What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Therapist - Remote position at Lensa?
Virtual Behavioral Health Therapist (LCSW, LPC, LMHT) Remote within Oregon/Washington TheBehavioral Health Therapistwill provide Legacy Employees and their dependents (adult and adolescent) with an empathetic assessment and treatment of their behavioral health needs via our online telehealth platform. Care will utilize high quality evidence based behavioral health modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and/or psychoanalysis. Behavioral Health Therapist will establish trusted relationships with Legacy Employees and help coordinate care with their primary care provider, other behavioral health professionals and/or community resources as needed.
Requirements
Education
Job Responsibilities
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's Degreerequired
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or similar fieldrequired
- Minimum 3 years post-training experiencerequired
- Active state medical licensure in OR required (preferred licensed in both OR & WA) in any of the following roles:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Licensed Mental Health Therapist
Job Responsibilities
- Establish trusted professional relationships with patients for acute and longitudinal behavioral health needs(remotely)
- Conducts individual psychotherapy with assigned patients and group therapy sessions using evidence-based practices
- Conducts psychosocial evaluations to provide diagnostic impressions and treatment recommendations.
- Develops coordinated treatment plan in collaboration with other members of the treatment team.
- Use strong communication, attentive listening, and customer service skills
- Completes all required charting on a timely basis, including diagnosis, CPT code, and other elements required for billing and compliance; communicates necessary clinical information to PCPs using approved communication workflows.
- Document patient medical and behavioral health histories, medications, and allergies
- Participates in all assigned programs and attends all continuing education opportunities to meet job requirements and maintain current knowledge of the practice of psychotherapy and social work.
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to adult patients, including knowledge of the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs, and to provide the care needed.
- Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices; reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
- Performs other related duties as required.