Therapist - Part time (Fully Remote / Telehealth)

Therapist – Part Time

Virginia - Remote

Waymark is a team of healthcare providers, technologists, and builders whose mission is to bring the best healthcare to people with Medicaid benefits.  Guided by the communities we serve, we bring support and technology-enabled care to help primary care providers keep Medicaid patients healthy.  We are building the tools and designing an approach to enable care to reach the patients who can benefit most.  

Our core values embody the essence of what makes Waymark a unique team today, and what we look for, nurture, and sustain as a team. We are bold builders, believing that the greatest challenges in care delivery can be solved when we harness the power of community and technology. We are humble learners, seeking feedback and perspectives different from our own, and welcome challenges to our conclusions. We experiment to improve, actively seeking data to inform decisions and to assess our own performance. We act with focused urgency, our commitment to our mission drives us to tirelessly pursue results.

If this vision resonates with you, we hope you consider bringing your creativity, your energy, your curiosity to Waymark.

About this Role

As a Part Time Clinical Therapist at Waymark, you will be a core member of a multidisciplinary care team that seeks to redefine care delivery to patients receiving Medicaid. You will provide mental health counseling to patients who have a wide spectrum of severity and co-morbid conditions and you will need to be versatile with approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, problem solving treatment, and behavioral activation

You will counsel through telehealth modalities (SMS, phone, and app-free video) as part of a broader team that includes community health workers who see patients in person, pharmacists who assist with medication challenges, and care coordinators embedded in primary care clinics that  Waymark supports with wrap-around services.  You should be familiar with and supportive of the Collaborative Care Model of supporting mental health of patients in partnerships with primary care providers and, when appropriate, psychiatrists.

Job Location: Fully Remote and willing to work Eastern Standard time zone.

License: Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Independent (Clinical) Social Worker (LCSW). Waymark is willing to sponsor the Virginia state licensing.

Responsibilities & Duties 

• Deliver evidence-based psychosocial treatments and behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders in the Medicaid population.
• Coordination of therapy needs including triage across the spectrum from mild to severe mental illness. 
• Communicate with primary care providers and psychiatrists, and provide feedback to community health workers and pharmacists on Waymark’s multidisciplinary care team.

Required Qualifications 

• Deep commitment to improving healthcare for underserved populations.
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Independent (Clinical) Social Worker (LCSW/LICSW). Waymark is willing to sponsor the Virginia state licensing.
• 2+ years post-Master’s-degree experience in case management of patients with behavioral health needs.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary team setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with underserved populations, across spectrum of moderate to severe behavioral health conditions, including psychosis.
• Trauma-informed and harm reduction approach to substance use disorders.

Conditions of Employment

• Commit to a scheduled minimum of 20 paid hours per week, solely focused on being available to Waymark patients. 

Hourly Pay Range: $26.56/hour - $44.23/hour.  Compensation will depend on multiple factors, including job location, training, education, and experience.

Benefits and Other Compensation: Medical, vision, dental, basic life insurance, and stock options available for the hired applicant.  Employees also receive twenty (20) vacation days, accrued over the year and thirteen (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Sixteen (16) weeks of parental leave for birthing parents will also be available for use after successful completion of six (6) months of employment, eight (8) weeks of bonding leave for non-birthing parents.  Employees are able to enroll in our 401(k) plan and commuter benefits plan.