Provider (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) - West Region

About Bicycle Health

The Opioid Epidemic is a public health crisis with a highly effective but underutilized clinical intervention - millions of Americans are physically dependent on Opioids but only 10% of those likely to have OUD actually access treatment. Bicycle Health addresses this gap by maximizing accessibility, affordability, and overall quality of care by enabling highly qualified clinicians to reach patients broadly and efficiently through our online platform.

Provider Position Overview

We’re looking for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to join us full-time in a 40-hour-per-week, W-2 role with a schedule designed to offer both structure and flexibility. The Provider position at Bicycle Health is a remote full-time addiction medicine clinical position with responsibility for the continuity care of a panel of adult patients under care primarily for opioid use disorder. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will assess new patients presenting for telemedicine-based care of opioid use disorder, determine appropriateness of enrollment in our care setting, and manage their continuity OUD treatment from initial induction through the duration of their care. The Nurse Practitioner also addresses co-occurring mental health conditions directly when appropriate, and also via referral and care-coordination with outside providers. The NP/PA participates actively in regular clinical team meetings and quality improvement activities, collaborates with our program physicians and therapists, and reports to the regional medical director.

What You Can Expect

• Stable, full time employment - This is a full-time, W-2 employees. As a full-time employee you will receive full benefits.
• Location Flexibility - Work from home and work from anywhere in your state (subject to change depending on regulations).
• Limited Call - There are on-call responsibilities but most providers are on-call once every 2-3 months on average. Call is one week at a time (Monday to Monday).
• Varied Start Times - Start times vary by region.

West Region Work Schedule Options

All states are within Mountain, Pacific, and Central times zones.

• Option 1: Monday–Friday (8 hour shifts)
  Start time between 10:00am EST (8:00am MST) and 12:00pm EST (10:00am MST). Schedule remains consistent each week.
• Option 2: Four 10-hour shifts
  Includes one weekend day and you must work Thursday. No more than two consecutive days off. Weekday shifts start at 11:00am EST (9:00am MST). Weekend shifts start at 10:00am EST (8:00am MST). Schedule remains consistent each week.

What You'll Do

• Provide assessment and treatment for a continuity of panel of up to 275 adults with Opioid Use Disorder from initial treatment-start throughout their ongoing care.
• Provide diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder and co-occurring mental health conditions.
• Safely and effectively start treatment with buprenorphine-naloxone for OUD, manage the early induction and stabilization phase of care with close follow-up.
• Utilize motivational interviewing and other engagement and rapport-building techniques to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with the care team to coordinate additional services as may be needed.
• Take an active role in clinical team meetings and practice improvement, engage in case discussion with colleagues.
• Develop a thorough understanding of practice policies and procedures, and actively participate in P&P feedback and development.
• Develop an understanding of your local and regional referral resources and utilize them.
• Utilize our intuitive web-based EMR platform to manage patient care.
• Work from anywhere in your state (subject to change depending on regulations).
• This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a talented, enthusiastic and mission driven team and have strategic input into a variety of company-wide projects and other initiatives.

What You'll Need

• Valid license to practice medicine & DEA license in your home state. Must be eligible and willing to obtain licenses in multiple states.
• At least 1 year of Buprenorphine prescribing experience in a family medicine, internal medicine, addiction medicine, or psychiatric practice environment.
• Telehealth experience a big plus!
• Strong communication skills, ability to build an effective provider-patient relationship that fosters engagement and adherence to a collaboratively developed care plan.
• Comfort with risk/benefit balancing and a love for problem solving are required attributes.
• Motivational Interviewing experience preferred.
• Ability to share equally in the on-call needs of the region including on call coverage for a percentage of the 8 company observed holidays.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Employment Details

• This is a full-time (40hrs per week) remote position.
• Target Pay Range: $120,000-$140,000 + Bonus Eligible. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Benefits

• 3 Weeks Vacation + 8.5 days of additional sick time + 8 paid holidays + 2 Floating holidays + 3 CME days
• 100% Employer Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program through Magellan Health
• Employer Paid STD & LTD
• 401k
• Up to $3,000 CME
• $50 monthly Remote Work Stipend
• Paid parental leave
• All equipment provided
• White Glove licensing and credentialing service.
• All licensing and credentialing costs paid.

Key skills/competency

• Addiction Medicine
• Opioid Use Disorder
• Buprenorphine
• Telemedicine
• Physician Assistant
• Nurse Practitioner
• Motivational Interviewing
• Patient Assessment
• Clinical Team Collaboration
• EMR Systems