Clinical Interviewer

Third Space

1d•$80,000 - $100,000•Remote

About The Position

Third Space is a virtual mental health practice dedicated to serving Medicaid patients, addressing the significant gap in accessible mental healthcare for this population. The company is focused on building the operational infrastructure to deliver high-quality behavioral healthcare to underserved communities. As the company scales, the quality of clinicians hired is paramount to patient outcomes. This role offers an experienced clinician the opportunity to leverage their expertise in evaluating candidates, thereby influencing the quality of care delivered at scale, rather than managing a traditional caseload.

Requirements

Active, unrestricted independent behavioral-health license in good standing in at least one U.S. state, such as LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, LPC, LPCC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD, or equivalent.
5+ years of post-licensure behavioral-health clinical experience.
Strong clinical judgment across diagnosis, treatment planning, evidence-based care, risk assessment, ethics, and professional boundaries.
Experience supervising, training, interviewing, mentoring, or evaluating other clinicians.
Ability to quickly distinguish between someone who interviews well and someone who demonstrates strong clinical judgment.
Excellent verbal communication and active listening skills.
Ability to make clear decisions while remaining objective and consistent.
Strong written communication and ability to document the reasoning behind hiring recommendations.
Comfort conducting multiple video interviews each day while remaining engaged and thoughtful with every candidate.
Strong understanding of culturally responsive and patient-centered behavioral health care.
Comfort working in a fast-growing environment where hiring volume and priorities can change quickly.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as a Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Manager, Clinical Quality Specialist, or Clinical Training Lead.
Experience interviewing or hiring behavioral health clinicians.
Experience working with early career clinicians.
Experience in Medicaid, community mental health, safety-net healthcare, or other settings serving complex patient populations.
Experience providing telehealth behavioral health services.
Familiarity with multiple behavioral health disciplines, including social work, professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, and psychiatry.
Experience developing structured clinical interview rubrics or competency assessments.

Responsibilities

Conduct high-volume, structured clinical interviews with behavioral health clinician candidates.
Assess candidates' clinical reasoning, diagnostic approach, treatment planning, risk assessment, ethical judgment, communication, cultural responsiveness, and approach to patient care.
Use case-based and scenario-based questions to understand how candidates apply their clinical knowledge in real situations.
Evaluate candidates against standardized role-specific scorecards and make clear, evidence-based hiring recommendations.
Apply appropriate clinical standards when evaluating behavioral health clinicians across disciplines, experience levels, and stages of their careers.
Assess clinicians’ ability to manage complex cases, identify risk, exercise sound clinical judgment, and support the development of other clinicians where relevant to their role.
Identify clinical strengths, concerns, and areas requiring additional assessment.
Document interview findings thoroughly and promptly so recruiting decisions can move quickly.
Partner with our Clinical Director to calibrate interviewing standards and maintain consistency across candidates.
Partner with Clinical Talent Recruiters to maintain a fast, thoughtful, and high-quality candidate experience.
Help develop and continuously improve clinical interview questions, case scenarios, scorecards, and hiring criteria.
Analyze hiring and interview outcomes to identify opportunities to improve how we select clinicians.
Support additional clinical talent assessment and quality initiatives as Third Space grows.