Remote Psychiatric Collaborator for Geriatric LTC

Access Medical Clinic; Bryant (AR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

Access Medical Clinic invites an experienced Psychiatric Collaborating Physician to provide clinical collaboration and oversight for telemedicine psychiatric providers serving residents in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. This consultative role focuses on clinical support, regulatory compliance, and delivering high-quality geriatric psychiatric care.

You will supervise providers, review cases, ensure safe medication practices, and participate in limited quality-review meetings.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree with current board certification in Psychiatry.
• Active, unrestricted physician license in Arkansas, or willingness to obtain additional licensure as program needs expand.
• Current DEA registration and controlled-substance authority, as applicable.
• Ability to meet applicable collaborative or supervisory requirements, along with sound clinical judgment in psychiatric medication management and escalation of care.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the collaborating or supervising physician for assigned psychiatric advanced practice providers in accordance with applicable state requirements, written agreements, and organizational policies.
• Remain available for scheduled consultation regarding complex psychiatric conditions, medication management, resident safety concerns, goals of care, and appropriate escalation or transfer decisions.
• Complete periodic case or chart review and provide clinical feedback as required by law, payer standards, collaborative agreements, or organizational policy.
• Support safe psychotropic medication use, appropriate monitoring, gradual dose reduction when clinically indicated, and efforts to reduce avoidable psychiatric transfers and hospitalizations.
• Collaborate with psychiatric providers and clinical leadership, maintain required collaborative practice documentation, and participate in limited quality-review meetings as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Geriatric psychiatry

Telemedicine support

Education

MD or DO with Psychiatry board certification

Job description

Access Medical Clinic invites an experienced Psychiatric Collaborating Physician to provide clinical collaboration and oversight for telemedicine psychiatric providers serving residents in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. This consultative role focuses on clinical support, regulatory compliance, and delivering high-quality geriatric psychiatric care.

You will supervise providers, review cases, ensure safe medication practices, and participate in limited quality-review meetings.