Job Description
The Ahead Story:Ahead is an exciting mental health practice aiming to become the leader in outpatient behavioral health in the United States. We focus on modernizing mental healthcare through providing seamless evaluation and treatment for adults with common conditions like ADHD, Depression, and Anxiety. We utilize expert clinicians combined with leading technology to remove challenges accessing mental healthcare in order to enhance the provider-patient relationship.
Ahead has hired and retained world-class providers from institutions such as Vanderbilt, UCSF, and Stanford who come from diverse training and practice backgrounds. Together we share in the goal of developing long-lasting, meaningful relationships with our patients.
The Primary Care Physician plays a key role in providing accessible and convenient care for behavioral health and non-behavioral telehealth programs. Our care model utilizes primary care clinicians to expand access to health care via telehealth services. The Primary Care Physician works in partnership with specialists, nurse practitioners, and therapists to diagnose, manage, and provide medication management and outpatient treatment for behavioral health programs, primarily ADHD management, and other non-behavioral health needs via Telehealth. Serves as the collaborating physician to nurse practitioners in accordance with federal and state specific regulations and requirements. Performs patient evaluation, assessment, prescribes medication, facilitates medication management, and treatment of patients that do not require significant ancillary/social support in accordance with statutes, regulations and protocols.
Roles amp; Responsibilities: Provides patient support by prescribing, monitoring, and supporting treatment plans in accordance with statutes, regulations and protocols. Refers higher acuity patients to specialized care based off of a stringent screening guideline to ensure quality of care and the best outcome for patients. Maintains medical records and high quality of clinical documentation. Collaborates with psychiatrists, therapists, and other health specialists. Provides health services, education, and medication management in an empathetic and judgement-free manner. Issues medication prescriptions in accordance with treatment guidelines. Orders laboratory tests, interprets and explains the test results to patients. Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits and reasonable outcome expectations. Communicates with patients and engages in follow-up as necessary.Experience, Education, and Qualifications: Graduation from a medical school and completion of one or more residency programs and/or fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or equivalent in a specialty appropriate to their assigned specialty duties. M.D. and D.O. active licensure in multiple states required. A valid Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration and number for prescribing controlled substances in the state(s) of their valid license(s). Two (2) years of experience practicing outside of post-training required. Experience in the realms of both primary care and behavioral health. Ability to deliver care via telehealth. Must maintain professional demeanor and uphold values of patient care. Proficiency with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.Ahead provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.In addition to federal law requirements, Ahead complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Ahead uses e-verify for employment verifications in states where required by law.
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