Physician Assistant
Full Time • Mendota Heights Clinic
The Physician Assistant focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental illnesses and emotional disorders. They evaluate patients' mental and physical well-being, create personalized treatment plans, and prescribe medication as needed. This role plays a crucial part in supporting patients' needs and promoting improved mental health outcomes. This is a full-time position which includes 30-35 hours per week of client facing time.
Position location is flexible and can be based out of any of our Minnesota clinics.
Position location is flexible and can be based out of any of our Minnesota clinics.
What We Offer:
- Free virtual short-term counseling for the whole family!
- Medical Insurance with the option to select a $10 mental health office visit copay!
- Dental, Vision, Life & Disability
- Pet Insurance
- Free access to virtual urgent care for the whole family!
- Generous 401(k) match up to 4%!
- Paid Time Off + Holidays
- Employment models that prioritize creativity, culture, and compensation
- Amazing colleagues who are passionate about destigmatizing mental health
- Comfortable & inviting clinic environment, with furnished offices
Compensation: The salary range for this position is $126,000 - $142,000. Salary is based on experience and qualifications.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Graduate of a Physician Assistant Program
- 2+ years of experience in mental health direct patient care
- In-depth knowledge of the DSM-5 and its application in diagnosing mental health conditions.
- Understanding of psychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, eating disorders, and other mood or psychotic disorders.
- Knowledge of both pharmacological treatments and psychotherapeutic techniques
- Understanding of medication management protocols, including how to monitor for effectiveness, adjust dosages, and manage side effects or adverse reactions.
- Strong diagnostic and assessment skills, with the ability to evaluate complex psychiatric conditions and provide accurate diagnoses.
- Ability to provide emotional support and understanding, especially for patients facing challenging mental health conditions.
- Exhibit good judgement, honesty, integrity, responsibility, and punctuality.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with other teams to achieve goals.
- Strong working proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Calendar, Teams Chat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. And in using electronic health records (EHR) systems.
- Maintains strict confidentiality handling client information in compliance with HIPAA guidelines and Ellie policies.
- Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture
Responsibilities include:
- Diagnose and treat various mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse disorders.
- Conduct complete history and physical assessments and follow up appointments.
- Develop individualized treatment plans, incorporating therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes.
- Prescribe and manage medications, monitoring their effectiveness and potential side effects.
- Educate patients on medication management, including the importance of consistency, side effect management, and potential long-term impacts. Collaborate with therapists, psychologists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
- Provide education to patients and their families about mental health conditions, treatment options, coping mechanisms, and resources for additional support.
- Document all patient interactions, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and medication changes in compliance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.
- Offer immediate support for patients experiencing acute psychiatric crises, including suicidal ideation, violent tendencies, or severe distress.
- Develop long-term care plans for ongoing care beyond initial treatment, including relapse prevention strategies, lifestyle changes, and long-term medication management.
- Participate in case reviews, multidisciplinary team meetings, and clinical supervision.
- Ensure a patient-centered approach by fostering a supportive and empathetic therapeutic environment.
- Stay updated on advancements in psychiatric treatments and research.
Ellie was proudly founded by clinicians on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and we have made it our goal to fill the gap and find innovative ways to break down these barriers for our local communities. We are excited to expand across the country by partnering with local leaders in your community.
Ellie Mental Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation: $126,000.00 - $127,000.00 per year
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Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.
Don’t meet EVERY requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!
Employee Experience
We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!
Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.
We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!
Company Structure
Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel “blah.”
Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.
In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?
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A company rooted in values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
Unique pay model with industry leading compensation
Comfortable, furnished offices and clinic environment