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Rochester Regional Health
Irondequoit, New York

Senior Primary Therapist - Full Time

CounselorNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$66K - $88K

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • STATUS: Full Time
  • LOCATION: Riedman Health Center
  • DEPARTMENT: Behavioral Health
  • SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday; 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM

Summary

As a Senior Primary Therapist, your excellent communication and evaluation abilities greatly assist care providers in the assessment and treatment planning for patients with mental illness or those struggling with substance abuse.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provides initial and ongoing assessment, counseling and clinical intervention to a designated caseload.
  • Provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy.
  • Participates functionally as a member of a multidisciplinary team in coordination and delivery of patient care, and communicates with relevant internal and external care providers.
  • Participates in and incorporates professional supervision and ongoing education toward quality care
  • Utilizes efficient computer skills to complete all required documentation in a timely and comprehensive manner.
  • Maintains a full caseload, meeting productivity requirements and seeks to keep the incidence of failed appointments to a minimum.
  • Productivity standards have been met over the past 12 months
  • Documentation standards have been met over the past 12 months
  • No disciplinary action over the past 12 months
  • Ability to supervise interns
  • Shows initiative (ie. supervision of an intern or; participation or leading a project team; process development, in charge of a committee in the program)
  • Trains, coaches and mentors new therapists
  • ACT Program Only: Primary resource for team on integrating family goals and services with the tasks of all team members.
  • ACT Program Only: Provides individual and group family psycho-education.
  • Health Reach Only: Will be an active member of the Health Reach Continuous Quality Improvement Committee and will participate in other program and community wide activities.
  • For Child and Youth Services Only: Off-site and in-home delivery of services to clients and families.

Minimum Requirements

  • Masters Degree or PHD in Human Services field required.
  • Two years of mental health experience preferred.

Required Licensure / Certification Skills: LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LCAT, LMFT or earned doctorate in human services field required. Limited permit or license required within 6 months of hire.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Education

MS: Human Services (Required)

Licenses / Certifications

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

Pay Range

$66,000.00 - $88,000.00

City

Rochester

Postal CODE

14621

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree or PhD in a human services field and possess relevant licensure such as LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LCAT, or LMFT. Two years of mental health experience is preferred for this role.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team coordinationCase managementCoachingMentoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Senior Primary Therapist - Full Time at Rochester Regional Health a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,853 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Rochester Regional Health ranks #15 of 28 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 24% have no call, 62% 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 New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$77k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $71k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
33% this job
Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 7.3
Better work-life than 80% 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
  • No nights

Living in Irondequoit

Median resident rent
$1,159/mo≈ 21% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.