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Behavioral Health Clinician-South Hills

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

General Overview

Provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of acute psychiatric patients.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Provides individual, group and family therapy with assigned patients. (70%)
  • Conducts an individual comprehensive evaluation for assigned patients. (10%)

Completes all documentation according to regulatory requirements (e. g. treatment plans, progress notes). (10%)

  • Attends all required departmental/hospital meetings. (10%)
  • Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

Minimum

Master's Degree in a Relevant Field

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) or other Behavioral Specialist license
  • Preferred
  • Older Adults Protective Services Act (OAPSA) clearance
  • Prior counseling experience in a behavioral health setting

Additional Employment Requirements

  • CPR – American Heart Association
  • Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
  • Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
  • Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

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Key Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of acute psychiatric patients through individual, group, and family therapy. Maintains accurate clinical documentation and participates in departmental meetings to ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyPsychiatric evaluationTreatment planningCrisis interventionCase managementHIPAA compliance

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 22% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 39 employers

18
<$75k
17
$75k-95k
8
$95k-115k
7
$115k-135k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs

401k / retirement match
92%
Sign-on bonus
28%
CME allowance
28%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Psychotherapist, Behavioral Health

Sutter Health · Santa Clara, California

$94k-$132k
#2

Mental Health Therapist

Brightways Counseling Group · Portland, Oregon

$131k
#3

Clinical Supervisor & Therapist

#4

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, LPC, LCSW)

$92k-$125k
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,002 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Pittsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Typical market rent
$1,545/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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