Psychotherapy Lead

Description

Job Title: Psychotherapy Lead

Location:  Minneapolis, MN

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6 hours per day

FTE: .75 FTE (30 hours per week) 

Note: This role can be combined with .25 W2 net collections provider work and/or supervision. 

Job Summary

The Psychotherapy Lead oversees the psychotherapy team, including licensed providers and supervisors, to promote excellence in clinical care and supervision, while adhering to board and healthcare compliance standards. 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Clinical Director and leadership team to enhance interagency communication, processes, and quality of services 
• Supports continued management and success of supervision program for pre-licensed clinicians
• Manages Intern Training Program, including evaluating and responding to the needs of intern supervisors, interns, and academic partners.   
• Supports psychotherapists’ compliance with clinical documentation and LynLake policies and procedures 

All Psychotherapists

• Runs weekly Missed Visits report and communicates with providers to ensure completion/resolution of overdue items
• Completes regular clinical audits and provides feedback to providers to enhance adherence to clinical documentation standards
• Tracks and manages performance/compliance issues (e.g., documentation timeliness) 
• Leads offboarding processes for providers
• Collaborates with HR Director and Clinical Director within termination processes 
• Provides consultation for complex or high risk clinical issues that cannot be resolved within individual or group supervision and/or require escalation.
• Responds to client complaints that could not be directly resolved with provider and collaborates with clinical direction when escalation is required

W-2 Psychotherapists

• Holds initial onboarding meeting with incoming W2 psychotherapists to review role, expectations and resources
• Completes 30, 60, and 90-day check ins during the W2 onboarding process.
• Supports W-2 providers in problem solving and finding ways to increase billed hours
• Oversees performance improvement planning with W-2 psychotherapists as needed and in consultation with Clinical Director

1099 Psychotherapists

• Holds initial onboarding meeting with incoming 1099 psychotherapists to review role, expectations and resources
• Directs providers to appropriate LynLake resources for administrative or clinical process questions
• Holds initial meeting with 1099 psychotherapists who are not in compliance with their contract due to performance issues and collaborates with Clinical Director to determine when compliance issues need to be escalated

Supervisors 

• Completes initial supervisor and supervisee matching and responds to transfer requests
• Organizes and communicates group supervision opportunities to pre-licensed practitioners
• Implements onboarding training for new supervisors 
• Completes quarterly check-ins with all supervisors
• Collaborates with supervisors to address pre-licensed therapist performance issues 
• Facilitates monthly Supervision of Supervision consultation group
• Assists in maintaining the clinical supervision compensation spreadsheet for pre-licensed and intern supervisors
• Assists supervisors in maintaining Pre-licensed planner spreadsheet and planning for transitions
• Ensures all supervisors continually adhere to the clinic’s supervision standards and policies as well as board and state ethics

Internship Program

• Responds to inquiries from intern candidates, screens, and completes interviews
• Works with interns’ academic programs to ensure program agreements and expectations are clear 
• Co-leads intern orientation day with Clinical Director
• Provides supervision of supervision to intern supervisors through monthly meetings (biweekly at start of academic year)
• Monitors intern clinical hours spreadsheet and consults with supervisors and team to optimize flow of referrals  
• Assists supervisors, interns, and/or academic partners with performance concerns
• Partners with supervisors and HR to support hiring of interns who meet criteria for pre-licensed candidacy 
• Evaluates programmatic needs and works with Clinical Director to adjust program as needed

Requirements

Education:

• Master's degree in mental health counseling, clinical psychology, or a related field from an accredited program required.

Certifications:

• Licensure as a mental health professional in the state of Minnesota.
• Minnesota Board-approved super