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Springfield, Missouri

Counselor Psych Services WEO (N)

CounselorIncludes weekendsNo nightsPart-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Facility

Medical South: 3525 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1114 Psychological Services SGF

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8:30 to 5:00

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

The Counselor is a Clinician who assumes responsibility and accountability for a patient or group of patients for a designated time frame.

Will conduct a variety of psychosocial assessments and provides care for these patients through therapeutic use of self and/or the patient care/problem solving process to assist the patient and family to achieve basic healthcare goals.

The counselor is a member of an interdisciplinary team that is responsible for working collaboratively with the medical director & clinic manager to ensure development and implementation of appropriate standards. Needs to have flexibility in traveling between two hospitals 30 minutes apart.

Education Required: Masters Degree in a related field of counseling services Experience Preferred: 1-2 yrs. experience with wide variety of patient populations Skills Ability to work within scope of practice to help patient achieve highest level of quality possible for psychological well-being Knowledge of community resources to help meet patient needs Ability to work independently & collaboratively in teams Licensure/Certification/Registration Required: Current Licensure as a Social Worker [LCSW or LMSW], Licensed Professional Counselor [LPC], Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Psychologist [PhD or PsyD] or application for provisional license with completed degree requirements of the previous. Provisional license must be obtained within 120 days of employment.

Key Responsibilities

The counselor conducts psychosocial assessments and provides therapeutic care to patients as part of an interdisciplinary team. They are responsible for collaborating with medical leadership to develop and implement clinical standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a counseling-related field and possess current licensure as an LCSW, LMSW, LPC, LMFT, PhD, or PsyD. The role requires the ability to travel between hospital locations and work independently within a clinical setting.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentTherapeutic interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical documentationCrisis interventionCommunity resource knowledge

Psychology — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 24% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution38 jobs · 32 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 32 employers

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
40%
PSLF eligible
29%
Loan repayment
26%
Sign-on bonus
20%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 5.1
Better work-life than 30% of Psychology (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 90 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$238k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About CoxHealth

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, MO
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Vision, Dental
Retirement with Employer Match
Paid time off (details not specified)