Licensed Mental Health Provider

Summary

Join Oscar Medical Group as an LCSW or LPC and contribute to our innovative approach to healthcare. You will provide direct patient care to a panel of patients in a collaborative primary care setting, working closely with PCPs and other healthcare professionals. This remote position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a real difference in patients' lives. You will utilize evidence-based techniques and collaborate with a team to deliver high-quality behavioral health care. The role requires a license in Texas and experience in outpatient settings. Spanish fluency is also a requirement.

Requirements

• LCSW or LPC with 2+ years of outpatient work experience
• Spanish language fluency
• Experience with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Problem Solving Treatment)
• Must be licensed in Texas

Responsibilities

• Manage a panel of patients with mild to moderate behavioral health conditions in close collaboration with the primary care provider (200-250 per month for 1.0 FTE = 40 hrs / week)
• Provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such as Behavioral Activation, Problem-Solving Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, or other treatments appropriate for primary care settings
• Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by PCPs, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment
• Perform assessments, and brief, short-term treatment interventions to patients meeting program criteria
• Work with medical assistants, behavioral health coordinators and PCPs to support care plans
• Document patient progress and treatment recommendations so they can be easily shared with PCPs, the psychiatric consultant, and other treating providers
• Facilitate treatment plan changes and referrals for patients not improving/progressing or needing a higher level of care
• Participate in ongoing care collaboration, through team-based case conferences, maintaining a patient registry, electronic communication channels, and with provider partners
• Additional responsibilities may include presenting on behavioral health topics at staff meetings, and covering for the supervisor in clinical support of non-licensed staff when needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an integrated primary care setting
• Screening skills, assessment, and knowledge for common mental health and substance use disorders
• Basic awareness and familiarity of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders
• Willingness to obtain licensure in current + expansion states if not licensed (CT, FL, OK, GA, NY, CA)
• Understand primary care pace and focus on patient access
• Understanding of Counseling Compact licensing requirements in 2024

Benefits

• Employee benefits
• Annual vacation grant of up to 18 days per year
• Annual performance bonuses
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick time
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) plan participation
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid wellness time and reimbursements