Bilingual Licensed Therapist - Spanish (Telehealth)
Location: New Jersey
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Status: Full Time - W2
Work Model: Remote
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday with occasional evenings and/or weekends
Vehicle Required: No
Reports To: Director Clinical Care Team Operations
At Reema Health, we believe a personalized, community-based approach to care makes it easier for anyone to get what they need to improve their lives. We believe a relationship with a real person, someone who listens, meets members where they are, and understands the community can ease those burdens.
As a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, you'll build trusting relationships with members while providing thoughtful, evidence based behavioral healthcare that fits their goals, needs and lives. You'll work primarily through telehealth as a part of an integrated care team that includes other therapists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Community Guides and other clinical and non-clinical partners.
This is purposeful clinical work. Rather than focusing on the number of visits, Reema takes a value-based approach: providing the right amount of care at the right time to help members achieve meaningful outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to work at the top of your license while helping shape how behavioral health care is delivered in a growing startup.
Provide High Quality Behavioral Healthcare
- Conduct behavioral health assessments, diagnose mental health conditions and assess risk and clinical needs
- Complete initial intakes and develop individualized treatment plans in partnership with members of the care team
- Provide evidence based, trauma-informed psychotherapy to adults with complex behavioral health needs
- Provide psychoeducation and help members build skills that support mental health and wellbeing
- Monitor member progress and adjust treatment approaches as clinical needs change
- Support members who need additional or specialized behavioral health services, including higher levels of care
- Help coordinate transitions between behavioral health services and support post-discharge planning when appropriate
Partner With Care Team
- Collaborate with Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Community Guides, primary care providers and other behavioral health professionals
- Bring a behavioral health perspective to comprehensive care planning for members with complex health and social needs
- Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences and collaborate on clinical decisions
- Help non-clinical team members understand and appropriately respond to behavioral health needs
- Coordinate referrals and connect members with community and behavioral health resources
- Communicate clearly and proactive about member progress, risks, barriers and changing needs.
Build Trust With Members
- Establish genuine, therapeutic relationships grounded in respect, empathy and member goals
- Meet members where they are and help them make meaningful progress toward their own definition of wellbeing
- Use a strengths-based, culturally responsive and trauma informed approach
- Balance clinical judgement with each member's preferences, values and circumstances
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and protect member confidentiality
- Recognize when a member's needs exceed the scope of the current care setting and act quickly to connect them with appropriate support
Document and Improve
- Complete timely, accurate documentation in the EMR
- Use Reema's technology platform and other digital tools to support member care and collaboration
- Contribute to the development and improvement of behavioral health clinical pathways, protocols and workflows
- Work independently while staying connected to a remote multidisciplinary team
Job responsibilities may grow and change as business needs evolve.
What You Bring - The Must-Haves
- Clinical Judgement - able to make thoughtful, timely assessments of behavioral health conditions, clinical risks and treatment needs
- Therapeutic Skill - strong knowledge of evidence based and trauma informed approaches to psychotherapy
- Relationship Building - able to establish trusting relationships with adults experiencing complex behavioral health and social challenges
- Collaboration - comfortable working closely with a multidisciplinary team
- Solutions Oriented - able to navigate barriers, identify appropriate resources and find a path forward when a member's needs don't fit neatly into a standard process
- Technology and Remote Independence - comfortable using EMRs, Google Workspace and web-based platforms; able to learn tool, troubleshoot independently, and manage clinical responsibilities in a remote environment
Experience & Skills
- 3+ years of outpatient behavioral health experience
- 3+ years of direct experience providing therapy and/or behavioral health care management
- Proficient in Spanish
- Experience working with adults with significant mental health and/or substance use needs
- Experience working with Medicaid, Medicare or dual-eligible populations
- Experience serving underserved populations facing socioeconomic barriers to healthcare
- Experience with telehealth and integrated behavioral health, including coordination, crisis planning and connecting members to community resources
Qualifications & Position Requirements
- Active LCSW, LPC or LMFT in New Jersey
- Ability and willingness to obtain additional state licenses as needed, including but not limited to Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Kentucky
- 18 years of age or older
- Available to working Monday - Friday business hours
- Comfortable providing telehealth services
- Proficiency with electronic medical records and technology based tools
- Comply with federal, state and local regulations regarding patient confidentiality and HIPAA
- Offers contingent upon successful completion of required pre-employment screening, including background check, drug screening in accordance with company policy
Benefits
- Competitive Salary Package
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- HSA and FSA Options
- 401(k) Retirement Savings with Company Match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Technology Stipend
- Accrued Paid Time Off
- Paid Family and Medical Leave
As an equal opportunity employer, Reema Health is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.
Reema Health has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic responsibilities have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and assess the prospective employee and/or current employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities for this role. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.