[Hiring] Pediatric Advanced Practice Clinician @Tailwind Care

Role Description

As a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Tailwind Care, you’ll provide evidence-based medical evaluation and treatment to children and adolescents with obesity and weight-related health concerns through virtual care.

• Assess new patients and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Evaluate and manage weight-related medical conditions.
• Prescribe and manage medications when appropriate.
• Provide ongoing follow-up as patients progress.
• Work closely with pediatricians, registered dietitians, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators as part of a multidisciplinary care team.

What you’ll own

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations of new patients, including history, growth trajectory, labs, medications, and comorbidities.
• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans based on clinical needs and family goals.
• Address comorbidities, order and interpret labs, and prescribe and manage medications within your scope of practice.
• Discuss obesity and weight-related health concerns in a clinically direct, culturally responsive, and non-stigmatizing way.
• Monitor progress, medication response, side effects, and labs, adjusting treatment as patients progress.
• Work with Tailwind’s physicians, dietitians, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators to keep care connected.
• Complete timely, accurate documentation supporting continuity of care, medical necessity, and payer requirements.

What makes this role different

• Your hours are guaranteed; we reserve an agreed weekly block and pay for the full block while we fill your schedule.
• Practice as part of a multidisciplinary team with integrated medical care, nutrition, behavioral health, and care coordination.
• Provide longitudinal care, building relationships with patients and families over time.
• Partner with parents and caregivers to support sustainable changes in routines, behaviors, and health.
• Spend less time on non-clinical admin; credentialing, billing, technology, and care coordination are on us.
• Treat the whole child, considering medical health, nutrition, behavior, family dynamics, and the child’s broader environment.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted Texas APRN license as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner (for NPs).
• Active, unrestricted Texas Physician Assistant license (for PAs).
• Prescriptive authority appropriate to your profession and state of practice.
• Willing to obtain licenses or practice authorization in additional states where Tailwind operates (Tailwind covers licensing costs).
• 3+ years of outpatient pediatric clinical experience.
• Experience evaluating and treating children or adolescents with overweight or obesity.
• Experience prescribing and managing obesity management medications, including GLP-1 medications.
• Consistent weekly availability for scheduled patient visits.
• Experience and comfort delivering care via telehealth.

Nice to have

• Existing licensure or practice authorization in multiple states.
• Active DEA registration.
• Obesity Medicine Association Certificate of Advanced Education in Obesity Medicine, or equivalent advanced obesity-medicine training.
• Experience caring for Medicaid-insured populations.
• Spanish or other non-English language proficiency.

Schedule & commitment

• Part-time and fully remote in consistent weekly blocks.
• Initially looking for 12 hours a week from 3–7 pm on two weekdays and 9 am–1 pm on Saturdays.
• Hours will grow with patient volume and your availability.
• Virtual initial evaluations and follow-up visits with children, adolescents, and parents.
• Asynchronous follow-up, including patient messages, lab review, medication questions, and care-team coordination, is paid.

What Tailwind provides

• Malpractice insurance coverage.
• Paid orientation to Tailwind’s systems, clinical protocols, and workflows.
• Required state licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment, paid by Tailwind.
• EHR, telehealth technology, scheduling, and care coordination support.
• Clinical protocols, physician collaboration, case consultation, and ongoing clinical education.