Prescribing Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - 1099 Contractor - Fairfield, PA

The role

You will provide evidence-based mental health care to children, teens and young adults through live video appointments. You will conduct psychiatric evaluations, provide medication management and build patient-centered treatment plans. This is a contract position.

What you will do

• Provide comprehensive mental health medication management via 60-minute intake 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, prescribe and manage psychiatric medications
• Deliver safe, evidence-based medication treatment following clinical best practice guidelines

Required qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited (CCNE) Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program, or an accredited PA program (ARC-PA) with PANCE certification
• Unrestricted state license
• A minimum of 2 years in practice
• Must have office space with ability to see clients in Reading
• 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
• 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
• Ability to 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

• Contract position engaged through Lyra Clinical Associates
• Must be a full-time resident of the United States
• Must hold a DEA license or be preferred with one

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care. The posting says Lyra has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care.