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

The role

You will provide evidence-based mental health care to children, teens and young adults. You will conduct psychiatric evaluations, provide medication management and refer patients to therapy and coaching services.

What you will do

• Provide comprehensive mental health medication management through intake and regular follow-up appointments
• Conduct mental health risk assessments, psychiatric medication evaluations and longitudinal medication treatment
• Build patient-centered treatment plans, document treatment recommendations and message patients
• Prescribe and manage psychiatric medications using safe, evidence-based practice guidelines

Required qualifications

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

Nice to have

• Certificate of Added Qualifications in psychiatry, post-graduate fellowship in psychiatry, or other academic psychiatry certificate, including a Doctor of Medical Science with Psychiatry concentration
• Additional certification or clinical experience with minors
• In-person care options

Benefits

• Set your own schedule with no minimum hours requirement
• Paperless billing and quick payment turnaround
• Custom-built calendar for new patients to connect with you
• Access to experienced clinical consultations and specialty group consultation meetings
• 24/7 Care Navigation team for client crisis support
• Training and clinical consultation opportunities

Before you apply

• Must be a full-time resident of the United States
• Active DEA license is a strong preference
• Must have office space in Allentown to see clients
• Hiring is as a 1099 contractor through Lyra Clinical Associates

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care serving more than 20 million people globally. Lyra's provider network includes in-person and virtual therapists, physicians and coaches across the US.