Lead Therapist

Denver Springs; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 47,899 - 64,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Career growth

Competitive compensation

UKG Wallet – Earned Wage Access

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking a passionate Lead Therapist to provide compassionate behavioral health services. This role involves delivering psychotherapy and counseling to patients dealing with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. You will work within a supportive and collaborative environment, ensuring timely documentation and proactive communication with clients and their families. Enjoy competitive compensation, flexible scheduling, and career growth opportunities while making a meaningful impact on the lives of those in need. Join a dedicated team focused on improving community health and well-being.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or Counseling required.
• Current unencumbered state licensure per state requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychotherapy and counseling therapies to patients.
• Ensure accurate and timely patient documentation.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team for treatment planning.

Skills

Psychotherapy

Counseling

Communication

Treatment Planning

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work

Master’s Degree in Counseling

Job description

Lead Therapist - Behavioral Health

Monday-Friday

Denver Springs, part of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, nationally known healthcare organization with diversified delivery network with facilities from coast to coast, seeks passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members to join our team. We specialize in compassionate behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care to decrease suicide rates, decrease addiction-related deaths, reverse the decline in life expectancy, and improve productivity in the communities we serve. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and flexible scheduling so you can focus on what really matters–providing quality patient care. Join our team in Englewood, Co, to build a career that touches lives.

Members of our team Enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation

• UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

What you will do in this role:

• Provide Psychotherapy and counseling therapies to patients suffering from psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. Therapies include group, individual and family.
• Ensure accurate and timely patient documentation
• Actively communicates with clients, families, and outside referral sources, functioning within the scope of HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2. Demonstrates proactive communication with those involved with the patient’s treatment, documenting all correspondence held with patients and other stakeholders.
• Displays heavy involvement in treatment planning for patients. Works with patient to achieve treatment plan goals and accurately documents progress. Demonstrates initiative to revise the treatment plan to create new goals for patients if appropriate.
• Ongoing and consistent collaboration with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, utilization review and nursing staff members. Demonstrates active communication with team members.

Salary range: $34.77 - 46.93 per hour. We would expect those hired into this job would be paid within this hourly rate, however, certain circumstances may allow us to pay outside of this hourly rate.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or Counseling or relevant licensure in state of practice.
• Current unencumbered state licensure per state requirements
• CPR and CPI Certification within 30 day of employment and prior to patient contact.
• Prior work with psychiatric and chemical dependency patients.