Inpatient Therapist, Behavioral Health PRN
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Job Description
Title: Therapist
Job Type: PRN
Your experience matters!
At Rock Springs, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person.
As a Therapist joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
How You’ll Contribute
This position is responsible for supporting the needs of the department with a focus on clinical, operational, and administrative excellence.
Essential Functions
- Conducts individual and group therapy sessions to educate patients regarding psychological, emotional, or substance abuse problems
- Displays active involvement in treatment planning process
- Provides family session counseling to all patients to ensure appropriate communication and involvement of family members and support groups
- Actively communicates with clients, families, and outside referral sources
- Demonstrates proactive communication with those involved with the patient’s treatment
- Works well with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, utilization review and nursing staff members
- Demonstrates active communication with team members
- Effectively communicates to UR on treatment and LOS issues
- Completes appropriate paperwork for clients in a timely, accurate and complete manner
- Demonstrates appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
- Acts as a member of team with crisis situation occurs, assisting others to ensure patient safety
- Completes accurate assessments of patients utilizing clinical skills
- Assists care coordination department as requested
- Completes all documentation thoroughly, timely, and in accordance with hospital standards
- Displays a thorough knowledge of confidentiality
- Completes releases appropriately
- Demonstrates knowledge of HIPAA regulations and abides by those standards
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of all clinical regulations, including TJC, Medicaid, and state and federal laws
- Displays active involvement in the discharge, transition, and after-care planning treatment processes Other duties as assigned
Additional Information
- Prior experience with psychiatric and chemical dependency patients.
Qualifications and Requirements
Education: Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or equivalent required.
License: Current clinical or social work license as required by state regulations.
Certifications: CPR and De-escalation certification required or obtain within 30 days of hire.
About Us
Rock Springs is located in Georgetown, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.
EEOC Statement
“Rock Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Rock Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.
We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.
Key Responsibilities
The therapist conducts individual and group therapy sessions while actively participating in treatment planning and family counseling. They also ensure clinical excellence by maintaining accurate documentation and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to support patient safety and discharge planning.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or an equivalent field along with a current clinical or social work license. Additionally, applicants are required to possess or obtain CPR and De-escalation certifications within 30 days of hire.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 30% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Texas index 97.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Texas | 462 active | 7,875 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 32% remote · 30% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Texas Counselor listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus · 23% offer loan repayment705 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,512 in the last 30 days | 1,528 the 30 days before (+64%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | −1.9% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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