Senior Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Outpatient Wellness Clinic

Adventist HealthCare•Rockville, MD

2d•$66,914 - $100,360•Hybrid

About The Position

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. 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.

Requirements

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.
Active Maryland behavioral health licensure required (LMSW, LGPC, LGMFT, LCSW-C, LCPC, LCMFT).

Nice To Haves

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.
Independent clinical licensure (LCSW-C, LCPC, or LCMFT) preferred.
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.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

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