Virtual IOP Coordinator

Job Summary: The Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (VIOP) Therapist provides telehealth-based substance use and co-occurring mental health treatment services to adults participating in the Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).

This position is responsible for facilitating group therapy sessions, providing individual therapy, completing assessments and ASAM level-of-care determinations, coordinating treatment planning, supporting prior authorization processes, and maintaining timely clinical documentation.

The therapist supports individuals in developing recovery skills, emotional regulation, relapse prevention strategies, and healthy coping mechanisms while maintaining a safe, structured, and therapeutic virtual treatment environment.

This role collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members to ensure quality care, treatment engagement, and compliance with Medicaid, CARF, Ohio Administrative Code, and agency standards.

Core Responsibilities: Diagnose substance use disorders and/or co-occurring psychiatric disorders within scope of practice.

Evaluate client functioning, clinical presentation, and treatment needs while participating in the development, implementation, updating, and review of individualized treatment plans based on ASAM criteria, medical necessity, and recommended level of care.

Complete ASAM assessments and level-of-care determinations to support admissions, prior authorization requests, continued stay reviews, discharge planning, and coordination of care with insurance providers and interdisciplinary treatment teams.

Facilitate individual and group treatment services utilizing evidence-based practices including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), psychoeducation, trauma-informed interventions, relapse prevention, emotional regulation, coping skill development, and recovery-oriented treatment approaches.

Create and maintain a safe, structured, and therapeutic treatment environment while maintaining appropriate group dynamics, therapeutic boundaries, emotional safety, and participation expectations within both virtual and in-person settings.

Monitor client participation, treatment progress, emotional regulation, relapse risk, psychiatric stability, and ongoing appropriateness for continued treatment services.

Assist clients in developing healthy coping skills, communication skills, relapse prevention strategies, emotional regulation techniques, recovery supports, and healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Complete accurate, timely, clinically appropriate, and audit-ready documentation for all services rendered, including progress notes, treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, ASAM assessments, discharge summaries, and other required clinical documentation that demonstrates medical necessity, treatment plan linkage, interventions provided, client progress, and continued need for services.

Verify and document telehealth appropriateness, client participat...