Provide virtual psychopharmacology care for children, adolescents, and young adults with common behavioral health conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and conduct disorders. The role combines diagnostic assessment, medication management, and counseling within an extended telebehavioral health model, with collaboration across a therapist team and medical leadership. It also includes care coordination, patient and parent education, and occasional referral or supervision responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct psychiatric history-taking and initial evaluations for incoming pediatric and adolescent patients.
- Diagnose and assess mental and behavioral health conditions and formulate differential diagnoses.
- Provide medication management, counseling, and evidence-based psychopharmacology care.
- Collaborate with therapists and medical leadership on treatment planning and care updates.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests when clinically appropriate.
- Educate patients and parents on medication use, side effects, risks, and expected outcomes.
- Document assessments, treatment plans, and follow-up care in the electronic medical record.
- Provide referrals when needed and supervise psychiatric nurse practitioners.
Required
- MD or DO degree with appropriate medical licensure in prescribing states.
- Board eligible or board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry.
- Active DEA license.
- Experience with psychopharmacology management.
- Experience working with children and adolescents.
- Ability to screen for danger to self or others.
Preferred
- NY Medicaid number.
Benefits & Perks
- Open to per diem, part-time, and full-time schedules.
- Benefits eligibility for part-time and full-time roles.
- Virtual care model with extended telebehavioral health delivery.
- Compensation range of $120 to $145 per hour, depending on experience, location, and licensure.
- Opportunity for growth.