Prescribing Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - 1099 Contractor - Allentown, Pennsylvania

The role

You will provide evidence-based psychiatric care to children, teens, and young adults. Your work includes psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and referrals to therapy and coaching services.

What you will do

• Provide medication management through a 60-minute intake appointment and regular follow-up appointments
• Conduct mental health risk assessments and psychiatric medication evaluations
• Build patient-centered treatment plans and document treatment recommendations
• Message patients and prescribe and manage psychiatric medications
• Deliver safe, evidence-based medication treatment that follows clinical best practice guidelines

Required qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited (CCNE) Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program, or graduate from an accredited PA program (ARC-PA) with certification through PANCE
• Unrestricted state license
• A minimum of 2 years in practice
• Office space in Allentown to see clients
• Ability to provide care to patients with a full range of diagnoses, clinical complexity, and severity levels
• Full-time resident of the United States

Nice to have

• Active DEA license (strong preference)
• Certificate of Added Qualifications in psychiatry, post-graduate fellowship in psychiatry, or other academic psychiatry certificate program completion, including a Doctor of Medical Science with Psych
• Additional certification or clinical experience with minors (preference)
• Preference for providers who offer in-person options

Benefits

• Set your own schedule without a minimum hours requirement
• Paperless billing and quick payment turnaround
• Custom-built calendar for new patients to connect seamlessly
• Access to experienced clinical consultations and specialty group consultation meetings
• 24/7 Care Navigation team for client crisis support

Before you apply

• Must be a full-time resident of the United States
• Must have office space to see clients in Allentown
• Contract position; you will be contracted by Lyra Clinical Associates

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care. The company reports serving more than 20 million people globally.