Clinical Risk Specialist

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TalkspaceMental healthcare
Location: New York, NY (Remote); we do not require New York residence for this role., Eastern Timezone preferred, but some flexibility if able to attend meetings.Full-TimeMiddle
Salary75,000 - 82,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
3+ years of post-licensure experience as a mental health clinician; 2+ years of direct clinical experience delivering care as a telehealth practitioner. Strongly preferred: 6+ years of post-licensure clinical experience.
Required Skills
Google Workspace

Requirements

  • Hold a master’s degree from an accredited university or college in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or a related field.
  • Hold current independent, unrestricted clinical licensure: LCSW, LMHC, LPC, LMFT, Psychologist, or equivalent.
  • Have at least 3 years of post-licensure experience as a mental health clinician.
  • Have at least 2 years of direct clinical experience delivering care as a telehealth practitioner.
  • Have experience in clinical risk management and crisis intervention.
  • Be familiar with clinical quality expectations and consistently apply ethical and clinical best-practice standards.
  • Be technologically proficient and familiar with Google Workspace, with the ability to learn new systems.
  • Preferred: experience delivering care in acute, crisis, or high-acuity settings, such as emergency department, inpatient, mobile crisis, IOP, PHP, or residential.
  • Preferred: experience managing adverse incidents and risk-related workflows, including incident review, assessment, documentation, provider consultation, and higher-level-of-care referrals.
  • Preferred: experience completing clinical documentation audits and quality reviews, and facilitating clinical training.
  • Strongly preferred: 6+ years of post-licensure clinical experience with expertise in clinical risk and quality management.
  • Strongly preferred: experience providing clinical supervision, consultation, or mentorship; facilitating clinical risk-management training; or contributing to clinical procedure and policy development.

Responsibilities

  • Review and document adverse incidents, crisis alerts, and higher-level-of-care needs.
  • Apply clinical expertise to assess risk-related concerns and escalate high-risk or complex concerns for leadership review.
  • Provide guidance and consultation to providers following risk-related incidents.
  • Facilitate debriefing and Psychological First Aid following significant sentinel events, as assigned.
  • Consult with providers on clinical risk management topics, including documentation, ethical practice, safety planning, and mandated reporting.
  • Participate in provider onboarding, risk-focused learning communities, and training initiatives; assist in developing clinical risk education materials.
  • Partner with Quality Management to investigate complaints, evaluate clinical quality, and conduct audits and quality reviews.
  • Gather, organize, and maintain risk-related data; track patterns and summarize findings for leadership review and reporting.
  • Apply clinical risk management SOPs, policies, and workflows, and provide feedback on policies, procedures, and systems.
  • Coordinate with clinical teams and other departments on safety and risk management projects.
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