Lead Therapist - Birmingham Clinic

Job Description

Job Description

Ellie Mental Health is seeking a fully licensed therapist to serve as the Lead Therapist for our Birmingham clinic. This full-time position combines an active clinical caseload with on-site leadership, clinical consultation and supervision, clinician development, clinic oversight, and structured community outreach.

The Lead Therapist will provide Birmingham with a consistent, accessible local leader who is invested in the success of the clinic, its clinicians, and its clients. This position requires on-site presence five days per week and approximately 35–40 total working hours per week.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Maintain a minimum of 20 clinical hours per week

• Provide high-quality, ethical, and client-centered mental health services.

• Complete clinical documentation accurately and within required timeframes.

• Maintain strong client engagement, retention, and continuity of care.

• Model strong clinical judgment, professionalism, compliance, and documentation practices.

Clinical Leadership and Supervision

• Serve as the consistent, visible on-site leader for the Birmingham clinic.

• Provide clinical consultation to Birmingham clinicians.

• Provide formal supervision to assigned limited-license clinicians

• Conduct regular clinician check-ins and monitor team needs, morale, satisfaction, and barriers.

• Follow up with new clinicians after onboarding and initial training.

• Monitor caseload development and identify issues affecting referrals, scheduling, productivity, documentation, compliance, or client retention.

• Provide coaching, direction, and accountability.

• Escalate significant clinical, personnel, performance, or operational concerns to the Clinic Director.

• Strengthen communication between the Birmingham clinic and the broader organization.

Clinic Oversight

• Maintain awareness of day-to-day clinic operations and address routine on-site concerns.

• Promote a professional, welcoming, organized, and collaborative environment.

• Identify facilities, equipment, or office concerns and communicate them to the appropriate internal leader.

• Share relevant facilities and operational updates with Birmingham staff.

• Monitor office utilization and identify scheduling or space concerns.

• Help ensure clinic processes and expectations are followed consistently.

Community Outreach and Growth

Community outreach is an ongoing responsibility of this position. Ellie leadership will provide structured training, target audiences, outreach tools, activity expectations, and measurable performance indicators.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop relationships with local referral partners and community organizations.

• Conduct consistent outreach throughout Birmingham and surrounding communities.

• Represent Ellie Mental Health at meetings, networking opportunities, and community events.

• Follow an established outreach process and follow-up cadence.

• Track outreach activities, relationships, and next steps in the designated system.

• Meet established outreach activity and performance expectations.

• Communicate referral-partner feedback and identify growth opportunities.

• Coordinate outreach with clinic leadership and the organization’s broader growth strategy.

Schedule and Work Structure

• Approximately 35–40 total working hours per week.

• Minimum of 20 completed clinical hours per week.

• Remaining time will be allocated among leadership, supervision, clinician support, administration, outreach, onboarding follow-up, and clinic coordination.

• Responsibilities and time allocation may vary based on clinic needs.

• On-site presence is required five days per week.

• Daily hours may be structured flexibly around client schedules, therapist needs, clinic coverage, outreach activities, and operational priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Current Michigan license permitting independent mental health practice.

• Master’s degree or higher in counseling, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain a consistent clinical caseload.

• Prior experience with professional outreach, referral development, networking, community engagement, or business development.

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.

• Ability to provide direct, constructive feedback while maintaining strong professional relationships.

• Strong clinical documentation and compliance practices.

• Ability to balance clinical, leadership, administrative, supervisory, and outreach responsibilities.

• Ability and willingness to work on-site five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualification to supervise limited-license clinicians under applicable Michigan requirements.

• Formal clinical supervision training or willingness to complete the necessary training.

• Experience as a clinical supervisor, lead clinician, program leader, or agency-based manager.

• Experience supporting clinician onboarding, development, productivity, or performance.

• Experience in a community mental health, group practice, nonprofit, or agency setting.

• Knowledge of revenue-cycle management, insurance billing, utilization management, or clinical operations.

• Experience with documentation compliance, medical necessity, audits, or quality assurance.

Compensation combines:

• Ellie’s clinical compensation model for completed clinical hours; and

• Separate hourly compensation for approved Lead Therapist responsibilities.

Total earnings will vary based on completed clinical hours, leadership hours, and overall performance. Candidates consistently meeting the position’s clinical and leadership expectations may reasonably expect annual cash compensation of approximately $75,000–$95,000 or more . Higher sustained clinical production may result in higher earnings, while lower production may result in lower compensation.

This is an estimated earning opportunity and not a guaranteed annual salary.

Eligible full-time employees may also receive health plan options, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) participation.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced therapist who wants to continue practicing clinically while taking meaningful responsibility for the success of a clinic and its team.

This person should be approachable but accountable, comfortable addressing concerns directly, and motivated by helping clinicians succeed. They should enjoy developing staff, providing consultation and supervision, building community relationships, and creating a supportive environment for clinicians and clients.