Behavioral Health HR / Clinician Onboarding Consultant

Behavioral Health HR / Clinician Onboarding Consultant We are a growing, fully remote mental health practice looking for an experienced HR or People Operations professional with direct experience onboarding licensed behavioral health clinicians. This is a small, short-term consulting engagement. We are not looking for someone to build or administer our onboarding process. We want an experienced behavioral health HR professional to give us an independent blueprint for what our clinician onboarding process should include based on our business model. Our Model We are a lean, fully remote behavioral health practice working primarily with licensed psychologists and therapists. Our clinicians: Work remotely Are primarily 1099 independent contractors Provide outpatient psychotherapy Work with insurance-based clients Are supported by a small administrative/operations team Receive separate clinical training from the practice founder We already have internal onboarding and training materials. We do not want you to review those initially. Instead, we want to describe our model to you and have you tell us what you would put in place if you were responsible for building clinician onboarding from scratch. What We Need From You Based on our practice model, we want your recommendation for: What documents and information we should collect from a clinician What agreements, policies, disclosures, or acknowledgments clinicians should sign What credentials and professional documentation should be verified What HIPAA, privacy, compliance, HR, or workplace training should be completed What should be covered during administrative orientation What policies should be reviewed before a clinician begins seeing clients What should be completed before onboarding, before the first client, and during the first 30–90 days What responsibilities should belong to operations/HR versus clinical leadership What recurring annual or periodic requirements should be tracked Any commonly missed onboarding requirements or risk areas you have seen in behavioral health practices We are particularly interested in understanding the distinction between what is required, what is strongly recommended, and what is simply best practice. Deliverable We are looking for a straightforward clinician onboarding blueprint/checklist outlining what you would recommend for a practice like ours. It does not need to be highly polished or designed. We care much more about the quality of your experience and recommendations. After we receive your independent recommendations, we may then share our existing process with you for a brief gap analysis. Our team will handle writing and implementing the final SOPs, policies, forms, and training materials. Ideal Background You should have direct, hands-on experience onboarding licensed behavioral health providers such as: Psychologists LCSWs LMHCs LPCs LMFTs Other licensed mental health clinicians Ideal experience could come from: A multi-clinician mental health group practice Behavioral health startup Telehealth mental health company Provider network Healthcare HR/People Operations team Relevant previous roles might include: Behavioral Health HR Manager People Operations Manager Provider Onboarding Specialist Provider Operations Manager Practice Administrator Healthcare HR Consultant Experience working with 1099 clinicians and remote practices is strongly preferred.