Remote Virtual Mental Health Therapist

Summary

Join Imagine Pediatrics as a licensed adolescent clinical therapist (LCSW) to provide therapy, diagnostic assessment, and teletherapy to pediatric patients and their families. Collaborate with the medical team, social workers, and families to identify needs and provide behavioral health support.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling or related area
• Licensed to independently practice in New York (LCSW)
• 1-2 years’ experience post independent licensure in a behavioral health setting
• 1 year of experience working with children, adolescents, and their caregivers inclusive of external systems involved in a minor’s care
• Certification/Training in evidence-based modalities including but not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy
• Experience working with high-risk behavioral health populations including but not limited to suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, severe persistent mental illness (SPMI), children in the foster care system
• Strong preference and comfortability conducting triage assessments and crisis interventions
• Diligent regarding documentation standards and accustomed to using electronic medical records
• Experience working with a diverse population or demographics
• Telehealth experience
• Strong communication, documentation, and diagnostic skills
• Familiarity with technology, Microsoft suites, and documenting in electronic health records
• Availability in the evening and after school hours 10:30am - 7:00pm CST
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide brief targeted therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents via teletherapy with mood disorders and severe persistent mental illness
• Provide evidence-based interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy
• Treat children with severe mental illness and mood disorders including but not limited to major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, homicidal ideation, suicidal ideation, and trauma
• Conduct crisis assessment utilizing validated screening tools such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
• Facilitate intervention to address needs of a patient experiencing a psychiatric emergency including active safety planning with the child and parent
• Assess and safety plan critically for the least restrictive environment necessary to ensure safety
• Document visits with critical detail in our electronic medical record to ensure continuity of care
• Experience escalating patients to emergency resources when necessary
• Conduct psychosocial assessment for follow-up hospitalization program within 7 days of hospital discharge date and follow-up care
• Meet regularly with behavioral health manager to discuss caseload progression, application of brief intervention model, discharge planning, and to assign new patients
• Work collaboratively with crisis team members on care coordination for various cases

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA; Company-funded HSA
• 401(k) with 4% match, vested 100% from day one
• Employer-paid short and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 20 days PTO + 10 Company Holidays & 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid new parent leave