This position requires advanced Psychiatric Skill Sets. You must have experience prescribing and/or recommending psychotropic medications in a Psychiatric Setting.

Region: Entire Illinois

About us: Mava Healthcare Systems, PLLC provides fully integrative behavioral health services. Our multi-disciplinary team realizes that this population has special physical, emotional, and social needs. The psychiatric team is board-certified psychiatrists who collaborate with the psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Physician Assistant to join our team! As a Physician Assistant, you will be examining patients, collecting patient medical history, and making tentative diagnoses on minor and major issues. You will also be reading diagnostic tests and reports, interpreting data, taking the time with each patient to explain their test results and medical diagnoses, and prescribing therapy or medication with a physician's approval. The ideal candidate has an excellent bedside manner, experience charting in a medical environment, and has strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Examine each patient, take a detailed medical history, and chart everything medically important in their records

Read test results, interpret data appropriately, and make diagnostic suggestions based on those results

Explain to the patient test results and expected health outcomes

Prescribe medication or therapy with a physician overseeing as part of a larger health plan

Work closely with nurses, other Physician Assistants, and Physicians to formulate a full, comprehensive treatment plan

Qualifications

Nurse - PMHNP or PA-C with Psychiatric CAQ

Bilingual Spanish is a plus!

Must be licensed in IL

Current License & DEA Required

Experience with all age groups

Must be a team-player

Must be adaptive and flexible

Nurse Practitioner PMHNP (Required)

Physician Assistant with Psychiatric CAQ (Required)

What we offer

Competitive pay, commensurate with experience

Collaborating Psychiatrists on the Illinois Team who provide services to the patients

Flexible scheduling: Part-Time and Full-Time positions available

Flexible work from home options available.