Behavioral Health Clinician – Crisis Assessment & Care Navigation

Lyra Health · United States

About Lyra Health
Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

About the Role
As a Behavioral Health Clinician, you’ll be doing the important, meaningful work of managing crises, providing in-the-moment phone support to clients with complex behavioral health issues, ensuring client safety, and connecting clients to high-quality, evidence-based providers and facilities. This position does not involve providing in-person services or therapy but instead focuses on supporting clients in connecting to care, exclusively by phone and email.
 
This role may be for you if you are an excellent written and verbal communicator, an ace at time management, skilled with crisis management, and passionate about connecting individuals to excellent care. It’s important that you’re comfortable adopting new technology platforms and have a growth mindset. We’re all here for the same goal: to improve access to the highest quality mental health care for our clients–when they need it most. 
 
You must be able to work the following shift(s):
Tuesday - Saturday 9:30am - 6pm PST (10:30am - 7pm MT / 11:30am - 8pm CT / 12:30pm - 9pm ET)
Sunday - Thursday 9:30am - 6pm PT (10:30am - 7pm MT / 11:30am - 8pm CT / 12:30pm - 9pm ET)
 
Weekends include a 10% shift pay differential!
 
This role's internal title is: Clinical Care Navigator. The position can be carried out fully remote/virtually. Remote candidates must be physically located within the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Using evidence-based interventions, skillfully manage client crises, providing brief risk assessment, safety planning, and de-escalation with the goal of connecting the client to treatment
  • Identify roadblocks to clinical care options for our clients using Lyra’s proprietary software and other methods to connect clients to the ideal treatment, based on specific needs and preferences
  • Independently manage a caseload of complex, multi-need clients

    • Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in clinical social work or equivalent; LCSW or equivalent independent clinical licensure is required (e.g. LMFT, LPC, LPCC, etc) or a Bachelor's degree in nursing (RN). We’re unable to provide supervised hours toward licensure. Candidates without a state license to deliver mental health services, independently, will not be considered (with the exception of the RN license)
  • Must have 2+ years psychiatric intake, assessment RB, other related experience
  • Must have 2+ years post license experience (EAP/clinical call center experience preferred)
  • Significant experience managing high-risk clinical situations (e.g., suicidality, mandated reporting)
  • Bilingual, Spanish-speaking candidates strongly preferred (but not required)
  • Must be a full time resident of the United States; work cannot be completed from outside the United States.

    • Healthcare pay context

    Based on 3,428 disclosed Healthcare salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $110K/year, with most offers between $87K and $165K (10th–90th percentile: $66K–$250K).

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