Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in perinatal mental health care? Here's your chance to be a vital part of FamilyWell's mission to enhance access to high-quality, equitable, and affordable mental health services for pregnant and postpartum individuals across the U.S.

If you’re interested and would like to apply, please send your CV and cover letter to: jobs@familywellhealth.com.

Background:

FamilyWell is the first digital health company in the U.S. to provide tech-enabled perinatal behavioral health services through an evidence-based collaborative care model (CoCM). The collaborative care model has been validated in over 90 randomized controlled trials and adopted by Medicaid and many commercial plans across the country, including those in New Hampshire. The CoCM model allows medical providers to bill insurance companies for perinatal behavioral health care services. FamilyWell partners with medical providers (OB, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine) to provide mental health prevention, detection, and treatment for pregnant and postpartum patients, with a strong focus on the Medicaid population.

Role:

• Title: Perinatal Psychiatric Consultant

• Location: remote

• Licensure requirement: Massachusetts or New Hampshire

• Job type: contractor

The psychiatric consultant supports the collaborative care team, which includes the OB or Family Medicine providers, patients, and behavioral care managers (licensed therapists, social workers, coaches)—through weekly consultations on an assigned caseload of patients. The psychiatric consultant advises the OB provider on appropriate medications and other treatment strategies, also providing the care team with educational support on diagnosing and managing behavioral health conditions.

This is a contractor position starting at 5-10 hours per week (with potential to increase). All duties are virtual and there is no in-person requirement.

Requirements:

• Licensed psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner in the state of Massachusetts and/or New Hampshire

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting

• Excellent communication skills

• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude

• Ability to quickly synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence-based clinical recommendations

• Passionate, driven, & inspired by a mission to improve perinatal mental healthcare delivery, particularly in vulnerable patient populations.

Virtual-Only Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultations identified by the behavioral care manager. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan. Case reviews may be conducted by telephone, video, or by email.

• Work with behavioral care managers to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant will use FamilyWell’s registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment.

• Recommend any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other interventions, within 24 hours of consulting with a behavioral care manager or other team member.

• Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment in the medical setting until patients can be engaged in specialized care as appropriate.

• Clearly communicate the limitations of the case review consultation and treatment recommendations. The following disclaimer statement is an example of how to acknowledge these limitations in consultation notes in an EHR: “The above treatment considerations and suggestions are based on consultation with the patient's behavioral care manager and a review of information available in the registry. I have not personally examined the patient. All recommendations should be implemented with consideration of the patient's relevant prior history and current clinical status. Please feel free to call me with any questions about the care of this patient.”

• Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone, email, or telehealth consultations to primary care providers for very complex patients or challenging patient situations. Respond to telephone calls from primary care providers and behavioral care managers within one business day. Respond to urgent telephone calls within one hour, if available. Coordinate with other psychiatric consultants for vacation coverage.

• Direct evaluation of patients with significant diagnostic or therapeutic challenges who are identified in discussion with the patient’s behavioral care manager and/or primary care provider. Such consultation may be provided in person or via telemedicine (video or telephone).

• Maintain professional cell phone and email accounts for contact during usual business hours. Check professional accounts daily and respond to email questions/consultations within two business days, sooner if urgent.

Time Commitment:

This is a contractor position starting at 5-10 hours per week with potential to increase. All duties are virtual and there is no in-person requirement.

Compensation:

The compensation range for this role is $90-$110/hour. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, and skillset.

If you’re interested and would like to apply, please send your CV and cover letter to: jobs@familywellhealth.com.