Prescribing Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - 1099 Contractor - East Brunswick, New Jersey

The role

You will provide evidence-based mental health care to children, teens and young adults. You will do psychiatric evaluations, medication management and treatment plans through live video appointments and follow-ups.

What you will do

• Practice mental health medication management via 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
• Provide safe, evidence-based medication treatment that follows clinical best practice guidelines
• Deliver culturally-responsive care to a range of patients with different backgrounds and needs

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)
• Office space to see clients in East Brunswick
• 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
• Option to offer in-person care

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Contractor role: you will be contracted by Lyra Clinical Associates
• Requires an active DEA license (strong preference)
• Requires a full-time resident of the United States
• Requires office space in East Brunswick

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care. The posting says Lyra serves more than 20 million people globally through employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships.