As a Therapist, Suicide Prevention Program (SPP), you will work in collaborative settings to provide biopsychosocial assessments, individual and group therapy, and work with your team to coordinate care across a range of treatment settings. You will have the ability to manage a caseload and make decisions with appropriate autonomy.
Location:
This is a 100% remote position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Deliver Family-Centered Psychotherapy: Provide evidence-based individual, joint family, and parent/guardian teletherapy for youth (ages 12–26) at high or critical risk of suicide, utilizing family-systems frameworks, C-CBT, DBT skills, and Motivational Interviewing.
- Conduct Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning: Administer validated risk assessment tools (e.g., C-SSRS) and lead real-time Safety Planning, lethal means counseling, and crisis stabilization tailored to both the youth and their family unit.
- Manage Monthly Acuity & Risk Stratification: Complete validated clinical assessments at monthly review periods to measure acuity, track suicide risk trajectory, and dynamically adjust care frequency and treatment goals based on member readiness and family capacity.
- Lead Clinical Care Team Collaboration: Direct the clinical safety strategy in close partnership with assigned Care Team Members (CTM) and the Crisis Center, ensuring aligned roles without duplicating billable services.
- Provide Crisis Escalation Response: Serve as the licensed clinician for high-acuity escalations, executing immediate risk mitigation, triage, and rapid safety plan updates during critical member events.
- Maintain Fee-for-Service & Medicaid Compliance: Complete high-integrity, timely clinical documentation (DAP) that explicitly substantiates medical necessity, suicide risk levels, family interventions, and whole-person care for Medicaid Fee-for-Service (FFS) billing.
- Drive Multimodal Youth & Family Engagement: Utilize multi-platform engagement technology (video, secure messaging, interactive safety apps) to maintain persistent outreach and re-engage ambivalent youth or overwhelmed caregivers.
- Integrate Care Infrastructure & Panel Tracking: Actively participate in interdisciplinary huddles, maintain registry accuracy, and monitor personal KPIs (billable hours, documentation turnaround, and show rates) to optimize clinical outcomes across the program panel.
- Collaborate with the member, family, and healthcare providers to develop an individualized plan of care.
- Develop and coordinate community resources with emphasis on medical, behavioral, suicide prevention, and social services.
- Identify and initiate referrals for social service programs – including financial, psycho-social, community, and state supportive services.
- Document all member assessments, care plans, and referrals provided.
- Prepare and maintain all required records, reports, paperwork, and member’s diagnostic records, maintaining confidentiality of members at all times.
Education & Work Experience:
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or other applicable behavioral health discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Licensure:
- Current Nevada Department of Health (NV DOH) independent behavioral health license.
- Eligible licenses include: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); Clinical Professional Counselor (CPC); Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT); Licensed Psychologist.
- Two or more years of direct experience working with adolescents and adults in the behavioral health field required.
- Experience in suicide prevention strongly preferred.
- Crisis intervention training and experience required.
- Knowledge of local resources, social determinants of health, mental health, substance use disorders, interpersonal violence, and social issues.
- Familiarity with Medicare or Medicaid practices preferred.
Skills Required:
- Relentless about prioritizing and following through on assigned tasks independently.
- Superior time management and organization to complete daily tasks by the end of each day.
- Computer proficiency, including experience with electronic health records (EHR).
- Ability to exercise strict confidentiality and sound judgment with respect to sensitive member information, maintaining the integrity of member records at all times.
- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Clearly and accurately relay information to staff, business partners, stakeholders, and members including collaborating with interdisciplinary teams.
- Problem Solving: Identifies needs and takes independent action to implement change when and where it is needed; results oriented.
- Ability to plan, organize, manage time, and prioritize multiple tasks and assignments.
- Ability to provide case management in routine and crisis situations.
- Self-motivated, team player, adaptable with a strong sense of urgency in a fast-paced environment.