[Hiring] Collaborative Physician @Blackbird Health

Role Description

Blackbird Health is seeking a mission-driven, board-certified psychiatrist or collaborative physician to join our growing pediatric mental health team in Virginia. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of collaborative clinical experience and a passion for expanding access to high-quality mental health care for children, adolescents, and families. This is a fully remote, flexible opportunity with a commitment of approximately 2-5 hours per month to support up to 4 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners.

What makes you, you:

• You are a board-certified psychiatrist with a genuine commitment to pediatric and adolescent mental health.
• You bring 5+ years of collaborative clinical experience and are comfortable working alongside nurse practitioners in a supervisory capacity.
• You have a deep understanding of child and adolescent psychiatric presentations and evidence-based treatment approaches.
• You are thoughtful and thorough in your clinical decision-making and chart reviews.
• You are collaborative by nature, seeing your role as a partner to your clinical team, not just an overseer.
• You are comfortable in a fully remote, async-first environment and responsive when your team needs you.
• You are mission-driven and excited about improving access to pediatric mental health care.

How you'll make an impact:

• Provide clinical collaboration to nurse practitioners delivering pediatric mental health care.
• Support and assess clinical decision-making to ensure the highest standard of patient care.
• Conduct high-quality reviews of patient charts on a regular cadence in accordance with Virginia state requirements.
• Be available for virtual consultations with nurse practitioners as clinical questions arise.
• Collaborate with the clinical and leadership team to refine workflows and implement best practices.
• Serve as a trusted clinical resource for complex or escalated cases across the patient population.

Qualifications

• Board-certified psychiatrist licensed in Virginia (MD or DO).
• Active and unrestricted Virginia medical license in good standing.
• 5+ years of collaborative clinical experience (CRNP collaboration preferred).
• Comfortable working in a fully remote, telehealth environment.
• Own your own phone, computer, and high-speed internet connection.
• Availability for approximately 2-5 hours per month for chart reviews and consultations.
• Ability to respond to urgent clinical consultations in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Experience working with children, adolescents, or young adults in a clinical setting (nice to have).
• Familiarity with collaborative practice agreements and multi-state telehealth regulations (nice to have).
• Background in or exposure to integrated or interdisciplinary care models (nice to have).
• Experience working in a high-growth or startup healthcare environment (nice to have).
• Comfort with EMR systems and async clinical communication tools (nice to have).

Compensation

• Salary Range: $2,000 — $2,500 USD (monthly compensation).

Fostering an inclusive environment:

Blackbird is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and belonging. We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. Blackbird provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] so we can support you.