[Hiring] Clinical Interviewer @Third Space

Role Description

As our Clinical Interviewer, you will be the primary clinical evaluator for providers joining Third Space.

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Base Salary: $80,000–$100,000 annually based on experience.
• Performance Incentives: 10% of base, tied to defined outcomes.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited PTO + paid public holidays.
• 401(k) with employer match.

Company Description

Third Space is a virtual mental health practice built specifically for Medicaid patients. We’re building the operational infrastructure required to make high-quality behavioral healthcare accessible to populations the traditional system routinely leaves behind.

We’ve proven there is enormous demand. Now we’re building the engine that allows us to serve that demand across states, payers, providers, and clinical services without sacrificing quality.