[Hiring] Behavioral Health Therapist @Fast Pace Health

Role Description

Fast Pace Health strives to provide a best in class patient experience in every interaction. We are seeking a highly-skilled, experienced Behavioral Health Therapist to join our growing team. Our ideal candidate will be deeply committed to nurturing our Fast Pace mission of teamwork, communication, empowerment and quality care in a friendly and encouraging environment.

The Behavioral Health Therapist (LCSW or LPC) will see patients across the lifespan of care including diagnostic evaluations, individual, and family therapy virtually through a telehealth platform and live in the clinic setting. The Behavioral Health Therapist (LCSW or LPC) is responsible for independent decision making in the care of patients with mental illness.

This is a fully remote role with flexible schedule options Monday-Friday 8am-7pm CST.

What You Will Do:

• Promote the five principles of Fast Pace: Communication, Teamwork, Empowerment, Quality of Care, and Friendliness.
• Provide exemplary customer service to patients, visitors, and co-workers.
• Provide convenient, friendly patient care to all who come through our door seeking health related services.
• Assess patients’ mental and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members; including psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurses, front desk staff, and other support staff.
• Assist in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
• Provide therapy to individuals or family members for those with chronic mental health conditions across the lifespan.
• Document patients’ social and psychiatric histories, diagnoses, treatment plans, and expected outcomes.
• Refer to appropriate practitioner if feels patient would benefit from medication treatment.
• Educate patients and family members about mental health, expectations, and compliance of medications, and treatment plans.
• Help provide crisis management for current patients if need arises.
• Responsible for learning the aspects of compliance in the company by completing all mandatory compliance training.
• The ability to maintain friendly, cordial relations with all employees.
• The ability to build and maintain confidence and credibility with all employees.
• The ability to maintain friendly, cordial relations with all clients and employees; maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that results in a positive work relationship with customers, co-workers and managers.
• The ability to perform the physical, use of senses, cognitive, and environmental functions of the position, as specified on the physical demands.
• Ability to comply with Company standards of operations.
• Ability to adhere to the Core Values of the Company, of teamwork, communication, empowerment, quality of care, and friendliness.
• The ability to promote and maintain a respectful culture of employee, employer and business confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience required in a mental health setting.
• Permanent License required if LPC and completed all supervision requirements.
• At least one year experience in counseling and/or therapy in a mental health setting.
• Preferred: State License in at least 2 of the following states: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Indiana.

Education Requirements

• Masters Degree

Compliance

Fast Pace Health is committed to the principle of equal employment and creating an inclusive environment for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome job applications from qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, parental status, genetic information or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct.

Please refer to the links below for information regarding your rights under certain federal laws:

• Federal Laws - Employee Rights
• Federal Laws - Compliance Posters

Mississippi Residents Only: In Mississippi, Fast Pace requires pre-employment/drug/alcohol testing as a condition of employment. The law requires that Fast Pace notify applicants, in writing, upon application and prior to the collection of the specimen for drug and alcohol test, that they may be tested for “the presence of drugs [or alcohol] in their metabolites.” Miss. Code. Ann. § 71-7-3(5).

Applicants are limited to individuals from states, excluding the following: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and the District of Columbia.