General informationJob Posting Title Behavioral Health Clinician (Remote) | Active Secret Clearance Required
Date Thursday, August 13, 2026
City Remote
Country United States
Working time Full-time
Description & RequirementsMaximus is seeking a
Behavioral Health Clinician to provide behavioral healthcare, counseling, case management, and clinical support services for Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel and their families. This role supports the psychological, social, and operational readiness of Service Members by addressing the unique challenges of military life, supporting recovery and resilience, and collaborating closely with interdisciplinary care teams, medical personnel, legal authorities, commanders, schools, and other stakeholders. The Behavioral Health Clinician also participates in approved research, clinical investigations, and quality improvement activities to strengthen behavioral health services within the SOF community.
This position is pending upon contract award. It requires active secret clearance at minimum.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise a team of employees through cultivation of a high performance team.
- Ensure adequate staff coverage for assigned program area.
- Serve as subject matter expert for identified area of program knowledge.
- Ensure assigned team is meeting contract and individual SLA's, and related requirements.
- Work with contract management and shared services to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiencies.
- May attend client and stakeholder meetings.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
-Attend and participate in meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences, quality improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, and other appropriate professional activities required by applicable regulations or directed by the unit Commander or designee.
-Conduct USSOCOM/POTFF-approved applied research and clinical investigations at the clinical, behavioral health, and/or organizational levels.
-Apply professional practice procedures and techniques, including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidence-based therapies, in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
-Provide individual, family, group, and couples therapy, as well as alcohol and drug treatment evaluations.
-Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders, and school districts as required.
-Participate in military-specific training and activities, including security clearance-related requirements, use of DoW or service-specific clinical practice guidelines, pre- and post-deployment screening, PTSD, combat stress, and other activities directed by the unit Commander or designee.
-Contact referred clients to assess treatment adherence.
-Use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity.
-Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help clients problem-solve solutions to those barriers.
-Provide clients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen.
-Maintain client information in a client registry.
-Routinely staff difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant, and/or psychiatry consultant.
-Perform case management functions.
-Provide clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees, as applicable.
-Maintain required documentation in approved systems and support program requirements as directed by local leadership.
Minimum Requirements- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, technical training, or relevant experience in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of two years of related experience.
- Current LCSW or LMSW with license valid in the state of practice is required.
-Master's or doctoral degree in one of the following fields, with the applicable clinical licensure and/or certification:
- Social Work: Master's or doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program and independent clinical licensure, such as LCSW or equivalent.
- Marriage and Family Therapy: Master's or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a COAMFTE-accredited program, or an equivalent qualifying graduate degree/program meeting AAMFT standards, with a clinical membership credential from AAMFT.
- Professional Counseling: Master's degree from an accredited graduate program, independent-level professional counseling licensure, and successful completion of the NCMHCE or an equivalent examination approved by the Defense Health Agency.
-Must be able to meet credentialing and privileging standards pursuant to Defense Health Agency-Procedures Manual 6025.13, "Clinical Quality Management in the Military Health System, Volume 4: Credentialing and Privileging," dated August 29, 2019.
-Must have experience in brief behavioral interventions.
-Minimum of two (2) years of peer-reviewable clinical work experience in a mental health setting.
Preferred Qualifications:-Experience working in a government setting, such as DoW or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Military Treatment Facility (MTF), is preferred.
-Experience supporting military, Special Operations, behavioral health, or human performance environments is preferred.
-Experience collaborating with interdisciplinary clinical teams, commanders, and operational leadership is preferred.
Pay TransparencyMaximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Minimum Salary $
59,100.00
Maximum Salary $
124,100.00
