Waymark is a team of healthcare providers, technologists, and builders whose mission is to bring the best healthcare to Medicaid populations. Guided by the communities we serve, we bring support and technology-enabled care to help primary care providers keep Medicaid patients healthy. We are building the tools and designing an approach to enable care to reach the patients who can benefit most.
We value humility, focus, and inclusiveness, recognizing that bringing together a community oriented team, with diverse experiences, is key to our success. We are inspired to tackle the challenges ahead, and optimistic believers in the ability to transform Medicaid delivery through partnership and perseverance.As Therapist Lead in Greater Seattle, you will be key to our efforts to provide better care and support to vulnerable populations. Reporting to Waymark's Head of Clinical, you will work with vulnerable populations, providing behavioral healthcare services using the Collaborative Care Model in conjunction with patients' primary care providers, supervising other social workers as they provide behavioral healthcare services, and working closely with community healthcare workers, pharmacists, and care coordinators across the Greater Seattle region.
Responsibilities
- Develop and test (through on-the-ground pilot programs) protocols and processes for therapists assisting primary care providers, community health workers, pharmacists and care coordinators to improve care outcomes for patients receiving Medicaid
- Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, or other treatments as appropriate
- Work closely with a mobile community healthcare worker team
- Hire, mentor and supervise junior therapists to act as behavioral health care providers and coordinators
- Communicate with patients and providers through multi-modal CRMs including multiple EHRs, text, phone, and video
- Participate in QI activities to assure quality, cost-effectiveness, and ROI
Minimum qualifications
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Professional Counselor or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Licensed Social Worker with good standing in Washington State
- 10+ years of experience in behavioral healthcare, including delivery of Collaborative Care Model among vulnerable populations
- Experience in multi-disciplinary care management
- Positive references from prior mentees and supervisors
Preferred qualifications
- Collaborative Care Model certification and experience
- Experience providing evidence-based psychosocial treatments (e.g. problem-solving treatment or behavioral activation) as clinically indicated
- LEAN Six Sigma/QI experience, with Green Belt or above Lean certification
- Strong analytic skills and ability to work with multiple data registries for proactive patient outreach