Outpatient Mental Health Therapist Specializing In Mood Disorders

Join our Ellie Mental Health Fairfax Virginia herd today!
Who is Ellie? Ellie Mental Health is a highly successful organization structured to provide world-class Mental Health services.
How is that possible? Ellie strives to remove many of the daily obstacles and administrative aspects that get in the way of a successful and enjoyable private practice experience. Ellie prioritizes the clinicians experience by offering centralized administrative support, excellent compensation, benefits, training, and flexible scheduling. This way our practitioners have more time to focus on what they love serving clients. We want our people to be happy because happy therapists do better work and provide better client care!
We are looking for a special kind of Therapist!
Do you seek any of the following?

• To make a difference in the lives of diverse populations and fill the gap in Fairfax, VA
• To grow and have your creativity encouraged
• A place where you can contribute to the vision and culture of a brand-new clinic full of autonomy, flexibility, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
• To have referrals matched to your specialty profile and scheduled for you
• A flexible schedule that meets your needs
• A caseload that helps ensure work/life balance
• Reduced administrative obligations such as credentialing, marketing, and insurance billing
• Access to educational material suited for continuing education credits
• To be a part of a community, a family, a place where fun is expected and laughter is your language

Some Necessary Requirements

• Have a masters degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university
• Have a full VA clinical license (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, etc.) with the ability to practice independently
• Experienced in completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Be effective in written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents promptly
• Have experience and comfort in working with diverse populations
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• Experience with children, adolescents, and young adults
• Proficient in the use of standard office technology (computers, e-mail, etc.) and Electronic Health Record systems (experience with Valant a plus)
• Ability to pass a background check

Responsibilities and Duties

• Offer therapy services for individuals, families, and groups as well as Telehealth
• Evaluate Mental Health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, and complete ongoing documentation including session progress notes, continual assessments, treatment plan reviews, and any other contact notes according to company guidelines and protocols
• For Full-Time status, clinicians must maintain a caseload of a minimum of 25 client visits per week
• Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
• Be an advocate for your client by coordinating services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and training

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience with couples and families
• Ideal candidates will have general knowledge of therapy services provided in an outpatient setting, community resources, and insurance billing
• Trained or certified in specialty treatment modalities focussed on Mood Disorders
• Fluent in a language in addition to English

What we have to offer:

• Ellie Mental Health offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, PTO accrual, outstanding wellness programs, and professional development.
• Flexible scheduling
• Hourly pay structure PLUS commission on claims
• Paid Continuing Education time
• Pay for administrative time that covers consultation and documentation.

What else you should know:

• This position is located in Fairfax, Virginia
• This position will be under the general supervision of the Clinical Director.
• Learn more about our amazing company at www.elliementalhealth.com

We hire people passionate about making changes in the Mental Health community. We take a creative and collaborative approach to creating change while putting our team first.
We take care of our people. Its that simple. From investing in their financial future to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations, we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care!

Flexible work from home options available.