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Cerebral
Direct Care Physician (1099 Contract) - Tennessee
Remote
United States
Contract
Entry
August 13, 2025
Psychiatry
Cerebral is hiring a Direct Care Psychiatrist to provide evidence-based treatment for adults seeking mental health care. This role involves direct patient care and offers flexibility in scheduling client sessions.
Key Responsibilities
- • Hold thoughtful and engaged sessions with clients; 40 minute initial sessions and 20 minute follow up sessions
- • Provide a minimum of 15 hours of weekly availability
- • Create your own flexible schedule based on your individual availability! Scheduled time must fall within the hours of 6:00am to 11:30pm per your specific timezone
- • Must be clinically strong, function autonomously and competently, and utilize critical thinking skills to provide appropriate care
- • You will work collaboratively with other mental health care partners at Cerebral to ensure the most beneficial level of treatment for our clients
- • Work alongside other like-minded clinicians that have a common goal to positively impact the lives of others, and create an environment that leads to favorable outcomes for clients
Required
- • Hold an active MD/DO license in good standing in Tennessee
- • National Board Certification in Psychiatry
- • DEA license
- • Comfortable assessing and formulating evidence-based treatment plans for clients with mental illness
- • Maintain a strong evidence-based clinical skill set while practicing & implementing outcome-focused care
- • Empathetic and intuitive listening
- • Strong verbal and written communication
- • Knowledgeable in crisis response
- • Comfortable working autonomously in a telemedicine environment
- • Tech-savvy with the ability to navigate various systems & tools with ease (this includes, but is not limited to Google Workspace, proprietary EMR, etc.)
- • Passionate about our mission of improving access to high-quality mental health care
Preferred
- • An entrepreneurial spirit or previous experience within a startup or fast-paced environment
Benefits & Perks
- • Shape the future of the #1 largest and fastest growing online mental health care company in the world
- • Build a platform that is improving the lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people
- • Join a community of high achievers who have a passion for promoting mental health
- • Readily available psychiatrists and clinician leadership for case consultations to ensure you always receive the support you need
- • Access to innovative technology to support you in delivering the highest quality of care to your clients
- • Access to UpToDate for continued education (free CEU offering)
- • Flexibility to choose the hours and schedule that work best for you
- • Work virtually from anywhere in the United States
- • Highly-responsive and supportive team of clinical and operational management
- • Decreased administrative time for clinicians through ongoing technology improvements and automations
- • Fully integrated, data-enabled EMR with embedded clinical decision support, monthly prescriber metric reports, and task management system
- • Opportunity to participate in strategic development initiatives to improve our clinical quality and safety and/or clinical processes across the organization
Our Company:
At Cerebral, we're on a mission to democratize access to high-quality mental health care for all. We believe that everyone everywhere deserves to get the care they need, and are striving to make care convenient and accessible, while tackling the stigmas that surround mental illness.
Since launching in January of 2020, Cerebral has scaled to provide mental health services to more than 700,000 people in all fifty US states. With support from investors like SoftBank, Silver Lake, Access Industries, Bill Ackman, WestCap, and others, and impactful leaders like you, we'll continue to democratize mental health care and double down on clinical quality and deliver exceptional client outcomes for years to come. With a heavy focus on clinical quality and safety in all that we do, we've accomplished excellent outcomes for hundreds of thousands of clients:
The Role:
We are hiring a Direct Care Psychiatrist! Cerebral provides evidence-based treatment for adults seeking mental health care. Our telemedicine prescribers collaborate with Therapists and Psychiatrists to support clients during their mental health journey. This role provides direct patient care for a panel of clients and allows for flexibility when client sessions can be scheduled. You can see clients during traditional business hours, evenings, or on weekends.
This position is a 1099 independent contract role.
Who you are:
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Cerebral, Inc. is a management services organization that provides health information technology, information management system, and non-clinical administrative support services for various medical practices, including Cerebral Medical Group, PA and its affiliated practices (CMG), who are solely responsible for providing and overseeing all clinical matters. Cerebral, Inc. does not provide healthcare services, employ any healthcare provider, own any medical practice (including CMG), or control or attempt to control any provider or the provision of any healthcare service. "Cerebral" is the brand name commonly used by Cerebral, Inc. and CMG.
At Cerebral, we're on a mission to democratize access to high-quality mental health care for all. We believe that everyone everywhere deserves to get the care they need, and are striving to make care convenient and accessible, while tackling the stigmas that surround mental illness.
Since launching in January of 2020, Cerebral has scaled to provide mental health services to more than 700,000 people in all fifty US states. With support from investors like SoftBank, Silver Lake, Access Industries, Bill Ackman, WestCap, and others, and impactful leaders like you, we'll continue to democratize mental health care and double down on clinical quality and deliver exceptional client outcomes for years to come. With a heavy focus on clinical quality and safety in all that we do, we've accomplished excellent outcomes for hundreds of thousands of clients:
- 82% of clients report an improvement in their anxiety symptoms after using Cerebral.
- 75% of clients who report improvement in their depression see improvement within 60 days.
- 50% of clients who initially report suicidal ideation no longer harbor suicidal thoughts after treatment with Cerebral.
The Role:
We are hiring a Direct Care Psychiatrist! Cerebral provides evidence-based treatment for adults seeking mental health care. Our telemedicine prescribers collaborate with Therapists and Psychiatrists to support clients during their mental health journey. This role provides direct patient care for a panel of clients and allows for flexibility when client sessions can be scheduled. You can see clients during traditional business hours, evenings, or on weekends.
This position is a 1099 independent contract role.
Who you are:
- Hold an active MD/DO license in good standing in Tennessee
- National Board Certification in Psychiatry
- DEA license
- Comfortable assessing and formulating evidence-based treatment plans for clients with mental illness
- Maintain a strong evidence-based clinical skill set while practicing & implementing outcome-focused care
- Empathetic and intuitive listening
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Knowledgeable in crisis response
- Comfortable working autonomously in a telemedicine environment
- Tech-savvy with the ability to navigate various systems & tools with ease (this includes, but is not limited to Google Workspace, proprietary EMR, etc.)
- Passionate about our mission of improving access to high-quality mental health care
- An entrepreneurial spirit or previous experience within a startup or fast-paced environment is preferred
- Hold thoughtful and engaged sessions with clients; 40 minute initial sessions and 20 minute follow up sessions
- Provide a minimum of 15 hours of weekly availability
- Create your own flexible schedule based on your individual availability! Scheduled time must fall within the hours of 6:00am to 11:30pm per your specific timezone
- Must be clinically strong, function autonomously and competently, and utilize critical thinking skills to provide appropriate care
- You will work collaboratively with other mental health care partners at Cerebral to ensure the most beneficial level of treatment for our clients
- Work alongside other like-minded clinicians that have a common goal to positively impact the lives of others, and create an environment that leads to favorable outcomes for clients
- Mission-driven impact:
- Shape the future of the #1 largest and fastest growing online mental health care company in the world
- Build a platform that is improving the lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people
- Join a community of high achievers who have a passion for promoting mental health
- Path to develop & grow:
- Readily available psychiatrists and clinician leadership for case consultations to ensure you always receive the support you need
- Access to innovative technology to support you in delivering the highest quality of care to your clients
- Access to UpToDate for continued education (free CEU offering)
- Remote-first model:
- Flexibility to choose the hours and schedule that work best for you
- Work virtually from anywhere in the United States
- Culture & connectivity:
- Highly-responsive and supportive team of clinical and operational management
- Decreased administrative time for clinicians through ongoing technology improvements and automations
- Fully integrated, data-enabled EMR with embedded clinical decision support, monthly prescriber metric reports, and task management system
- Opportunity to participate in strategic development initiatives to improve our clinical quality and safety and/or clinical processes across the organization
- Client-first Focus - relentless focus on advancing the quality of care, clinical experience, and patient safety
- Ethics & Integrity - do what is right and demonstrate ethical principles, even when no one is watching
- Commitment - accountable for fully delivering on commitments to our clients and each other
- Impact & Quality - make a positive impact and deliver high quality outcomes, based on data and evidence
- Empathy - act compassionately, listen to seek understanding, and cultivate psychological safety with clients and colleagues
- Collaboration - achieve our goals together as a united team, strengthened by mutual openness, trust, and diversity of thought
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Thoughtful Innovation - continuously evolve our ability to deliver on our mission, prioritizing long-term, strategic bets over short-term gains
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Cerebral, Inc. is a management services organization that provides health information technology, information management system, and non-clinical administrative support services for various medical practices, including Cerebral Medical Group, PA and its affiliated practices (CMG), who are solely responsible for providing and overseeing all clinical matters. Cerebral, Inc. does not provide healthcare services, employ any healthcare provider, own any medical practice (including CMG), or control or attempt to control any provider or the provision of any healthcare service. "Cerebral" is the brand name commonly used by Cerebral, Inc. and CMG.
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