Lead Therapist

Why You Will Love Working With Us!

At Pasadena Villa Outpatient, we are a dynamic, dedicated, and growing team of professionals deeply passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized clinical care for behavioral health conditions.  Pasadena Villa Outpatient is a leading provider of mental health treatment services across the region.  We are a part of Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare Network which offers a continuum of care within our Psychiatric Network, Eating Disorder Network, including inpatient, intensive residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services nationwide.

Our team’s foundation is client centered care and clinical excellence through our 5-star service commitment – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Flexibility, Collaboration, and Service.  We are committed to our team and our team is committed to our clients! 

We are seeking a FT Lead Therapist to join our team in Nashville, TN!

Providing outpatient care Monday through Friday, we offer exceptional benefits, development opportunities, professional training, and much more detailed below.

Join our team!  Be part of our amazing vision of changing lives empowering each client’s inherent strengths making a difference in countless lives, while being part of a larger nationwide network that is growing each day!

What we offer

•       Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
•        Multiple Career Development Pathways
•        Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
•        Multiple Health Plan Design Options Available
•        Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
•        100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
•        100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
•        100% Company Paid Life & ADD
•        401K with Company Match
•        Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
•        Generous Team Member Referral Program
•        Parental Leave

Position Summary

The Lead Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy sessions for clients in Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) levels of care. The Lead Therapist role consists of direct clinical care, providing clinical supervision to clinical team members and interns, developing/improving group curriculum, and supporting overall care coordination. This position is responsible for assessing the therapeutic needs of individuals and families, and for developing appropriate treatment plans. The Lead Therapist acts as the primary point of contact for clients and families throughout the treatment process and serves as a client advocate with the treatment team. Position acts as a liaison with referral sources, clinical partners, and internal resources to coordinate care throughout the treatment process.

Essential Responsibilities

• Exemplifies our 5 Star Service to clients, team members, referents, and families.
• Assesses the therapeutic needs of clients, determining appropriate interventions, and conducting individual and group therapy sessions in accordance with these needs.
• Assists with the creation and coordination of clinical program schedules in partnership with the Executive Director and clinical team members.
• Oversee weekly group assignments and topics to ensure balanced therapist workloads and programming tailored to current cohort needs.
• Completes psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans, session notes, discharge plans and other reports required for each client in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines and payor source guidelines.
• Supports clinical team in meeting documentation and utilization review deadlines and requirements.
• Provides clinical coverage in the absence of the Executive Director to include precertification of new admissions, urgent/emergent clinical decision making and facilitation of treatment team meetings.
• Provides mentorship and supervision to associate level clinicians and interns.
• Conducts weekly individual and family therapy sessions for assigned caseload.
• Monitors behavioral interventions for clients and provides coaching skills, as needed.
• Conducts specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises or co-leads groups with staff or interns when appropriate.
• Maintains therapeutic relationships with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes, setting limits, and maintaining therapeutic boundaries in a kind and firm manner.
• Utilizes effective verbal crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques, involving other staff as needed.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate client care from admission through discharge.
• Co-facilitates weekly clinical, consultation and business meetings; present cases to be discussed as pre-assigned.
• Completes documentation in a timely and accurate manner reflecting ongoing assessment of client’s clinical presentation and behaviors in accordance with policy and procedures.
• Communicates client progress with the referral source, family, parent, or guardian informed of treatment goals and plans, as appropriate.
• Leverages the referral process to build relationships with new referents and engages in collaboration with referents.
• Welcomes clients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in a professional and respectful manner.

Education and Experience

Position requires a master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy or psychology. Must hold TN licensure (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LMHC). Position requires a minimum of one (2) years’ experience in a behavioral healthcare setting.

     Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers, clients and/or vendors.
• Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as participate in activities outdoors and off facility grounds.
• Performs duties that require the employee to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• May sit or remain stationary for periods of time.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste, or smell.
• Ability to move twenty-five pounds.

     Additional Requirements

• Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• Clearance of criminal background, TB test, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification

     Skill Competencies

• Ethics and Values – demonstrates adherence to and promotes the ethics and values outlined in the company and accrediting/licensing bodies Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance. Consistently upholds and models a high level of Integrity in clinical services and team member interactions.

Pasadena Villa Outpatient provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Pasadena Villa reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”

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