This is a full-time, remote supervising psychiatrist position specializing in eating disorders for children and adults, involving medication management and oversight of APPs within a multidisciplinary telehealth team. Compensation includes a salary with performance bonus and benefits including loan repayment and flexible PTO.
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About Equip
Equip is the leading virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program on a mission to ensure that everyone with an eating disorder can access treatment that works. Created by clinical experts in the field and people with lived experience, Equip builds upon evidence-based treatments to empower individuals to reach lasting recovery. All Equip patients receive a dedicated care team, including a therapist, dietitian, physician, and peer and family mentor. The company operates in all 50 states and is partnered with most major health insurance plans. Learn more about our strong outcomes and treatment approach at www.equip.health.
Founded in 2019, Equip has been a fully virtual company since its inception and is proud of the highly-engaged, passionate, and diverse Equipsters that have created Equip’s culture. Recognized by Time as one of the most influential companies of 2023, along with awards from Linkedin and Lattice, we are grateful to Equipsters for building a sustainable treatment program that has served thousands of patients and families.
About the Role
Equip is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible MD/DO in General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join its rapidly growing clinical care team caring for patients ages 6-99 years with eating disorders in a 100% virtual Telehealth platform.
Physicians are essential members of Equip's multidisciplinary virtual treatment team, working alongside therapists, dietitians, peer coaches, and family coaches to help children, adolescents, and adults recover from eating disorders. This is a remote, full time, salaried position with flexible hours and priority for afternoon and early evening hours in your time zone.
A central and unique aspect of this role is executing collaborative practice agreements with APPs across both psychiatric and general medical backgrounds. While Equip has dedicated general medical physicians and APPs to support physical health, the supervising psychiatrist must possess a solid foundation of medical knowledge and feel highly confident in medical stability monitoring within a virtual high-acuity eating disorder ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Deliver comprehensive psychiatric assessments, ongoing medication management, and evidence-based treatment plans for children, adolescents, and adults with eating disorders and complex co-occurring conditions, while supporting families throughout the recovery process.
Perform routine chart audits and subsequent clinical and performance coaching in accordance with compliance metrics.
Maintain availability for clinical consults and curbside case escalations from team members.
Execute collaborative practice agreements for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), covering both psychiatric and general medical specialities working within a behavioral health program.
Monitor vital signs, laboratory trends, and objective parameters to ensure medical and psychiatric stability. Physicians work with our medical assistants and nurses to assist with obtaining medical records and vital signs, ordering labs and medications and facilitating care collaboration with outside providers.
Collaborate on a multidisciplinary treatment team with medical providers, therapists, dietitians, peer coaches, and family coaches to provide medical guidelines and treatment.
Communicate via electronic medical record messaging to support patients and supports, and to communicate with the treatment team.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with internal team members and external, outside healthcare providers to facilitate seamless care coordination and closed loop handoffs.
Document effectively and in a timely manner within Equip electronic medical record in accordance with Equip’s policies and procedures.
Participate in Treatment Team meetings, supervision, continuing education and department meetings.
Perform routine chart audits and subsequent clinical and performance coaching in accordance with compliance metrics.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education: MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
Board Certification: Board-certified or board-eligible in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry required (board eligible candidates who completed an accredited fellowship will also be considered.
Licensure: Active, unrestricted medical license in one or more states, with a strong willingness to obtain multi-state licensure to align with the APP footprint (Equip fully supports and covers multi-state licensing costs).
3+ years of clinical practice with demonstrated success in supervising, mentoring, and providing clinical oversight to advanced practice providers (NPs/PAs).
Proven experience or strong baseline competence in eating disorder medical management, including evaluating refeeding risks, monitoring psychiatric/medical stability variables, and managing high-risk psychotropic medications.
Exceptional communication skills with a track history of collaboration with diverse teams and external providers.
Ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced startup and changing clinical and…