Job Description

Posting number: 2026-04268

Department: ADJUTANT GENERAL & NATIONAL GUARD

Job classification: Unclassified

Posting type: Open Competitive

Categories: Mental Health

Summary

The Therapist provides confidential, trauma-informed behavioral health services to eligible Nevada Army and Air National Guard service members through the Nevada Office of the Military’s Psychological Health Program. Responsibilities include clinical assessment, short-term psychotherapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, consultation, and referrals, with an emphasis on reducing barriers to care and promoting long-term psychological well-being.

Services are provided independently of military command, readiness, and fitness-for-duty functions, with confidentiality maintained except where disclosure is legally required or necessary to address an immediate safety concern.

Working within an interdisciplinary team under the clinical and administrative direction of the Psychological Health Clinical Manager, the Therapist exercises independent clinical judgment while maintaining accurate documentation, demonstrating cultural competence in military populations, and upholding professional confidentiality and dual-role boundaries.

Location: Reno, Nevada

Salary: Up to $104,713 annually, depending on qualifications

Examples of duties

• Master's degree or higher in social work, marriage and family therapy, clinical professional counseling, psychology, or a closely related behavioral health discipline from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Current, active, and unrestricted Nevada license authorizing independent clinical practice as an LCSW, LMFT, CPC, psychologist, or other license specifically approved for the position.
• Clinical training and experience in assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, and care coordination.
• Ability to meet all professional liability, background screening, credentialing, and employment requirements established by the State of Nevada and the Office of the Military.
• Valid driver's license or reliable ability to travel to Nevada duty locations and community sites as assigned.
• Ability to use an electronic health record, secure communication systems, videoconferencing platforms, and standard office software.

PREFERRED:

• Experience providing behavioral health treatment to military members, veterans, first responders, or their families.
• Advanced training or certification in trauma treatment, including EMDR or another evidence-based trauma therapy.
• Training in CAMS, motivational interviewing, substance use screening, ASAM Criteria, grief and postvention, or evidence-based treatment for anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and complex trauma.
• Experience working in a confidential program that interfaces with military or public-safety leadership while maintaining clear clinical boundaries.
• Experience with telehealth, rural service delivery, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community referral networks across Nevada.

Qualifications

• Clinical assessment and treatment: Conduct timely biopsychosocial and substance use assessments, diagnostic evaluations, risk assessments, treatment planning, and discharge planning within the therapist's scope of practice. Provide evidence-informed individual, couple, family, or group psychotherapy as authorized by program policy and clinically appropriate. Deliver short-term treatment generally designed for a six- to twelve-month episode of care, with continued service based on clinical need, progress, program criteria, and supervisory review. Treat concerns that may include trauma and posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, adjustment difficulties, grief, relationship stress, occupational stress, and other behavioral health conditions within program scope. Use trauma-responsive approaches consistent with training and competence, which may include EMDR, Internal Family Systems-informed interventions, polyvagal-informed interventions, cognitive and behavioral therapies, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-informed modalities.
• Safety and crisis response: Assess suicidal ideation, self-harm, homicidal ideation, interpersonal violence, abuse, neglect, substance-related risk, and other urgent safety concerns. Use the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality framework or other program-approved methods when clinically indicated (training available). Develop collaborative safety plans, consult promptly with clinical leadership, coordinate higher levels of care, and initiate emergency procedures when required. Complete mandated reports and legally required disclosures in accordance with applicable law, professional standards, and program policy.
• Substance use screening and referral: Screen for alcohol and other substance use, provide early education and low-intensity interventions within competence and program scope, and document clinical decision-making. Use ASAM Criteria-informed placement considerations and coordinate referrals for assessment, withdrawal management, outpatient, intensive outpatient, residential, or other levels of care when indicated. Maintain heightened confidentiality safeguards for substance use information and consult clinical supervisor when disclosure requirements are unclear.
• Care coordination and consultation: Coordinate care with medical, psychiatric, community, military, veteran, and social-service resources after obtaining appropriate authorization or when otherwise permitted by law. Facilitate referrals for medication evaluation, specialty treatment, higher levels of care, and community support; follow up on referral completion when clinically appropriate. Support continuity of care during deployments, relocations, transitions from service, changes in eligibility, and therapist absences.
• Clinical documentation and quality: Maintain accurate, objective, timely, and clinically sufficient records in the program's authorized electronic health record. Complete assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, risk documentation, releases, referrals, discharge summaries, and required outcome measures within established timelines. Participate in clinical consultation, case review, supervision, quality-improvement activities, program evaluation, and required training. Use aggregate or de-identified information for authorized program reporting while protecting client identity and clinical details. Perform other related clinical and program duties consistent with licensure, competence, ethical standards, and assigned role.
• Additional Duties as assigned

Supplemental information

• Knowledge of professional ethics, informed consent, clinical documentation, mandated reporting, crisis standards, and confidentiality requirements applicable to behavioral health practice.
• Ability to establish therapeutic rapport while maintaining professional boundaries and neutrality in a military-connected environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with clients, families, clinicians, leaders, and community partners while protecting confidential information.
• Ability to organize a caseload, prioritize urgent needs, meet documentation timelines, use outcome information, and participate constructively in supervision and quality review.
• Ability to practice with cultural humility and provide equitable services across differences in military status, branch, rank, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, and family structure.