge visits for members discharging from inpatient psychiatric admissions
• Perform clinical outreach to local inpatient and outpatient mental health providers, when needed, to facilitate communication and care coordination review as needed for high-risk members
• Advise and assist with management of behavioral health medications, including long acting injectables (LAIs)
• Support with medication reconciliation especially post ED encounter and post hospitalization encounter
• Provide peer to peer consultations as needed for successful management of member care
• Provide tele-psychiatry to members, as appropriate, e.g., enrolled in home-based care, or in post-acute care settings
• Support Addiction Treatment with Emphasis on Medication-Assisted Treatment
• Support the interdisciplinary care team in providing ambulatory-based interventions for common substance use disorders, through us of medications such as buprenorphine and naltrexone
• Participate in developing clinical protocols for Medication-Assisted Treatment
• Provide direct patient care for a subset of complex patients with substance use disorders
• Assist in identifying and transitioning members who require a higher level of care for substance use disorders

Candidate Qualifications

• Licensed and Board-Certified Psychiatrist in the applicable state OR Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with 3-5 years relevant experience as a Advanced Practice Provider
• Experience with addiction medicine preferred
• DEA
• BLS certification required
• Mission-Driven to serve the underserved
• Passion for teaching primary care providers
• Strong focus on customer service is required
• Work without ego, and thoughtfully build successful relationships with team members and our external partners
• Experience in population health management is preferred
• Experience working with psycho-socially and medically complex Medicaid beneficiaries is strongly preferred
• Must be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with constant collaboration within and across provider teams
• Experience and comfort utilizing EMR
• Problem-solving and the ability to be creative in those solutions
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• This position is in-office

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