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Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Outpatient Therapist (MA/MSW)

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Outpatient Therapist - FT Opportunity

Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient treatment services to adolescents and adults at our 86-bed facility in Panama City, FL and outpatient services to adolescents and adults at our outpatient centers located throughout the Florida Panhandle. Additionally, we offer specialized treatment for active duty military members through our Military Resiliency Program, specialized chemical dependency treatment and TMS therapy for chronic depression.

Visit us online at: emeraldcoastbehavioral.com

The Outpatient Therapist provides for the delivery and documentation of age/population specific psychotherapy and social services. Assists family members and referral sources with continuum of care from the admission process through discharge planning.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Provides clinically sound individual, family, and group therapies within required time frames and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.

Conduct psychosocial assessments Complete psychosocial assessment appropriate to patient type and reason for referral to assist team in development of a care plan.

  • Actively participate in treatment team decisions.
  • Provide quality documentation.

Benefit Highlights

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or other Human Service field

LMHC, LCSW or LMFT preferred. Should be actively working towards licesenure.

Ability to work at our Okaloosa Outpatient Center located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Ability to work a variable schedule Monday- Friday, 8am-4:30pm.

Employment with Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital requires successful completion of a Level II background Screening. For additional information on this screening requirement, visit the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse Education and Awareness website at info.flclearinghouse.com

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e. g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Individual therapyFamily therapyGroup therapyClinical documentationTreatment planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Therapist (MA/MSW) at UHS a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,339 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 26% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,339 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedSocial Work median $60k (middle half $48k–$75k)16 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Florida302 active6,430 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 26% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentFlorida social worker listings (all specialties): 3% state a sign-on bonus · 7% offer loan repayment315 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,524 in the last 30 days1,423 the 30 days before (+77%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Social Work pay trend+1.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,339 Social Work listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Social Worker Jobs

32 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

22 jobs
9
<$80k
5
$80k-95k
2
$95k-110k
2
$120k
4
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs
401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
8% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$58-$61/hr
#2

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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,339 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
401(K) with company match
Discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities

Living in Fort Walton Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$319k
Typical market rent
$1,828/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.0
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.