Remote Medical Director - New York and North Carolina

The role

You will carry your own patient panel and act as the senior psychiatrist accountable for care quality and safety. You will also supervise or collaborate with nurse practitioners and run the day-to-day clinical operations of the programs.

What you will do

• Carry a clinical panel for crisis stabilization and bridge services, including psychiatric evaluations, medication management and crisis psychotherapy.
• Serve as physician of record for high-acuity and complex patients, including those with co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Provide urgent assessments when risk escalates and decide when a patient needs a higher level of care.
• Serve as supervising or collaborating physician for nurse practitioners under New York and North Carolina requirements.
• Provide real-time clinical backup and run supervision and group case conference.
• Own day-to-day clinical operations, including escalations, after-hours protocol and coverage standards.
• Work with clinical supervisors and operations on capacity, scheduling and safe caseload ranges.
• Lead clinical quality and safety review, including adverse events and root cause analysis.
• Maintain clinical protocols and ensure prescribing, including telehealth controlled substances, meets federal and state rules.
• Interview, select and onboard psychiatric prescribers as the medical staff grows.

Required qualifications

• MD or DO with completed ACGME-accredited psychiatry residency.
• Board certified in psychiatry by the ABPN.
• Active, unrestricted medical licenses in New York and North Carolina, or ability to obtain the second within 90 days.
• Active DEA registration.
• Minimum three years of post-residency clinical practice.
• Demonstrated experience supervising or collaborating with nurse practitioners.
• Direct experience with acute or crisis psychiatry.
• Comfort practicing and leading in a telehealth environment.

Nice to have

• Board certification or substantive experience in addiction psychiatry or child and adolescent psychiatry.
• Prior medical director or clinical leadership role, ideally in a growth-stage or startup setting.
• Familiarity with Medicaid behavioral health delivery in New York or North Carolina.

Benefits

• PTO including sick leave, certain federal holidays and vacation.
• Continuing education time and stipend.
• 401K.
• Health insurance.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration.

Before you apply

• Licenses in New York and North Carolina must be active and unrestricted, or the second obtained within 90 days.

About the company

Willow Health delivers virtual-first crisis stabilization and bridge care to adults over 18 with behavioral health conditions, as an alternative to emergency departments or inpatient beds. The company is early-stage and is still building its protocols.