[Hiring] Psychotherapy Team Lead @Author Health, LLC

Role Description

As a Psychotherapy Team Lead, you are a key player in contributing to the smooth operation and high quality of our clinical services. This position is designed for a skilled LCSW who is passionate about both direct clinical work and contributing to the broader success of a mental health organization. You have the opportunity to utilize your expertise to support other clinicians, manage clinical projects, and help shape our policies and procedures.

• Lead pilot initiatives
• 1:1 supervision
• Assist with the interviewing and onboarding of new staff
• This role may or may not have direct reports depending on the needs of the clinic

Essential Functions

• Serves as a Team Lead for 7-10 Psychotherapists with key responsibilities as follows:
• Direct Patient Care (50%-80%)
  • Provide virtual-first psychosocial assessments and psychotherapy to individuals with serious mental illness; facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care
  • Provide audio-only follow-up sessions in the event of technical issues or if the patient is unable to access video technology
  • Provide time-framed, goal-focused, skill-based psychotherapy using evidence-based techniques (including CBT, solution-focused treatment, motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, and others)
  • Document treatment response and monitor clinical symptoms
  • Provide support and advocacy to caregivers and family members of patients with dementia and serious mental illness as needed
  • Lead/facilitate support groups and group therapy
  • Identify social determinants of health needs as part of a multidisciplinary care team
  • Serve a crucial role on a multidisciplinary care team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, community health workers, and medical assistants; participate in huddles and multidisciplinary communication
• Operational and Administrative Duties (20-50%)
  • Assist Clinical Operations team in addressing and reducing administrative errors, thus allowing more patient-facing time for clinicians
  • Address time-sensitive coverage needs due to callouts and STAT/urgent calls
  • Facilitate clinician matching and oversight for intern shadowing
  • Support workflow processes for team and company initiatives
  • Co-Lead Weekly LCSW Staff Meetings
  • Interviewing and onboarding new staff

Qualifications

• Comfort working in a startup environment with a rapidly growing and evolving team
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patients and other members of the care team
• Ability to effectively engage patients and their caregivers in a therapeutic relationship
• Ability to work with patients via telehealth platform and via telephone
• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance use disorders, when appropriate
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders, when appropriate (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation)

Requirements

• At least 1-2 years experience leading/supporting clinical teams and/or daily operations of a clinic
• Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
• Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
• LCSW/LMHC licensed in Florida or ability to become licensed in Florida and other states as required by the company

Preferred Education and Experience

• 5-7 years of direct care clinical experience
• Experience with collaborative care
• Bilingual (Spanish-English and/or Haitian-Creole/English)
• LCSW licensed in Texas or ability to become licensed in Texas
• Experience conducting psychotherapy via telehealth
• Qualified Supervisor certification in Florida

Supervisory Responsibilities

• May co-supervise Psychotherapy staff and/or MSW interns in this role.

Work Environment

• Employees will work from their homes, utilizing virtual tools and software to manage tasks, communicate with team members, patients and other stakeholders.
• They will also complete administrative duties on a computer provided by the company.

Physical Demands

• This role requires sitting for extended periods of time in front of a computer screen.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

• Full-time minimum 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday

Other Duties

• Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.