Virtual Licensed Therapist

As a physician-founded and led organization, ensuring everyone has access to quality healthcare is what inspires us. The magic we’ve created lies in Carbon Health’s custom EHR and the collaboration among clinical teams, engineers, and designers who work side-by-side to deliver innovation like our hands free AI charting tool. That’s why we hire people who genuinely care about patients, solving healthcare challenges, and making a positive impact every day. Join us and help change the future of healthcare for the better.

The Job at a Glance

Carbon Health is looking for a Behavioral Health Care Therapist to serve as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team for the purpose of optimizing mental health. As an early hire on the Collaborative Care Team, you will help build and implement the new mental health and behavioral health programs at Carbon. Utilizing the Collaborative Care Model we provide behavioral health care that is brief, goal oriented, and measurement-based.  With our unique approach to treatment, we aim to help our patients establish trust that meaningful progress/change can be made towards their mental health concerns within a clearly identified timeframe. We collaborate closely with the Primary Care team to assist patients with physical and mental health goals.

What We Offer

• Your input and contributions are valued and recognized

• Excellent clinical, administrative and management support

• Forward-thinking, tight-knit, transparent, collaborative and inclusive company culture

• The opportunity to grow and scale with a dynamic startup who is changing the way people think about healthcare

• Competitive pay, advancement opportunities, and comprehensive benefits for full-time employees

What You'll Do

Carbon Health is looking for an independently licensed social worker who values structure throughout the process of mental health treatment. We are seeking a provider who understands the importance of having clearly defined goals and start/end points to treatment. As a provider with Carbon Health, you will be expected to:

• Virtually treat patients suffering with mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, etc using the Collaborative Care model. Closely coordinate care with the patient’s medical provider and, when appropriate, other mental health providers. 

• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment. 

• Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, or other treatments as appropriate. 

• Provide patient education about common mental health and substance abuse disorders and the available treatment options. Provide brief, evidence-based interventions for individuals within primary care. 

• Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications. 

• Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in EHR and other required systems so as to be shared with medical providers, psychiatric consultant, and other treating providers. 

• Provide consultation for primary care medical providers as needed.

• Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessment.

• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside of the organization (e.g., social services such as housing assistance, vocational rehabilitation, mental health specialty care, substance abuse treatment). 

• Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant, present clinical information effectively and efficiently.  Communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider and patient. 

• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant and who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care.

• Clinical supervision for unlicensed social workers.

About You

• Carbon Health is looking for a provider who values brief and structured approaches to therapy. We are seeking a clinician who is committed to collecting data, monitoring outcomes, and delivering results. You should be highly organized, detail-oriented, and resourceful. This role will be a great fit for you if you are a doer, who is passionate about making a difference, comfortable with ambiguity, and are naturally collaborative.

• Experience or training working in a Collaborative Care (CoCM, BHI) model is a plus. 

• Have direct clinical experience providing individual therapy as well as skills in assessment and differential diagnosis. 

• Have experience with integrated health care systems.

• Committed to evidence-based practices and data-driven treatment.

• Understand HIPAA requirements for mental health records and maintain appropriate documentation in compliance with legal and ethical standards.

• Ability to make independent decisions in compliance with policies and procedures while working within a collaborative framework.

• Ability to work non-standard hours.

• Proficient computer and technology skills.

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written; including expertise with presentation skills.

Training and Licensure Requirements

• Maintains current and unrestricted license to practice independently as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California. Additional licenses in either of the following states are also of interest: MA, TX, NJ.

• Masters-level unlicensed clinical social workers (MSWs) working towards licensure may apply, and will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

• Ability and willingness to obtain independent licensure in additional states.

BENEFITS

• Medical, dental & vision coverage, effective first day of employment

• Health Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account option for health care & dependent care

• Paid time off, paid sick leave, paid training time

• 401k retirement savings plans with employer match

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Medical malpractice and tail insurance

• State license, board certification and BLS reimbursed for full-time providers

• DEA & DOT certification will be reimbursed where it is required for practice

• Complimentary subscriptions to point-of-care reference tool, DynaMedex

• Hippo Education subscription, internal education resources and clinical rounds to support continuing medical education requirements

*Some benefits dependent on specialty and employment status

We recognize that the key to success lies in valuing the minds, experiences, and perspectives of people from all walks of life. Carbon Health is proud to value diversity and be an equal-opportunity employer. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Carbon Health is an E-Verify employer.