Staff Psychiatrist, MD or DO

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Legion Health

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Seed Round on 2024-09

Consulting • Insurance • Healthcare

Legion Health is a provider of world-class psychiatric care, making mental health services accessible to everyone. With a team of board-certified providers and guided by top psychiatric experts, Legion Health offers a tailored, affordable approach to mental wellness. Their services include comprehensive evaluations, personalized follow-up schedules, and coordination with other members of the care team, all provided through a secure telemedicine platform for convenience and comfort.

📋 Description

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric intake evaluations covering symptoms, psychiatric and medical history, treatment response, medication history, substance use, psychosocial factors, mental status, and safety risks • Establish or clarify diagnoses and develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans • Determine when patients can transition to PMHNP-led care and provide complete, timely handoffs • Maintain a small psychiatrist-led follow-up caseload for complex, high-acuity, high-risk, or treatment-resistant patients • Consult with APPs on diagnostic, medication, safety, treatment-response, and acuity questions • Prescribe medications through telehealth, including Schedule II and Schedule IV controlled substances when legally permitted • Provide clinical guidance, feedback, mentorship, and case-based support to PMHNPs and other APPs • Collaborate with clinicians, operations, patient support, pharmacy coordination, and interdisciplinary teams • Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation • Participate in case reviews and clinical discussions • Help strengthen care pathways, prescribing protocols, and quality standards

🎯 Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. degree • Completion of an accredited psychiatry residency • Active, unrestricted physician license (M.D. or D.O.) in at least one U.S. jurisdiction • Board certification or board eligibility in psychiatry • Active, unrestricted DEA registration and applicable state controlled-substance registrations • Professional experience delivering psychiatric care through telehealth • Experience working in community mental health • Experience serving diverse, underserved, or clinically complex patient populations • Experience managing, supervising, mentoring, or clinically leading APPs • Experience working with interdisciplinary clinical and operational teams • Strong psychiatric assessment, diagnostic, risk-evaluation, and medication-management skills • Experience prescribing Schedule II and Schedule IV controlled substances through telehealth in accordance with applicable laws and regulations • Ability to develop clear, evidence-based treatment plans • Sound judgment regarding transitions between psychiatrist-led and APP-led care • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills • Comfort using telehealth platforms, technology, and electronic health record systems • Willingness to obtain and maintain additional state licenses as requested by Legion • Commitment to evidence-based, patient-centered care and responsible prescribing • Curiosity about AI and enthusiasm for technology-enabled clinical care • Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Set a schedule that supports a healthy work-life balance • Work from home through the telehealth platform • Significant administrative support, including scheduling, insurance verification, billing, prior authorizations, and pharmacy coordination • Clinical autonomy supported by evidence-based pathways, objective tools, and peer consultation • Patient acquisition support; no need to market or build a private-practice referral base • Collaborative clinical team • One-hour psychiatric intake appointments and 30-minute follow-up visits • Malpractice insurance coverage • High-quality EHR and electronic prescribing tools • Credentialing support with participating commercial, ACA, and government insurance plans • Evidence-based prescribing pathways and objective diagnostic tools • Access to UpToDate and Carlat • Professional growth through APP development, case reviews, provider education, care-model design, and future clinical leadership opportunities • Reimbursement for additional state license fees requested by the company • Virtual and in-person clinical and company events