About Braver

Braver is on a mission to solve the twin crises of access to care and quality of care in the child anxiety epidemic. We believe all anxious kids should get help; help that actually works.

We build on a decade of work by co-founders, child psychologist Abbe Garcia, PhD and child psychiatrist Brady Case, MD, getting exposure therapy out of offices and into the real world, where we can see and act on the avoidance behaviors and family interactions that perpetuate anxiety. Our innovative care model enables our team to work alongside kids and families in homes, schools, and wherever anxiety lives. We believe the most effective care for our patients is delivered through a blend of field visits, telehealth sessions, group therapy and family sessions. To ensure maximum reach and impact, our care is delivered by a team of expert clinicians and bachelors level mobile exposure coaches, supported by Braver’s proprietary technology, in a collaborative and caring multidisciplinary work environment.

Nurse practitioners are an integral part of Braver care delivery, helping kids and families access and benefit from exposure therapy for anxiety and OCD with well selected pharmacotherapies that reduce the intensity of anxiety and address common co-occuring conditions like ADHD, behavioral rigidity in autism, depression, and chronic irritability that can impede treatment and cause problems in school, at home, and with friends.

Our Core Values

• Be Real – Come as you are. The willingness to be vulnerable and make mistakes creates opportunities for curiosity, joy, delight, connection, and purpose.
• Choose the Challenge – Seek worthy risks. Every situation, even ones we find difficult, creates choices, and each choice is just the first step of many on a longer journey. We strive to create chances for all of us to choose our challenges, rise to the occasion, and set new goals in new ways. We all can do hard things.
• Empower Growth – Everyone has a role in the journey. Our team of providers, patients, family members, and peers are all working toward empowering one another with knowledge, support, and compassion. We can all be a part of the solutions we seek, and a new community of caring, powerful people.
• Reinvent the Rules – Some rules need to be reimagined, reformed, or rewritten altogether. We question rules, challenge the status quo, and devise alternatives.
• Raise the Standard – Mental healthcare for anxious kids is usually unavailable and rarely offers what we know works best. We set the bar higher to help kids and families, serve as an example of what more effective, accessible, sustainable care can be, and prove that good care leads to good outcomes.

About the Role

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (NPs) at Braver deliver mental health services in a unique multidisciplinary outpatient program for children, adolescents, young adults, and their parents affected by anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders. NPs collaborate with psychologists and their bachelors level exposure coaches to tailor medication selection and optimization in the services of successful conduct of the core evidence based treatment for anxiety, cognitive-behavioral therapy with exposure. NPs are also supervised by Dr. Case and meet together weekly and additionally as needed. Like all Braver staff, NPs participate in Braver’s startup culture of curiosity, mutual reliance and respect, and continuous change in the service of improving the effectiveness and accessibility of care.

NP responsibilities include:

• diagnostic evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults, typically with a focus on whether and which pharmacological interventions may be useful to improve multimodal treatment of anxiety and related disorders
• collaboration with Braver psychologists and coaches, as well as with primary care providers and school personnel to improve continuity of care and support treatment across the varied environments where patients need to function
• ongoing treatment of Braver patients in accordance with evidence based guidelines and, when such treatments fail, with rational selection of other treatments that require close monitoring for efficacy and adverse effects
• education of patients and families about psychiatric disorders and treatments, including pharmacological, other somatic, and psychosocial interventions
• monitor patient progress over time and participate in ongoing critical reevaluation of team conceptualization of patient problems and treatments in interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferences
• maintain accurate and up-to-date records, including documentation of services provided and communication with other healthcare providers.
• meet legal and ethical standards regarding patient confidentiality and privacy.

Location and Schedule

This is a hybrid role. Delivery of virtual treatment and other team collaboration can be conducted remotely from the practitioner’s home. Some work may be required to be conducted onsite in one of our office locations. Given the outpatient nature of this work, and the fact that children and adolescents will be in school during the day, it is necessary to periodically schedule appointments that take place in the early morning before school or early evening after parents’ work.

About You

Successful Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners at Braver will have the following:

• Master of Science or Doctorate in Nursing from an accredited institution
• Board certification in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (PMHNP) preferred
• Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (or licensed elsewhere and eligible for licensure in Rhode Island and Massachusetts)
• Experience in the mental health treatment of children and adolescents preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Aptitude learning and using new technologies
• Desire to work in a collaborative, non-hierarchical team environment.
• Passion for Braver’s mission and an ability to be nimble and thrive in a fast-paced start-up atmosphere.

What We Offer

Braver offers competitive compensation as well as a generous benefits package including a 401k plan with company match (of employee contributions and student loan repayment) and immediate vesting, health insurance, optional HSA with employer contributions, FSAs for dental, vision, and child care, as well as a robust Paid Time Off (PTO) package. Our hybrid model blends the ability to perform work in the comfort of your home while also coming together regularly for in-person engagement and relationship building with colleagues and patients.

Salary Range: Compensation combines base and productivity components determined by a transparent methodology that will be shared with the applicant. The starting base compensation is $125,000 annually or higher depending on experience. Productivity compensation is $15,000 annually at a target productivity of approximately 5 hours of clinical care per day, but rises with productivity and is not capped. The goal of our compensation approach is to balance financial security with clear, fair rewards for the volume and quality of care delivered. Applicants will be interviewed by Braver NPs who can share their experiences with this compensation system and other aspects of the role.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Braver is an open and welcoming place to work, and we value diversity in all its forms. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.