California Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner (1099)
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Job Description
About Outro Health
Outro Health is the first virtual clinic dedicated to helping people safely taper psychiatric medications, starting with antidepressants. For many of our patients, we are the first to offer a real, safe path to a med-free life.
Our model is grounded in the neurobiology of antidepressant discontinuation and hyperbolic tapering, co-developed by our co-founder Dr. Mark Horowitz, one of the world's leading researchers in psychiatric deprescribing. We use gradual, individualized tapering strategies that reflect how these medications actually interact with the brain—minimizing withdrawal and supporting transitions that last.
We were founded by clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience of long-term psychiatric medication use. We're building a new standard for responsible psychiatric care, and we're looking for clinicians who believe that standard is long overdue.
About the Role
You'll join the first generation of trained deprescribing clinicians in the US, working within a small team led by field leaders and expert deprescribers.
Your goal is to deliver individualized tapering care to patients who have often spent decades without a real path off their medications, and no one to safely guide them. This is not a high-volume prescribing role—it's a thoughtful, relationship-driven practice built around gradual, patient-centered tapering.
What You'll Do
Conduct psychiatric evaluations and develop individualized tapering plans grounded in hyperbolic tapering methodology
- Manage ongoing patient care, including medication adjustments, symptom monitoring, and withdrawal support
- Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure continuity across the patient journey
Who You Are
- Active PMHNP certification with licensure in California
- 2 years+ of post-certification clinical experience
- Tech proficient and confident in a fully remote environment
- Willing to challenge and unlearn parts of your clinical education
Want to work directly alongside the clinicians and researchers who are building the first deprescribing guidelines
Key Responsibilities
Conduct psychiatric evaluations and develop individualized hyperbolic tapering plans for patients. Manage ongoing patient care through medication adjustments, symptom monitoring, and withdrawal support while collaborating with care coordinators.
Requirements
Requires an active PMHNP certification with licensure in California and at least 2 years of post-certification clinical experience. Candidates must be tech-proficient and comfortable working in a fully remote environment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates California Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner (1099) at Outro Health USA a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 14,190 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 46% have no call, 62% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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