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Salt Lake City, Utah

Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist - PRN

CounselorIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Salt Lake Behavioral Health is seeking a passionate and talented Outpatient Therapist for our (IOP) Intensive Outpatient Program.

Shifts: Per Diem - Saturday and Sunday (8:30am - 2:00pm)

The Outpatient Therapist performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health, including providing basic consultation, teaching, complete specialized clinical work services for patients/families receiving care, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term therapy, and providing information and referrals as needed.

The Outpatient Therapist will be responsible for managing a set case load, providing mental health/chemical dependency treatment in a group setting, completing individualized treatment plans, and coordinating continuing care/discharge planning. The Outpatient Therapist works with at treatment team and multi-disciplinary team.

We understand that not all wounds are visible. Depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and suicide affects millions of individuals and families. Our mission is to transform lives through exceptional patient care. Salt Lake Behavioral Health is a private 118 bed freestanding psychiatric hospital, located in Salt Lake City, specializing in mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults.

For more information about Salt Lake behavioral Health, go to our website at saltlakebehavioralhealth.com and you can also watch our video from staff at youtube.com

Benefits of joining the Salt Lake Behavioral Health team include:

  • A challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ facilities
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Discounted in-house meals
  • Variety of Employee Benefits and Appreciation Programs
  • Supportive administration and team

Qualifications

Education

Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field required.

Experience: 2 years experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills preferred; must have strong clinical assessment skills. 2 years experience in dual diagnosis and substance use disorder treatment.

License: CSW, LCSW, ACMHC, CMHC, AMFT, LMFT with the state of Utah

Additional Requirements

CPR certification is required. You will need to successfully complete our current training for restraints and seclusions. This training will need to be done prior to assisting in any patient restraints or seclusions and within 90 days of employment. May be required to work flexible hours.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Group TherapyFamily TherapyTreatment PlanningCase ManagementDual Diagnosis TreatmentBiopsychosocial AssessmentMental Health Counseling

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist - PRN at UHS a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,851 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

UHS ranks #5 of 25 employers hiring contract/1099 Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 20% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.9 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,851 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingUtah index 98.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Utah82 active7,903 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 58% remote · 20% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
UHS#5 of 25 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,851 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Discounted in-house meals
Growth and development opportunities
Employee Benefits and Appreciation Programs

Living in Salt Lake City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$590k
Typical market rent
$1,603/mo
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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