Part-Time Clinical Quality Specialist

SonderMind; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 55,104 - 57,859; Part time

Job summary

SonderMind is seeking a Part-Time Clinical Quality Specialist to safeguard and strengthen our clinical care across the organization. This role focuses on utilization management, payor-facing audits, and quality assurance, ensuring medical necessity and evidence-based practice across the provider network.

You will work collaboratively with clinicians, payors, and internal teams to review documentation, support authorization decisions, and drive continuous improvement in care quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in utilization management, utilization review, medical necessity review, or clinical auditing.
• Familiarity with payor requirements and level-of-care guidelines.
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to handle escalations and investigations.
• Clear, accurate, defensible clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct prospective, concurrent, and retrospective utilization reviews to assess medical necessity and level of care.
• Apply evidence-based UM criteria to support authorization and appeals processes.
• Monitor utilization trends and inform provider interventions.
• Collaborate with health plans on external UR requests and peer-to-peer reviews.
• Investigate provider concerns and remediate issues arising from UM findings.
• Support measurement-based care initiatives and strengthen clinical outcomes.
• Track metrics and surface trends to leadership for continuous improvement.

Skills

Utilization management

Clinical auditing

Clinical documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in a mental health discipline

Job description

About SonderMind

At SonderMind, we believe everyone deserves one personalized, connected, and effective mental health destination to take care of their mental health and well-being at any stage of life. SonderMind care encompasses everything from therapy and medication management to meditation and mindfulness exercises. Our clinicians leverage our digital tools and research to deliver increasingly high-quality care and to develop thriving practices. Combining technology and human connection, SonderMind drives better outcomes through our comprehensive approach. Learn more about SonderMind at sondermind.com or download the mobile app, available on iOS and Android. To follow the latest SonderMind news, get to know our clients, and learn about what it’s like to work at SonderMind, you can follow us on Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter. Additionally, we expect all team members to effectively leverage modern AI technologies as part of their everyday workflow, and to continuously adapt as new tools emerge. Familiarity with job-relevant AI platforms such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot or other industry-standard AI productivity tools is expected and considered essential for success at this company.

About The Role

The Part-Time Clinical Quality Specialist role exists to safeguard and strengthen the clinical integrity of care delivered across the organization, with a focused lens on utilization management, payor-facing clinical audits, and clinical quality assurance. This position ensures that care is medically necessary, appropriately documented, and aligned with evidence-based standards and payor requirements supporting both provider success and defensible, compliant clinical operations. This is a collaborative, provider-supportive role that combines sound clinical judgment with the rigor of utilization review and audit-readiness. The Specialist serves as a key bridge between clinical care, payor expectations, and internal quality standards. This is a part-time position, up to 30 hours per week.

What You’ll Do

Utilization Management & Review

• Conduct prospective, concurrent, and retrospective utilization reviews to assess medical necessity, treatment appropriateness, and level of care
• Apply evidence-based UM criteria to evaluate clinical documentation and support authorization and appeal processes
• Monitor care intensity and utilization trends to identify outliers and inform targeted provider interventions
• Partner with health plans on external UR requests and peer-to-peer review coordination

Clinical Quality & Provider Support

• Investigate and remediate provider concerns stemming from UM findings, client complaints, or external reports
• Monitor clinical adverse events and apply early-stage risk mitigation in partnership with cross-functional teams
• Support measurement-based care initiatives and identify opportunities to strengthen clinical outcomes across the provider network

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Track utilization metrics, review volumes, and case outcomes to inform quality improvement efforts
• Surface trends and process gaps to leadership and contribute to the ongoing refinement of UM policies and workflows

What does success look like?

• Utilization reviews are completed accurately, on time, and in compliance with payer and regulatory requirements
• UM findings translate into actionable provider support plans and measurable improvement in care appropriateness
• Cases are managed independently with sound clinical reasoning, thorough documentation, and minimal oversight
• Cross-functional partners rely on you as a knowledgeable, solutions-oriented collaborator on UM and quality matters
• Provider relationships remain trust-based and constructive, even through remediation processes
• You proactively identify systemic utilization trends and bring improvement recommendations to leadership

Who You Are

• Master’s degree in a mental health discipline.
• Active, cleared clinical license (e.g., LMFT, LPC, LCSW, LMHC, or equivalent) in good standing.
• Experience in utilization management, utilization review, medical necessity review, or clinical auditing — ideally in a behavioral health or payor/health plan context.
• Familiarity with payor requirements, medical necessity criteria, and level-of-care guidelines.
• Strong clinical judgment and experience handling escalations, adverse events, or quality-related investigations.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear, accurate, and defensible clinical documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams.
• Commitment to provider support and quality management.
• Familiarity with clinical technology platforms for documentation, case tracking, and data analysis to support provider quality and compliance.

Compensation Range

The hourly rate offered for this role is between $40.00-$42.00/hour, up to 30 hours per week.

Application Deadline

This position will be an ongoing recruitment process and will be open until filled.

Equal Opportunity

SonderMind does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religion, veteran and military status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic information or characteristics), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.