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Adventist HealthCare
Rockville, Maryland

Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Outpatient Wellness Clinic

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60K - $100K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health

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

As a Behavioral Health Therapist You Will

  • Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
  • Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
  • Participates in and interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
  • Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i. e., DJJ, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc
  • Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process. Promotes positive patient-family-community relations
  • Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety an stability
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications Include

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work /Counseling or equivalent Master’s Degree in a recognized health field
  • 1 year experience preferred
  • LGSW/LMSW/LGPC/LGMFT in the State of Maryland
  • Independent clinical licensure (LCSW-C, LCPC, or LCMFT) Preferred
  • 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.
  • Experience with tele-mental health services strongly preferred.

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

$60,486.56 - $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.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

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.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e. g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

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.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive therapeutic care, including psychosocial assessments and individual, group, and family therapies for clients. Supervise interns in their clinical practice and coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure successful discharge planning.

Requirements

Requires a Master's Degree in Social Work and full licensure as an LCSW-C, LCPC, or LCMFT. A minimum of 2 years of clinical social work experience, preferably in medical or behavioral health settings, is required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyCrisis interventionClinical supervisionInterdisciplinary collaborationCase managementPatient educationTreatment planningBehavioral health interventions

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Outpatient Wellness Clinic at Adventist HealthCare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,100 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

In Maryland, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$81k (69 salary observations; 121 listings), vs ~$74k nationally (1,910 salary observations; 5,042 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 30% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
46%
Sign-on bonus
36%
Loan repayment
21%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,100 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Rockville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$624k≈ 10.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,405/mo≈ 48% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Adventist HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
Gaithersburg, MD
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards
Free employee parking
Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage
Employer-paid short & long-term disability, basic life insurance and AD&D
Paid time off
Employer retirement contribution and match after 1 year
Flexible spending accounts