Job Overview
[We show compassion to heal minds.]
About Legion Health:
Legion is a pioneering, tech-enabled psychiatry network focused on delivering world-class outpatient care. Our providers—the most talented psychiatric providers in the country—are passionate about expanding mental health care access for those with insurance.
Our innovative model combines the stability of a traditional hospital position with the flexibility of a private practice. We prioritize our clinicians' well-being and professional growth, offering a competitive compensation package and fostering a vibrant, collaborative culture.
Quality and patient experience are paramount to us. This means recruiting exceptional providers, championing evidence-based protocols, and displaying compassion in every patient interaction. Our exceptional team operates with clinical autonomy, supported by experienced psychiatrists.
Our vision is to pioneer a new era of mental health by delivering world-class psychiatry. We believe in a future where every patient can access the compassionate psychiatric care they need, regardless of the insurance they have.
About the role:
We are seeking a clinically excellent, patient-centered physician to join Legion Health. The ideal candidate will embrace our vision of expanding access to world-class psychiatric care through technology and serving patients across all insurance types.
This role involves collaborating with and supervising Legion's APPs, focusing on high-quality treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and insomnia/sleep disorders through secure telemedicine visits. We need a forward-thinking physician passionate about using technology to improve access to mental health services.
Benefits:
- Flexibility: Set your own schedule for optimal work-life balance.
- Work from Home: Collaborate with PMHNPs from the comfort of your home via telehealth.
- Clinical Autonomy: We hire the most skilled collaborating psychiatrists and trust them to support PMHNPs effectively.
- PMHNP Acquisition: We handle the recruitment and onboarding of PMHNPs, ensuring you have qualified professionals to supervise.
- Competitive Pay: We offer market-leading compensation, reflecting your experience and performance.
- Monthly Pay: We pay our providers every month for immediate financial benefit and planning ease.
- Legal Protection: We provide full malpractice insurance coverage.
- Technical Support: We provide and cover the costs for best-in-class EHR and communication tools.
- Licensure Coverage: We’ll reimburse you for all fees associated with getting licensed in other states as required by Legion.
- Significant Administrative Support: Focus on supervising and mentoring PMHNPs, not on scheduling, insurance verification, billing, prior authorizations, pharmacy coordination, etc.
- Adequate Visit Lengths: Psychiatric intakes are 1 hour, and follow-ups are 30 minutes (as they should be).
- Tools for Responsible Prescribing: We have rigorous, evidence-based protocols and provide objective diagnostic tools to ensure responsible and ethical prescriptions of controlled substances.
- Community of Clinical Excellence: You will work alongside the most talented PMHNPs and psychiatrists in the world. Our PMHNPs undergo a thorough vetting process, with fewer than 5% of applicants selected. They have trained at top institutions such as Vanderbilt, UT Austin, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, NYU, and UTHealth Houston.
- Well-Defined Clinical Scope: We focus on treating mild to moderate acuity patients, ensuring effective screening and appropriate care for our patient population.
- Clinical Resources: We provide our providers and collaborating psychiatrists premium subscriptions to resources such as UpToDate and Carlat.
- Exclusive Events: Engage with your colleagues through exclusive in-person and virtual events.
Responsibilities
- Collaborative Care: Collaborate with highly-experienced, highly-trained, and compassionate PMHNPs who treat low- and medium-risk psychiatry patients using evidence-based treatments.
- Clinical Supervision: Conduct regular chart reviews and provide guidance on clinical decisions and patient care.
- Prescription Management: Approve and send prescriptions through our EMR & eRX system.
- Mentorship: Mentor other psychiatric providers to ensure that each patient is getting the highest-quality care possible.
- Accessibility Mission: Directly contribute to Legion's vision of making world-class psychiatric care much more accessible to patients, regardless of insurance.
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted license as a physician (MD or DO) in Texas.
- Active, unrestricted DEA license in Texas.
- Board certification or board eligibility as a physician.
- Expertise in various clinical mental health conditions, including ADD/ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar 1 (maintenance) & 2, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders, OCD, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Anxiety/Depression/Psychosis, PTSD, Schizophrenia (maintenance), and Suicidal Ideation (passive).
- Primary residence in Texas.
- Comfort remotely supervising nurse practitioners, conducting chart reviews, and answering questions at monthly meetings
- Comfort signing off on prescriptions, including controlled substances, per state and federal regulations, and Legion Health’s rigorous clinical protocols
- Availability by phone during PMHNPs' working hours and at the end of their shift to review medications, as required by state medical board rules
- Commitment to a minimum 1-year tenure with our team.
- Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and medication management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Comfort using technology and electronic health record systems.
- Passion for improving access to high-quality care for vulnerable populations.
- Commitment to providing patient-centered, compassionate care.
Additional Information
Location:
This role is predominantly remote, complemented by occasional in-person events with colleagues.
Job type:
Part-time, Contract, Fully Remote.
Salary:
Compensation for supervising Legion's PMHNPs is as follows: $1,000 per month for each full-time PMHNP (25+ hours/week) and $500 per month for each part-time PMHNP (<25 hours/week). In Texas, a physician can supervise up to 7 full-time or 14 part-time NPs, equating to 7 full-time equivalents (FTEs). Thus, the total potential compensation for this role can reach up to $7,000 per month, depending on the mix of full-time and part-time PMHNPs supervised.
Members of our clinical and business advisory board include:
- Madhukar Trivedi, M.D. [Psychiatrist; Professor of Psychiatry and Distinguished Chair in Mental Health at UT Southwestern]
- Alexander Ruvalcaba, M.D. [Psychiatrist; Physician Executive at MultiCare Behavioral Health Network]
- Jon Kole, M.D. [Psychiatrist; Medical Director at Headspace]
- Liberty Eberly, D.O. [Psychiatrist; Co-Founder and Former Chief Medical Officer at innovaTel Telepsychiatry]
- John Lusins, MD [Psychiatrist; Founder and President at South Texas Mental Health Associates]
- Samir Malik [ex-Founder at Genoa Telepsychiatry, Founder at firsthand]
- Andrew Thompson [National COO at Pediatric Associates]
