Primary Therapist (Licensed or Non-Licensed)
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Job Description
What You’ll Do
Job Summary
The Primary Therapist is responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and facilitating various therapeutic modalities, including individual, family, and group therapies. This role requires effective communication with families and collaboration with the treatment team to ensure the delivery of high-quality clinical support within Newport Healthcare’s framework.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Communication: Serve as the primary clinical contact for families, maintaining proactive and clear communication regarding the client’s progress and treatment.
Therapeutic Facilitation: Conduct individual, family, and group therapy sessions utilizing Newport Healthcare’s clinical model and Attachment-Based Family Therapy principles. Lead Family Orientations, Welcome Presentations, and Family Support Groups to engage and educate families about the treatment process.
Assessment and Planning: Complete risk assessments and initial safety plans upon client admission. Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and develop comprehensive treatment plans within established timelines. Collaborate with the treatment team to coordinate treatment goals and services, including 30-day treatment plan reviews and updates.
Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely documentation, including assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, group notes, contact notes, and discharge summaries, adhering to established standards.
Crisis Management: Conduct risk or crisis assessments and provide appropriate intervention and management as necessary to ensure client safety and well-being.
Team Collaboration: Attend and actively participate in weekly treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and clinical supervision to enhance team dynamics and treatment efficacy.
Data Management: Accurately enter and save data using Microsoft Word, Outlook (email and calendaring), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and online learning platforms.
Professional Development: Represent Newport Healthcare at meetings, trainings, and conferences as needed, promoting the organization’s mission and values.
What Makes You a Great Fit
Qualifications
Master’s Degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or related field or enrollment in Doctorate program from an accredited or state approved graduate school required.
Licensed or ability to transfer license in Marriage Family Therapy, Counseling, Social Work, or Clinical Psychologist in the state in which services are provided
- Experience with individual, family, and/or group therapy with young adults/adolescents
- Experience with mental health, substance abuse, eating disorders, or trauma-informed treatment preferred.
Join Us
Join our vibrant team at Newport Healthcare, where your passion for helping adolescents and young adults can truly shine! If you’re looking for a rewarding role that combines creativity, compassion, and collaboration, this is the place for you!
We are committed to providing competitive and equitable compensation. An individual’s pay rate within the posted range is determined by several factors, including skills, experience, education, and market conditions. Additionally, we consider internal equity to ensure fairness within our organization.
Benefit Options Include
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Company paid life insurance
- Paid time off including sick time
- Voluntary Short term and long-term disability
- 401K with company match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
Compensation Range
For a licensed therapist range is: $77,000 to $100,00 depending on education, licensure, and expereince. Non-licensed therapist compensation ranges from $37 to $44 an hour.
Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email careers@newporthealthcare.com for assistance.
Key Responsibilities
The Primary Therapist conducts comprehensive clinical assessments, develops individualized treatment plans, and facilitates individual, family, and group therapy sessions. They also serve as the primary clinical contact for families and maintain accurate documentation within the electronic medical records system.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Therapist (Licensed or Non-Licensed) at Newport Healthcare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,084 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 46% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$89k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $88k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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