Psychiatrist Pod Lead

Psychiatrist Pod Lead

Join Author Health to lead our virtual‑first, multidisciplinary psychiatric pod. In this role you will provide direct psychiatric care while overseeing a team of psychiatric nurse practitioners, ensuring high‑quality, evidence‑based care for patients with serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and dementia.

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• Provide psychiatric clinical leadership to a designated psychiatry pod (team), ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, evidence‑based care to patients with SMI, SUD and dementia.
• Lead, mentor, and supervise a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals.
• Lead clinical team huddles to ensure the care team is working collaboratively toward improving the lives and clinical outcomes of patients.
• Provide clinical support to the Behavioral Health team who will be providing short‑term psychotherapy, supporting caregivers, coordinating transitions of care, and connecting patients to community‑based organizations and agencies.
• Provide regular supervision and support to respective pod psychiatric nurse practitioners.
• Conduct regular case reviews, peer supervision sessions, and provide constructive feedback to ensure professional development and adherence to best practices.
• Serve as a key liaison between the psychiatric pod and other departments, including primary care, chronic care management, and community services.
• Collaborate with PCPs, as well as patients’ other providers, to coordinate treatment and help address co‑occurring physical health conditions.
• Contribute to constructing the psychiatrist’s role within the company, including contributing to company culture and serving as an ambassador for the company’s mission.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Behavioral Health clinical programming within the market, with an eye toward refining processes that allow the company to scale.

• Manage the psychiatric care of a panel of patients, including diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, medication management, and crisis intervention when needed.
• Ensure continuity of care by monitoring patient progress, adjusting treatment plans as necessary, and ensuring follow‑up care is provided.
• Use outcome measurement tools during the course of treatment to help patients and the treatment team track progress.
• Implement and monitor clinical protocols and guidelines that enhance the quality of psychiatric care.
• Support the recruitment process, interview candidates, and provide input in the hiring process in addition to supporting clinician onboarding and ongoing training.
• Participate in a rotating on‑call schedule (few times per year).
• Full‑time, 40 h/week (anticipate 30 h/week direct virtual patient care).

• Medical Degree (MD or DO) and Board certification in Adult Psychiatry is required.
• Active medical licensure in the states of practice, Florida and Texas and other states as services are scaled nationally.
• Additional board certification in Geriatric Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of psychiatric conditions, treatment modalities, and current best practices in the field.
• Experience treating patients with serious mental illness (preferred: experience treating seniors) and comfort managing patients with complex medical and psychosocial needs.
• Leadership experience in clinical psychiatry with proven experience leading, managing, or supervising multidisciplinary teams.
• Telehealth experience.
• A minimum of 2–3 years experience supervising psychiatric nurse practitioners.
• Experience supervising a multidisciplinary team of providers.
• Experience working in a collaborative care model and with care management teams is a plus.
• Bilingual (English‑Spanish) preferred.

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with multiple priorities.
• This is a remote position with occasional travel for meetings, conferences, and site visits with external partners or healthcare stakeholders as needed.
• The role will require the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a virtual environment.
• Physical…