Therapy Lead

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Therapy Lead to play a pivotal role in ensuring Nema’s therapists deliver exceptional, evidence-based care. Standing at the intersection of clinical care, people leadership, and operational excellence, you will serve as a "player-coach"—managing a team of therapists while maintaining your own clinical practice.

This role is ideal for a mission-driven leader with deep expertise in trauma treatment, strong supervisory skills, and a passion for building high-quality, scalable care systems in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Supervision & Team Leadership

• Team Management: Provide direct clinical and training supervision to a team of up to 12 Staff Trauma Therapists (STTs), ensuring strict adherence to Nema’s clinical standards, policies, and evidence-based frameworks.
• Culture & Cohesion: Lead weekly team meetings to strengthen cohesion, share clinical insights, and address operational needs.
• Performance Management: Conduct performance evaluations, offering structured feedback and coaching to support therapist growth. Collaborate with leadership to identify and solve challenges affecting workflow or quality.
• Audit & Compliance: Conduct routine chart and documentation audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
• Operational Support: Review and approve time-off requests while ensuring adequate clinical coverage is maintained.

Direct Patient Care

• Clinical Practice: Provide up to 12 hours per week of direct clinical care, including diagnostic assessments and evidence-based PTSD treatments (primarily CPT).
• Flexibility: Clinical hours may fluctuate based on team size. During periods with fewer than 12 direct reports, you may be asked to temporarily increase clinical hours (e.g., performing clinical evaluations to be transitioned to other therapists).
• Group Facilitation: Participate in developing and facilitating therapeutic groups (e.g., CPT graduate groups, DBT skills groups) as needed.

Risk Management & Safety

• Consultation: Offer expert case consultation for high-risk or clinically complex situations.
• Escalation Support: Provide daily back-up support to therapists regarding patient safety and risk escalations.
• On-Call Rotation: Provide one evening per week of after-hours risk/safety back-up support.

Hiring & Onboarding

• Talent Acquisition: Participate in second-round interviews for prospective Staff Trauma Therapists.
• Onboarding: Orient new STTs to Nema’s clinical workflows, policies, and organizational culture.
• Training: Coordinate clinical evaluation shadowing and feedback sessions for new hires to ensure clinical readiness.

Qualifications

Required

• Licensure: Master’s or Doctoral-level clinician with valid licensure (LCSW, LMHC, PhD, PsyD, etc.).
• Experience: 3–5 years of post-graduate clinical experience, with at least 2 years of specific experience supervising, training, or managing therapists.
• CPT Expertise: Current CPT Provider status with deep expertise in evidence-based PTSD treatment.
• Webside Manner: Excellent clinical skills including diagnostic accuracy, a strong virtual presence, and mastery of remote CPT delivery.
• Attributes: Highly organized, critical thinker, and reliable. You must be able to balance clinical responsibilities with administrative/supervisory duties.
• Mindset: Mission-driven commitment to patient-centered care with an openness to feedback and continuous improvement.

Preferred

• Licensure: Licensure in NY, MA, or NJ is highly preferred.
• Mobility: PsyPact eligibility.
• Additional Modalities: Training in Written Exposure Therapy (WET), Prolonged Exposure (PE), or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
• Startup Experience: Prior experience working in the early stages of a group practice or high-growth healthcare company.

Schedule & Logistics

• Standard Hours: 9:30 AM- 6:00 PM OR 10:00 AM -6:30 PM (in your local time zone).
• Remote: This is a fully remote position.

Reports to: Senior Therapy Manager

Location: Remote (Telehealth) 

Role Type: Clinical Leadership / Hybrid (Admin & Clinical)

Nema Health is a series A stage company backed by top healthcare VCs. This is a full time, exempt, salaried position reporting to the Senior Manager of Therapy. Compensation will be determined by the candidate's experience and qualifications, with a base salary range of $112,000. The full-time compensation package will include generous PTO, a healthcare ICHRA benefit, a 401(k) with matching, an annual education stipend, an annual “work from home” stipend, and paid parental leave. This role is remote and the candidate can be located anywhere in the United States.