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About PsychPlus

PsychPlus is reimagining how mental healthcare is delivered through a modern, technology-enabled model that combines psychiatry, therapy, and other behavioral health services. We provide care through both in-person clinics and virtual platforms, making high-quality mental healthcare more accessible to patients and families.

Our therapy services support individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families across a broad range of behavioral health needs. As PsychPlus continues to expand, we are seeking an experienced executive leader to build, scale, and oversee our Therapy Services division.

About the Role

The Vice President of Therapy Services will serve as the senior executive leader responsible for the strategic growth, clinical excellence, operational performance, and overall development of PsychPlus's therapy division.

This role will lead the development of a scalable therapy model across PsychPlus's in-person and virtual care platforms while ensuring exceptional patient outcomes, provider experience, regulatory compliance, and financial performance.

The VP will work closely with executive leadership, psychiatry, operations, recruiting, credentialing, revenue cycle, technology, and business development teams to create an integrated behavioral healthcare experience.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a behavioral health executive who is passionate about expanding access to quality therapy and building a best-in-class clinical organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the overall strategy for PsychPlus Therapy Services in alignment with organizational growth objectives.
• Build a scalable, multi-site and virtual therapy model capable of supporting rapid organizational expansion.
• Identify opportunities to expand therapy offerings, specialties, programs, and patient populations.
• Partner with executive leadership on long-term clinical and organizational strategy.

Clinical & Quality Leadership

• Establish and maintain high standards for clinical quality, patient safety, ethics, and evidence-based therapy.
• Develop clinical policies, protocols, workflows, and best practices for therapy services.
• Monitor clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, provider performance, and quality indicators.
• Promote an integrated care model between therapists, psychiatrists, PMHNPs, and other behavioral health providers.
• Ensure therapy services remain compliant with applicable federal and state regulations and professional standards.

Provider Leadership & Development

• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, retention, development, and performance management of therapy providers.
• Build a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, professional development, and patient-centered care.
• Develop provider productivity and performance standards while maintaining clinical quality.
• Establish career development, mentorship, training, and continuing education initiatives for therapists.
• Partner with Recruiting and Credentialing to develop a scalable pipeline of high-quality therapists.

Operations & Growth

• Oversee day-to-day performance of therapy services across PsychPlus locations and virtual care.
• Optimize scheduling, provider utilization, patient access, workflows, and capacity.
• Develop strategies to reduce wait times and improve continuity of care.
• Analyze operational and clinical data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support the launch and expansion of therapy services in new markets.
• Collaborate with operations leadership to ensure consistent execution across locations.

Financial & Business Performance

• Own key financial and operational performance metrics for the Therapy Services division.
• Develop and manage departmental budgets and resource plans.
• Monitor productivity, utilization, staffing levels, revenue, and other key performance indicators.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and sustainable growth.
• Partner with Revenue Cycle and payer teams to optimize reimbursement and financial performance.

Innovation & Technology

• Help shape the future of technology-enabled therapy at PsychPlus.
• Leverage telehealth, digital tools, and technology to improve access, engagement, and continuity of care.
• Identify opportunities to improve the patient and provider experience through technology and automation.
• Partner with technology and product teams to improve therapy workflows and clinical platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in a relevant field strongly preferred.
• Advanced clinical or business degree such as LCSW, LPC/LMHC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD, MSN, MHA, MBA, or equivalent preferred.
• Active clinical licensure in at least one relevant behavioral health discipline preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in behavioral health, mental health, therapy, or healthcare services.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, preferably overseeing multidisciplinary or multi-site therapy operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading and scaling therapy or behavioral health programs.
• Strong understanding of outpatient behavioral health operations and clinical workflows.
• Experience managing clinical providers, budgets, performance metrics, and organizational initiatives.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, compliance, credentialing, and quality requirements within behavioral healthcare.
• Experience with telehealth and technology-enabled healthcare delivery strongly preferred.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, strategic planning, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, growth-oriented healthcare organization.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 12–18 months, the successful candidate will:

• Establish a clear strategic roadmap for PsychPlus Therapy Services.
• Build a scalable therapy operating model across in-person and virtual care.
• Strengthen therapist recruitment, retention, onboarding, and professional development.
• Improve provider utilization, patient access, and continuity of care.
• Establish meaningful clinical and operational KPIs.
• Improve patient satisfaction and therapy outcomes.
• Strengthen collaboration between therapy and psychiatry services.
• Support expansion of therapy services into additional markets.
• Build a high-performing therapy leadership structure capable of supporting continued growth.

Why Join PsychPlus?

PsychPlus is building a modern behavioral healthcare organization designed around accessibility, technology, and integrated care. Our model combines psychiatry and therapy through both virtual and in-person services, allowing patients to receive comprehensive mental healthcare in a way that fits their lives.

This is an opportunity to join the executive leadership team at a rapidly growing mental healthcare organization and have a direct impact on how therapy is delivered at scale.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary: $160,000 annually

PsychPlus offers a competitive benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, PTO, and additional company-sponsored benefits. Total compensation may also include performance-based incentives or discretionary bonuses, depending on the final compensation structure.

PsychPlus is an Equal Opportunity Employer.