Behavioral Health Therapist
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
Description
The Iowa Primary Care Association is actively recruiting a full-time Behavioral Health Therapist to provide care at a vibrant community health center (FQHC) and oversee patients in Des Moines, IA! Located within the organization's Wellness Center, this role will see a variety of patient populations from children to older adults.
LISW, LMHC, & LMFT encourage to apply!
Position Highlights
- Work/Life Balance: flexible schedule of Monday - Friday 8am-5pm or 9am-6pm with no weekends or call
- Full-Time Role: 40 hours/week seeing on average 6 patients per day
- Financial Support: Eligible for student loan repayment through state & federal programs
- EHR: Epic
Competitive Salary: offering competitive, negotiable salary based upon experience with options for relocation available
Benefits
Licensing and Professional Subscriptions: Reimbursement provided.
Comprehensive Insurance: Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, long-term disability, and flexible spending available.
- Continuing Education: 40 hours continuing education & tuition reimbursement options provided
- Paid Time Off: generous PTO up to 5 weeks by end of first year + 8 paid holidays
- Retirement Plans: 401k with 4% match
- What is a community health center (FQHC)?
- The largest source of comprehensive primary care for underserved communities and populations.
With an integrated care model that includes medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services, patients can access comprehensive, coordinated services often under one roof.
Join us in making a difference in the community while enjoying a rewarding career with excellent benefits and a supportive work environment!
Requirements
Graduation from accredited master’s social work, counseling, marriage/family therapy and/or behavioral health education program.
- Licensed as behavioral health professional to practice independently in Iowa (LISW, LMFT, or LMHC)
- BLS, ACLS or ATLS certification required.
- 1-2 years of behavioral health experience preferred
- Bilingual in English & Spanish a plus
Key Responsibilities
Provide behavioral health care to a diverse patient population, from children to older adults, at a community health center. Oversee patients as part of an integrated care setting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Therapist at Iowa Primary Care Association a 9.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,850 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
Iowa Primary Care Association holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 18 active listings.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Top 5% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)
- No weekends
Living in Des Moines
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $227k
- Typical market rent
- $1,126/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 91.7
- State income tax
- Up to 6%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.