Specialty Care Navigator, Mood and Anxiety

Spring Care, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 69,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision benefits

401(k) match

No-cost therapy visits

Parental leave

Professional Development Reimbursement

Donation matching

Job summary

Spring Health is seeking an independently licensed mental health professional to join our Care Navigation team, supporting members with mood and anxiety disorders. This full-time, remote role involves initial assessment, coaching, referrals, and ongoing care coordination with Spring Health providers.

You’ll apply motivational interviewing, DBT-informed coaching, and evidence-based care planning, while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure a high-touch member experience.

Qualifications

• Required mental health license: LCSW, LMFT, LPC.
• Minimum of 2+ years of clinical care experience working with chronic and severe mood and anxiety disorders.
• Experience with motivational interviewing, diagnostic assessment, and triage.
• Knowledge of current best practices and evidence-based treatments for mood and anxiety disorders, with a strong preference for DBT.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Acknowledge and embrace diversity and inclusion; experience working with diverse populations.
• Motivated to go above and beyond for members to provide a high-touch experience.
• Tech-savvy: comfortable using various computer platforms and learning new systems; able to multi-task and context switch.

Responsibilities

• Telephonic screening, brief intervention, and referral of members to a mood and/or anxiety treatment provider.
• Apply active listening, psychoeducation, and motivational interviewing to understand members' needs and goals.
• Utilize DBT skills to coach members as part of their care journey.
• Coordinate care with a Spring Health provider and identify appropriate levels of care.
• Provide consultation on mental health concerns and family issues as appropriate.
• Provide in-the-moment support and safety planning for crisis situations.
• Document information and maintain accurate records in an integrated EHR system.
• Interact with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure a smooth member experience; assist with onboarding and mentoring new team members.

Education

LCSW

LMFT

LPC

Job description

Our mission: eliminating every barrier to mental health.

Spring Health is a global mental health company on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health. We're building a world where getting support is simple, personal, and built around the person, so care can continue through every job, move, health plan, and life stage.

Our AI-native platform helps us deliver personalized support across self-guided tools, coaching, therapy, medication management, and specialty care. With outcomes independently validated by JAMA Network Open and the Validation Institute, Spring Health reaches more than 170 million people worldwide through leading employers, health plans, and partners.

As an AI-native company, we believe technology should expand the reach, quality, and humanity of care. Every Spring Health team member is expected to use AI tools thoughtfully, apply human judgment to AI outputs, and keep building AI fluency in ways that support their role and our mission.

We're currently looking for an independently licensed mental health professional to join the Care Navigation team (LCSW, LMFT, LPC required) to support members seeking care with chronic and treatment resistant mood and anxiety disorders. Reporting to Lead Specialty Care Navigator, the Mood and Anxiety Specialty Care Navigator will provide initial assessment, support and coaching, referral, and ongoing care coordination for members within Spring Health’s innovative Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program.

This is a full time position that is fully remote. The shift for this position is Monday-Friday, 8:30a-5p or 9a-5:30p MT or PT.

What you’ll do:

• Telephonic screening, brief intervention, and referral of members to a mood and/or anxiety specialty treatment provider.
• Apply active listening, psychoeducation, and motivational interviewing skills to understand each member’s needs and provide support as they set goals.
• Utilize knowledge of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills to coach members as part of their care journey.
• Employ motivational interviewing to assist members in engaging in care.
• Identify an appropriate level of care, facilitate referral, and coordinate care with a Spring Health provider.
• Provide consultation regarding mental health concerns and family/relationship issues, as appropriate to member needs.
• As necessary, provide in-the-moment support and safety planning for members with safety, risks or crisis.
• Utilize written communication skills to interact with members and providers through email.
• Document information, maintain accurate records, perform follow-ups, and track progress within several systems – including an EHR – within required timeframes.
• Identify and problem-solve issues that serve as a barrier or disruption to care.
• Interact with multi-disciplinary teams such as care support, provider operations, and benefits/billing to ensure a smooth member experience.
• Assisting other specialty care teams (SUD, Trauma, and Eating Disorders), as needed.
• Participate in staff meetings, case consultations, and trainings.
• Assist with onboarding and mentoring new team members.
• Follow Spring Health policies and maintain all confidentiality, compliance, and ethical standards.

What success looks like:

• Maintain high member satisfaction, as measured by survey responses.
• Retain members throughout their course of care by maintaining consistent outreach and contact, as appropriate.
• Triage and enroll members into appropriate LOC, based on presenting problems and goals.
• Outreach members via phone and email to schedule triages.

What you’ll bring:

• Required mental health license: LCSW, LMFT, LPC.
• Minimum of 2+ years of clinical care experience working with chronic and severe mood and anxiety disorders.
• Experience with motivational interviewing, diagnostic assessment, and triage.
• Knowledge of current best practices and evidence based treatments for mood and anxiety disorders, with a strong preference for experience and training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Acknowledge and embrace diversity and inclusion.
• Experience working with diverse populations.
• Motivated to go above and beyond for members to provide a high-touch experience.
• Tech-savvy: must be comfortable using various computer platforms and learning new systems, and efficient in tech-related tasks.
• Able to multi-task and context switch!

Bonus qualifications

• DBT certifications
• Bilingual

The target base salary range for this position is $33.33 - $42.31 Hourly, and is part of a competitive total rewards package including stock options and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually using Radford Global Compensation Database at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay.

Benefits provided by Spring Health:

Note: We have even more benefits than listed here and below, your recruiter will provide more in-depth information as you continue in the interview process. Benefits are subject to individual plan requirements and eligibility criteria.

• Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring. You and your dependents also receive access to One Medical accounts HSA and FSA plans are also available, with Spring contributing up to $1K for HSAs, depending on your plan type.
• Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% for retirement planning
• A yearly allotment of no cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents.
• We offer competitive paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave and company holidays.
• At 6 months tenure with Spring, we offer parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Access to Noom, a weight management program—based in psychology, that’s tailored to your unique needs and goals.
• Access to fertility care support through Carrot, in addition to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses.
• Access to Wellhub, which connects employees to the best options for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep in one subscription
• Access to BrightHorizons, which provides sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care
• Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement a year.
• $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes.

Not sure if you meet every requirement? Research shows that women and people from historically underrepresented communities often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every qualification compared to other similarly-qualified candidates. At Spring Health, we are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and supported to Thrive.

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