Room for improvement - Therapist Brightside Health Employee Review

3.0
Dec 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay per hour, never ending number of members added to your caseload, pretty good EHR, and supportive therapist network via Slack.

Cons

Told you can complete a form if you don’t believe a member is a good fit for your caseload, but will be questioned, shamed, and even given veiled threats of being terminated for using your own clinical judgment. We work under our own license and have the right to protect it without feeling as if we are being bullied to inappropriately treat someone. With the new pay, we don’t get paid for all the messages/contacts outside of the actual sessions. But the expectations remain…

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Brightside Health Response
3y
Thank you for providing this feedback. At Brightside Health, we aim to deliver the highest quality care possible. This includes maximizing patient safety and ensuring that our clinicians are empowered to make informed clinical decisions in the patient’s best interests. We practice continuous quality improvement with our clinical care, providing structured oversight, review, root cause analysis, and corrective action to ensure the best care quality at any scale. In addition, we strive to offer clinicians a flexible work environment with timely support from the Brightside team and ongoing consultation to manage caseloads and a payment structure that ensures our clinicians are fairly compensated for their work. Any clinician who has questions or concerns regarding these matters is encouraged to speak with their manager to ensure they are addressed. For questions regarding Crisis Care, we encourage people to visit https://www.brightside.com/crisis-care/ to learn more about this new offering, including how it can be accessed and where it is available.

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Pros

I highly recommend this company as its been a positive experience working here. The pay is competitive and the scheduling is very flexible. They support a healthy work/life balance. I also feel that the platform is very user friendly.

Cons

The pay schedule is once a month which can be difficult. And although I have not had trouble reaching support I have had complaints from clients that support doesnt respond promptly to their inquiries or concerns.

1.0
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Pros

They have good insurance and offer some other benifits

Cons

is literally the worst job I have ever had. I chose to leave because of what I believe to be serious ethical concerns and a lack of real support for both clinicians and clients. For the last two years, I have watched clients struggle while clinicians were expected to meet unrealistic productivity demands with little regard for continuity of care or quality treatment. The focus often felt more centered on numbers, scheduling, and metrics than on actual client wellbeing. One of the biggest issues was the inability to properly maintain continuity with clients. Clinicians were often restricted in how we could communicate, follow up, or advocate for the people under our care. Clients would disappear into scheduling systems, sit in “boxes,” or go without appropriate support while staff were left without clear direction or meaningful assistance. There was also a major lack of accessibility and human support. Clients and clinicians alike often could not reach an actual person by phone, and many issues seemed to go unresolved for long periods of time. It created an environment where both staff and clients felt unsupported and unheard. I stayed because I genuinely cared about my clients, and many of them deserved far better than what they received. But after two years of watching ongoing operational problems, poor communication, and what felt like profit being prioritized over ethical care, I finally realized it was time to move on. There are good clinicians working there who truly care, but the overall system itself is deeply flawed.

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Brightside Health Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective and for the care you provided to patients during your time at Brightside. We recognize that delivering mental healthcare at scale comes with challenges, and we’re continually evolving our systems, operations, and support structures to better support both clinicians and patients. Feedback from clinicians is valuable and plays an important role in helping us continue to grow and improve as an organization. Our mission remains centered on expanding access to quality mental healthcare while supporting the clinicians who make that care possible every day. If you’re open to sharing additional feedback, we encourage you to reach out directly to our HR team at hr@brightside.com. We appreciate the time and care you contributed at Brightside and wish you all the best moving forward.
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