Priority Care Therapist

STAFF THERAPIST POSITION DESCRIPTION

Adults and Couples

The Priority Care Therapist is a Staff Therapist who provides timely access to assessment and psychotherapy for clients who would benefit from beginning care more quickly than traditional outpatient scheduling may allow. Clients may present with elevated clinical acuity, recent loss or life transition, emerging mental health concerns, or may simply choose Priority Care as a more immediate pathway into treatment.

The Priority Care Therapist conducts comprehensive clinical and risk assessments and, when appropriate, provides a focused, time-limited course of psychotherapy, typically 8–20 counseling sessions. Throughout care, the therapist assesses progress, responds to safety and support needs when they arise, and helps determine whether the client can appropriately conclude treatment, transition to longer-term care within Mosaic, or would be better served by community providers, psychiatric services, or a higher level of care.

Success in this role requires strong clinical judgment, excellent assessment and risk-management skills, the ability to establish therapeutic rapport quickly, effectiveness in focused and time-limited psychotherapy, and thoughtful transition planning. The Priority Care Therapist works collaboratively with Client Services and the broader clinical team to support timely access, continuity of care, and appropriate treatment planning.

Mosaic values collaborative care and believes excellent therapy is strengthened through consultation, humility, curiosity, and thoughtful engagement with the diverse sources of meaning, purpose, and connection that shape clients' lives.

• 1. Professional Services:
  Provide Priority Care assessment, psychotherapy, stabilization, and transition-of-care services within the scope of practice indicated by licensure.
• 2. Organizational Provider
  
  Activities:
  
  Participate in organizational provider activities, including SERT groups, Peer Reviews, Continuing Education, and other clinical consultation and development activities.
• 3. Center Administration and Development:
  Participate in Center administration, referral development, education, consultation, and community relations.

• Providing the agreed-upon number of scheduled clinical hours while maintaining sufficient flexibility to accommodate expedited Priority Care referrals.
• Conducting comprehensive intake and clinical assessments, including risk and safety evaluations, for clients entering Priority Care.
• Assessing appropriateness for Priority Care and Mosaic outpatient treatment and making recommendations regarding level of care when indicated.
• Providing focused, time-limited psychotherapy, typically within an 8–20 session episode of care, with longer-term treatment within Priority Care occurring on an exception basis when clinically appropriate.
• Developing and implementing safety plans, support plans, stabilization strategies, psychoeducation, and other interventions responsive to client needs.
• Maintaining a focused and appropriately time-limited caseload by regularly assessing treatment progress and transition needs, supporting clinically appropriate conclusions or transfers of care, and maintaining appropriate availability for incoming Priority Care referrals.
• Coordinating transitions of care, including referrals to Mosaic clinicians, community providers, psychiatric services, or higher levels of care.
• Remaining clinically involved through transitions of care, as appropriate, to support continuity of care and client safety.
• Facilitating emergency referrals and hospitalization processes when clinically indicated.
  
  Maintaining electronic clinical records in keeping with Center policies and procedures.
• Working with administrative staff to support appropriate fee arrangements, including use of Clinical Case Exemptions when temporary fee reductions are indicated by financial hardship and clinical need.
• Representing the standards and practices of their primary professional field.

• Working cooperatively with Client Services, staff colleagues, consultants, and referring professionals to support timely and coordinated care.
• Participating actively in SERT groups, Peer Reviews, clinical staffing, case consultation, Continuing Education, and other organizational provider activities.
• Seeking consultation…