Senior Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Outpatient Wellness Clinic

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health

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AHC Outpatient Wellness Clinic seeks to hire an experienced Senior Behavioral Health Therapist who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Senior Behavioral Health Therapist you will:
• Provides evidence-based outpatient behavioral health services, including assessment, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults through in-person and telehealth modalities, consistent with clinical need and therapist scope of practice.
• Maintains an active outpatient caseload within a short-term care model, providing symptom stabilization, skill development, and treatment engagement while collaborating with interdisciplinary providers to support patient progress and continuity of care.
• Completes timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation (including psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, risk assessments, care coordination, and discharge summaries in accordance with regulatory, payer, and organizational standards.
• Participates in weekly group supervision, interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, case consultation, and quality improvement initiatives to support clinical excellence, patient access, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborates with psychiatrists, medical providers, care teams, and community supports to coordinate care, address barriers to treatment, and support patients transitioning between levels of care, including inpatient, PHP, IOP, and outpatient settings.
• Designs and facilitates at least two community support groups annually, exercising creativity and clinical autonomy to develop programming that meets patient, clinic, and community needs.
• Provides mentorship, task support, and professional guidance to graduate-level interns, including observation, shadowing, case discussion, and skill-building opportunities, as assigned

Qualifications Include:
• Master’s Degree in Social Work /Counseling or equivalent Master’s Degree in a recognized health field
• Minimum of 1 year of outpatient behavioral health experience required.
• Experience providing psychotherapy in an interdisciplinary outpatient setting preferred.
• Experience working with children and adolescents is preferred but not required and will be based on therapist scope of practice, training, comfort, and clinic need.
• Experience providing task supervision, mentorship, field instruction, observation, shadowing, or clinical support to graduate-level interns preferred.
• Formal supervisory experience not required.
• Active Maryland behavioral health licensure required (LMSW, LGPC, LGMFT, LCSW-C, LCPC, LCMFT).
• Independent clinical licensure (LCSW-C, LCPC, or LCMFT) preferred.
• Clinical supervision toward independent licensure available, as applicable.
• Experience with tele-mental health services strongly preferred.
• Experience working with adolescents and/or children preferred, but not required based on therapist scope of practice and clinic need.

Work Schedule:

• Employment Type: Full-time
• Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week
• Typical Daily Schedule: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday - Thursday, 8:00am-3:00pm Friday
• Shift Type: Day
• Holiday Requirements: Follow company holiday calendar

Pay Range:

$66,913.60 - $100,360.00

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• Free Employee parking

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

• Paid Time Off

• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period

• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

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Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

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Equal Employment Opportunity
Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.