Clinical Therapist - Adult Psychiatry

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Position Title
  • Clinical Therapist - Adult Psychiatry
  • Medical Pavilion

Position Summary / Career Interest

The Clinical Therapist is responsible for providing psychotherapy services to patients and families and acting as an advocate to help clients to access resources while confronting their personal issues such as mental illness, addiction, and abuse. Provides individual psychotherapy, family therapy and group therapy.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Assesses patient and/or family biopsychosocial needs and develops treatment plan in concert with physicians and other providers.

Provides individual psychotherapy, family therapy and group therapy utilizing evidenced based therapies to address psychiatric illnesses.

Documents patient/family status and history, diagnosis, treatment plan, evaluation results, observations, progress in medical record.

  • Serves as a resource to other staff on community resources in area of specialty.
  • Serves as patient advocate and liaison with physicians, families, and community to provide quality care and address client needs.
  • Provides clients with community resource information.

Collaborates with department leadership on initiatives related to psychotherapy services provided in psychiatry clinics.

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

  • Masters Social Work from an accredited College or University OR
  • Master's Degree Behavioral Sciences
  • 3 or more years of clinical experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Social work in medical setting

Required Licensure and Certification

  • Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker(LSCSW) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences OR
  • Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist(LCP) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences OR
  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors (LCPC) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences OR
  • Licensed Clinical Marital and Family Therapist (LCMFT) OR
  • Licensed Clinical Master Social Worker (LCMSW)

Knowledge Requirements

  • Knowledge of social work or master’s level therapy (as appropriate to clinical license) principles and practice.
  • Stays abreast of state of art in field.
  • Knowledge of how to use variety of diagnostic tools and techniques including DSM V.
  • Knowledge of the development and maintenance of information/referral systems.
  • Current Licensed Clinical Therapist.
  • Basic typing and word processing ability.
  • Preferred: Psychotherapy in medical setting.

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

  • R-53108
  • Important information for you to know as you apply:

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program. pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Therapist provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy services while developing treatment plans based on biopsychosocial assessments. They also serve as a patient advocate and liaison, coordinating with physicians and community resources to ensure quality care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work or Behavioral Sciences and possess at least 3 years of clinical experience. A valid clinical license such as LSCSW, LCP, LCPC, LCMFT, or LCMSW is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyBiopsychosocial assessmentTreatment planningPatient advocacyMental healthAddiction counselingCrisis interventionMedical record documentationCommunity resource coordination

Psychiatry — Counselor Career Context

Of the 49 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 73% are remote, 31% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Therapist - Adult Psychiatry at University of Kansas Health System a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Psychiatry (Counseling) — ranked against 60 active Psychiatry (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 18 employers

401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
41%
CME allowance
41% this job
Loan repayment
13%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Psychiatry (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 60 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,326/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About University of Kansas Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Kansas City, KS
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Retirement Plan
PTO
CME Allowance