Physician Assistant Psychiatry
Listed compensation
$100k-$140k
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · remote
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Benefits
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Home office stipend
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Wellness resources
For Urgent Hiring!
This position requires advanced Psychiatric Skill Sets. You must have experience prescribing and/or recommending psychotropic medications in a Psychiatric Setting.
Region: Entire Florida
About us: Mava Healthcare Systems, LLC 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
- PA-C with Psychiatric CAQ
- Bilingual Spanish is a plus!
- Must be licensed in FL
- Current License & DEA Required
- Experience with all age groups
- Must be a team-player
- Must be adaptive and flexible
- Physician Assistant with Psychiatric CAQ (Required)
What we offer
- Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
- Collaborating Psychiatrists on the Florida Team who provide services to the patients
- Flexible scheduling: Part-Time and Full-Time positions available
- This is a remote position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant Psychiatry at MAVA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician Assistant roles — ranked against 4,014 active Physician Assistant roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Psychiatry — Physician Assistant Career Context
MAVA Healthcare System holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 80/100, 3 active listings.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 68% have no call, 82% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$120k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$8k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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