Who We Are

Within Health is revolutionizing eating disorder treatment through our innovative telehealth platform. We provide remote clinical services at the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) levels of care. Our mission is to transform lives by increasing access to quality eating disorder treatment, improving patient outcomes, and fostering healing in a compassionate, stigma-free environment. We combine clinical expertise with cutting-edge technology to address the complex needs of individuals with eating disorders, creating a future where effective treatment is accessible to all who need it.

The Role

The Psychiatrist provides  direct psychiatric care to a group of clients. Additionally, the psychiatrist works closely with a multidisciplinary team, providing psychiatric expertise for complex cases, and performs assignments and related work as required.  

What you'll do

• Engage in psychiatric care.
• Provide psychiatric care to clients.
• Ensure the medical safety of all clients are kept.
• Review clients vital signs, blood work, and symptoms.
• Direct liaison with primary care physicians.
• Assist with the medical clearance process. 
• Develop protocols and standardized procedures.
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations.
• Provide treatment authorizations via the telephone.
• Prescribe medications when necessary.
• Act as a physician member of a multidisciplinary patient care team .
• Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment.
• Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services.
• Make referrals to Specialists as appropriate.
• Provide needed medical input into the development of the program. 
• Be available and provide in-service training to program staff.
• Manage activities related to the delivery of clinical care and services such as cost management, utilization review, quality assurance, and medical protocol development.
• Participate in various administrative and clinical staff meetings in order to provide consultation to program staff on an ongoing basis.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information related to clients and employees.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with fellow employees, supervisors.
• Develop policies and procedures.
• Communicate with outside agencies and outside providers to educate them on the dangers of eating disorders, and effective treatment of eating disorders.
• Ensure that all psychiatric and services that are provided by the program meet accepted standards of medical practice.
• Other duties as required.

Who You Are

• Up-to-date clinical practice of psychiatry, including the recovery model, strengths based treatment, and dual diagnosis treatment, with client/family involvement.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of evaluation of effective and evidenced-based mental health treatment programs and services.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and County laws and regulations applicable to mental health programs, and the relationship of Federal and State programs to local government services and programming.
• Ability to ensure appropriate clinical supervision and direction for licensed and/or certified personnel.
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise and administer the clinical programs and services provided.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with community members and organizations.
• Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely.
• Must possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in all states that Within Health provide care in.
• Must have completed a residency training program in psychiatry which is approved by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and which resulted in Board eligibility.
• Must not be excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to participate in the Medicare, Medicaid or other government payer programs.
• Superior interpersonal skills
• Superb judgment, problem-solving and cognitive skills.

Additional Details:

• Per Diem Psychiatrists are paid an hourly rate without expectation of guaranteed hours.
• This position is considered an employee of Within Health and has taxes withheld.
• This position is paid an hourly rate and is reimbursed for session time, slack updates (reading and writing),
• responding to and writing emails, taking and making patient related phone calls, attending staff meetings, team
• huddles, documentation and Within staff training.
• Cases (hours) are offered to Per Diem Psychiatrist and can be accepted or denied by the Psychiatrist by case.
• This position Is considered an employee of Within Health and has taxes withheld.
• Per Diem Psychiatrists will need to track their hours through Rippling’s Time & Attendance Application.
• Per Diem Psychiatrists will be provided a company issued device.
• Administrative time is included in the hourly rate and is not reimbursable independently of the designated time.
• Christina or other designated staff members assembling teams will contact the supervisor.
• of the employee to inquire about the IC or Hourly staff member potentially taking a new case.
• The supervisor will speak with the employee to ask if they are willing to take the new case.
• Guidelines for Time Reimbursement:
• One hour/week of staff meeting per ten clients.
• One hour and a half for evaluations and 30 minutes for follow-ups to include documentation
• Thirty minutes of documentation time for a 60 minute evaluation
• Fifteen minutes of documentation for a 15 minute check up
• Slack should not be included- indirect time should not exceed direct time
• If additional time is needed please seek prior approval from your supervisor.
• Coordination of care should not exceed greater than 50% of direct time
• Reimbursement should be in no smaller than 15 minute increments.
• These employees are responsible to track their time in Rippling.