Therapy Team Lead

Position Overview:

The Therapy Team Lead provides direct patient care while managing an assigned team of Therapists at their designated CHC site. The Team Lead serves as the first point of contact for clinical and operational issues, monitoring performance metrics such as schedule utilization, encounter completion, and documentation timeliness, and collaborating with cross-functional leadership to align team performance with organizational goals. The Team Lead also supports onboarding, provider engagement, and workflow optimization to ensure effective integration and consistency across the assigned team. While the position has direct oversight of a team of Therapists, the position may also assist with projects and operations within other service lines as needed. This role balances clinical responsibilities with leadership duties focused on provider support, quality assurance, and operational efficiency.

Key Areas of Ownership:

• Provide direct patient care within the Ascend model, maintaining a clinical schedule that balances administrative duties, with 80% to 85% direct patient care and 15% to 20% administrative responsibilities. This is subject to change as company needs evolve.
• Oversight of assigned Therapy direct reports by monitoring productivity, documentation timeliness, and schedule utilization; serve as the first point of escalation for operational efficiencies.
• Support onboarding initiatives and integration of new Therapists.
• Provide proactive coaching, conduct bi-annual performance evaluations, and assist with professional development opportunities, ensuring a consistent level of accountability related to patient impact and quality of care.
• Address routine clinical questions when appropriate, while ensuring providers follow supervision and CEED guidance channels.
• Participate in training, orientation, and quality assurance initiatives, including chart reviews, to ensure documentation is accurate and meets regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to policy and procedure development, compliance initiatives, and timely resolution of patient complaints.
• Coordinate with Clinical Operations, CEED, Clinical Supervisors, and Therapy leadership to optimize interdisciplinary workflows and training programs.
• Perform additional leadership and operational responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Active and unrestricted independent license (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) in the state of primary residence and state of therapy services being rendered. (Required)
• 3+ years of clinical experience in behavioral health (Required)
• Board-certified to provide clinical supervision (Required)
• Prior leadership experience (Required)
• Prior policy and procedure development experience (Preferred)