Traveling Mental Health Clinician; Substance Abuse Disorder

Title: Traveling Mental Health Clinician (Substance Abuse Disorder)

Duration: Contract (6+ Months)

Location: Anchorage, AK, 99501

Pay Rate: $35-$45/hr w2

• Provide comprehensive behavioral health and limited Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services to individuals in custody using a hybrid model of in-person and telehealth delivery.
• Serve as the designated Traveling MHC, providing services across multiple Department of Corrections facilities.
• Maintain a primary duty station in Anchorage, Alaska when not in travel status.
• Conduct monthly on-site visits to assigned rural facilities to provide direct clinical care.
• Deliver telehealth behavioral health services to assigned facilities during non-travel periods.
• Perform mental health screenings, assessments, diagnostic evaluations, and treatment planning.
• Provide therapeutic interventions including: individual counseling, group therapy, crisis intervention.
• Conduct suicide risk assessments and provide crisis stabilization services as clinically indicated.
• Facilitate department-approved suicide prevention training for institutional staff using the standardized curriculum.
• Provide Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services on an as-needed basis, including: ASAM Co-Triage screening, ASAM Comprehensive Assessment, brief interventions using motivational interviewing, referral coordination.
• Conduct weekly mental health rounds in segregation units during on-site visits, as required.
• Respond to Requests for Interview (RFI) and urgent mental health referrals.
• Document all clinical encounters, progress notes, and assessments in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
• Coordinate care with facility medical staff and psychiatric providers.

• Must possess a Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related behavioral science discipline.
• Must meet minimum qualifications equivalent to Mental Health Clinician II (MHC II).
• Must hold an active, valid, and unrestricted professional license appropriate to discipline and maintain it for the duration of the contract.
• Proof of licensure must be submitted prior to assignment.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience providing psychotherapeutic services.
• Demonstrated experience assessing and treating severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI), suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviors, personality disorders, substance use disorders.
• Experience working in correctional or institutional settings is preferred but not required.
• Must provide full-time services (37.5 - 40 hours per week).

• Experience providing hybrid or telehealth behavioral health services.
• Experience working in rural or remote clinical environments.
• Familiarity with ASAM screening and assessment tools.
• Knowledge of NCCHC and ACA correctional healthcare standards.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently across multiple facilities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with custody, medical, and administrative staff.