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Psychiatric Medical Care
Knoxville, Tennessee

PRN Program Therapist

CounselorNo weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$40/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Description

Come join Psychiatric Medical Care's adolescent behavioral health outpatient program, "Embrace U". Embrace U is a combined IOP and PHP treating patients ages 10-18.

Location: Knoxville, TN

Hours: PRN as needed. Available for full days Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm.

Salary: $40/hr

Must have 2+ years of psych experience post Master's graduation. Must be licensed.

The PRN Program Therapist provides therapeutic services for patients utilizing group, individual, and family therapy sessions to adolescents in an intensive outpatient environment. They work within a small, interdisciplinary team with a focus on quality patient care and provision of services ordered by a physician. The Licensed Therapist documents all completed services in compliance with provided standards and regulations and is thorough with details and organization.

  • 3 Cs:
  • Care – Provide the best possible patient care
  • Compliance – Ensure the program operates within all regulations
  • Community – Become a wonderful addition to your local community

A. Care: All employees are expected to provide the best possible patient care.

  • Ensure accurate completion of the psychosocial assessment on each patient.
  • Ensure accurate completion of group psychotherapy notes for each patient.
  • Ensure accurate completion of treatment plans.
  • Demonstrate understanding of mental health assessment of child/adolescent population.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of adolescent counseling treatment, group therapy, and evidenced based practices.
  • Provide understanding of adolescent case management.
  • Ensure appropriate discharge plan is in place for each patient.
  • B. Compliance: Ensure the program operates within all regulations
  • Participate in outcome studies timelines, understanding of administration of the tests and when they are to be reported.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings with medical director.
  • Complete all notes in prescribed timeline.
  • Comply with all regulations.

C. Community: Become a wonderful addition to your local community.

  • Demonstrate understanding of community education definitions and activities.
  • Participate in customer service training as it relates to community integration.
  • Present Embrace U to community as directed by Administrator.
  • Participate in cohesive team environment to ensure program success

Requirements

Education: master’s degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work or master’s degree in other counseling related field.

Licensure: License in Social Work or Counseling as recognized by state. May include LCSW, LPC, LMFT, etc.

Certification: Must meet any applicable state certification standards. CPR/BLS certification may be required based on site staffing needs, as at least one staff member onsite must maintain current CPR/BLS certification

Experience: Two to three years of clinical experience with adolescent population preferred.

Key Responsibilities

The PRN Program Therapist provides therapeutic services including group, individual, and family therapy to adolescents in an intensive outpatient setting. They are responsible for completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation in compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyTreatment planningCrisis interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationEvidence-based practices

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PRN Program Therapist at Psychiatric Medical Care a 6.4 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 7,853 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 63% are remote, 18% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$83k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$83k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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CME allowance
79%
401k / retirement match
45%
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Knoxville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$358k
Typical market rent
$1,712/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Knoxville, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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