Collaborating Psychiatrist / Supervising Physician (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Part-Time | Connecticut

About Legion Health

Legion Health is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental health care while expanding access for patients through insurance. We prioritize clinicians' well-being and professional growth, offering a competitive compensation package and fostering a vibrant, collaborative culture. Our vision is to pioneer a new era of medicine by delivering world-class psychiatry with compassion and clinical autonomy.

About the Role

Legion Health is seeking clinically excellent, patient-centered psychiatrists (MD or DO) to collaborate with and supervise Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) through secure telehealth workflows. This nationwide, remote, part-time contractor opportunity combines predictable flexibility with meaningful clinical responsibility. Legion recruits and vets the PMHNPs and manages operational infrastructure, while you provide responsive clinical guidance, chart review, mentorship, and independent prescribing decisions when legally permitted and clinically appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced PMHNPs treating low- and medium-acuity psychiatry patients using evidence-based approaches.
• Conduct chart reviews and provide timely guidance on diagnoses, treatment plans, medication management, and clinical escalations.
• Review and authorize prescriptions, including controlled substances when legally permitted and clinically appropriate.
• Be available during agreed working hours and at the end of PMHNP shifts when required by applicable state rules.
• Mentor clinicians and reinforce Legion's clinical standards, documentation expectations, and responsible-prescribing protocols.
• Help Legion expand access to high-quality psychiatric care across the United States.

Qualifications

• An active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and medication-management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Comfort providing care remotely and using electronic health record systems.
• Commitment to patient-centered, compassionate, evidence-based care.

Benefits

• Flexibility: Set your own schedule for optimal work-life balance.
• Work from Home: Collaborate with PMHNPs through secure telehealth and clinical systems.
• Significant Administrative Support: Focus on patient care while we handle scheduling, insurance verification, billing, prior authorizations, and pharmacy coordination.
• Commitment to Responsible Prescribing: Rigorous, evidence-based protocols and objective diagnostic tools to ensure responsible and ethical prescriptions of controlled substances.
• Legal Protection: Full malpractice insurance coverage.
• PMHNP Acquisition: Legion recruits and vets the PMHNPs you support.
• Clinical Autonomy: Exercise independent medical judgment within clear, evidence-based protocols.
• Licensure and DEA Coverage: Reimbursement for all fees associated with getting licensed in other states as required.
• Credentialing Support: We handle all aspects and costs of credentialing with a large number of insurance plans, including commercial, ACA, and government.
• Community of Clinical Excellence: Work alongside talented psychiatrists and PMHNPs, many of whom have trained at prestigious institutions.
• Monthly Pay: Providers are paid every month for immediate financial benefit and planning ease.
• Resources: Premium subscriptions to tools such as UpToDate and Carlat.
• Exclusive Events: Engage with colleagues through in-person and virtual events.

Pay

$50,000–$150,000 per year, depending on the number and workload of PMHNPs supervised.

Schedule

Part-time, fully remote within the United States. Set your own schedule for optimal work-life balance.

Clinical Advisory Board

Legion’s Clinical Advisory Board brings together nationally recognized psychiatrists, physician executives, telepsychiatry pioneers, and primary-care leaders. They help shape clinical quality standards, evidence-based care protocols, prescribing safeguards, and continuous quality-improvement efforts. Members include:

• Madhukar Trivedi, M.D. — Psychiatrist; Professor of Psychiatry and Distinguished Chair in Mental Health at UT Southwestern
• Alexander Ruvalcaba, M.D. — Psychiatrist; Physician Executive at MultiCare Behavioral Health Network
• Jon Kole, M.D. — Psychiatrist; Senior Medical Director at Headspace
• Liberty Eberly, D.O. — Psychiatrist; Co-Founder and Former Chief Medical Officer at innovaTel Telepsychiatry
• John Lusins, M.D. — Psychiatrist; Founder and President at South Texas Mental Health Associates
• Jacqueline Champlain, M.D. — Family Medicine Physician; Lead Physician at WellMed and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians