About the role:
As an Accompany Health Advanced Practice Clinician, CoCM/Bridge psychiatry you will serve patients with mild to moderate mental health, SMI and/or substance use needs, grounded in the evidence-based Collaborative Care Model that has also been adapted to meet patients with SMI/SUD (Bridge).
You will be primarily seeing patients in our Bridge Care program, which will involve direct patient care conducted via video, phone and/or text in order to improve BH condition management, treatment-to-target, and reduction in avoidable inpatient / ED utilization. You will be responsible for accurate and appropriate clinical diagnosis of BH conditions, treatment initiation and titration including medications, and coordination of care for patients with severe mental illness (SMI), including substance use disorders. You will be supported by a supervising med-psychiatric physician as well as behavioral health clinicians (LCSW/LPC).
Within our Collaborative Care Program, you will serve as the primary psychiatric consultant with the support of a supervising med-psychiatric physician in this model, supported by med-psychiatric advanced practice clinicians and behavioral health clinicians. In collaboration with primary care and advanced practice clinicians, you’ll deliver patient-centered, measurement-based, treatment-to-target care. In addition, you will perform e-consults for our primary care teams to provide recommendations for BH diagnostic clarity and medication management.
This role is ideal for an APC who embraces innovation, values autonomy, and wants to help shape clinical models that merge technology, compassion, and evidence-based practice.
Responsibilities will include:Direct Clinical Care
- Conduct virtual comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, including diagnostic assessments, medication management, and treatment planning
- Prescribe medications for depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and other DSM5 diagnoses (this includes prescribing controlled substances in accordance with a Collaborative Practice Agreement)
- Manage patients with substance use disorders in collaboration with behavioral health clinicians, including initiating or continuing medications for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder when appropriate
- Utilize measurement-based tools (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5) to track patient progress and adjust treatment plans
- Order and follow-up appropriate laboratory testing and other monitoring for patients
- Provide consultative guidance to primary care and behavioral health team members on psychiatric management within the CoCM model
- Manage a defined behavioral health caseload within the Collaborative Care and Bridge programs, ensuring timely follow-up and measurement-based care
- Support urgent behavioral health needs by performing timely risk assessments, safety planning, and coordinating crisis intervention when required
- Supporting patients in transitions of care from facilities for admissions related to behavioral health diagnoses, including but not limited to: coordinating on discharge plans with inpatient care management, performing assessments to identify risk factors for readmissions, ensuring close follow-up and coordinating services
- Transition of patients from our Advanced Behavioral Health Program to CoCM or Bridge
- Performs other duties as assigned
Indirect Clinical Care
- Participate in weekly Behavioral Health Case Conferences (BHCC) with BHCs, including monitoring new patients, treatment planning for patients who are not improving, diagnosis refinement, management of safety issues, and patients leaving our programs
- Communication with APCs on clinical recommendations made in BHCC
- Communication with PCPs on clinical recommendations made in BHCC
- Recognition of when to escalate supervision of complicated patients to Med-Psychiatry Associate Medical Director
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Collaborate with Psychiatrists, Behavioral Health Clinicians, Med-Psych APCs, Primary Care APCs and Physicians, Care Team Managers, Community Health Workers, Patient Experience Navigators, and other team members to coordinate patient care
- Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate
Clinical Diagnosis and Documentation, Quality, and Compliance
What makes you a fit for the team:
Passionate about patient-centered, holistic healthcare
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt and contribute to continuous improvement
Exhibits calm, confident clinical decision-making even in ambiguous or rapidly changing situations
Demonstrates a strong clinical ‘detective’ mindset, investigating across multiple systems to uncover the right diagnosis and supporting evidence, consistently seeking the ‘how’ and ‘why’ while thoroughly documenting patients’ conditions and needs
Comfortably manages high volumes of work, and adapts quickly as priorities shift
Fluent in technology and excited to incorporate new technology and systems into daily practice
Adaptable and flexible, embracing evolving systems and technology-driven workflow enhancements.
Demonstrates strong growth mindset, including the willingness to unlearn prior workflows and embrace new approaches.
Works collaboratively with teammates and actively seeks opportunities to learn, grow, and elevate team performance
Displays trust in the organization’s mission, values, and direction, and contributes positively to a culture of shared purpose
Flexible and adaptive—comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving startup culture
Excited about leveraging technology to improve outcomes and access
A strong communicator and collaborator who values teamwork and innovation
Desired skills and experience:Required
- Active Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) license in the state of employment and willingness to obtain additional licensure as requested
- Certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or Physician Assistant with Psychiatry CAQ
- Active DEA registration or eligibility to obtain; X-waiver preferred but not required
- Active or eligible state-controlled substance license
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Demonstrated strong clinical judgment and ability to make independent medical decisions
- Proficiency in using electronic medical record (EMR) systems
- 2+ years of experience in assessing, provisional diagnosis, planning, and managing behavioral patient care as acquired through clinical experience
- 5+ years of experience working in high risk populations with serious mental illness and substance use disorder
- Expertise with DSM5 diagnostic criteria
- Highly skilled in trauma-informed care and culturally sensitive care
- Experience and comfort working within an interdisciplinary care team, and specifically closely collaborating with community health workers and primary care providers
Preferred
- Experience working with patients with substance use disorders including prescribing suboxone, naltrexone, acamprosate, and benzodiazepines for detoxification
- Experience working in value-based care setting and/or managed care, including how to appropriately assess STARS/HEDIS measures, accurately and appropriately diagnose and code clinical comorbidities, and identify clinical care gaps
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