Licensed Therapist I - Outpatient Therapy

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

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  • Full Time
  • Days
  • Schedule: Monday - Friday | 8:00am - 5:00pm

Job Summary: Facilitates the delivery of high quality, cost effective patient care and outcomes. Assists with program development and maintenance of a therapeutic environment.

Minimum Education: Master's degree in a behavioral health field.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: State of Oklahoma licensure as Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Behavioral Practitioner (LBP).

Work Experience: 0 - 6 months related experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Access as might be used in the preparation of reports and correspondence. Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

Ability to integrate the analysis of data to discover facts or develop knowledge, concepts or interpretations. Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner. Ability to demonstrate efficiency, creativity, accuracy, diplomacy and attention to detail.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Performs mental health and or substance abuse therapy according to clinical need. Identifies, coordinates, and completes appropriate patient assessments, treatment and discharge plans within established time frames according to established practices and regulatory standards.

Completes all required documentation in accordance with regulatory standards for purposes of patient information exchange and reimbursement within established time frames.

Provides effective Interdisciplinary team participation and support through collaboration with healthcare providers and referral sources; communication with patients and appropriate family members.

Participates in quality and process improvement activities, and other meetings, as required by department and patient needs.

Decision Making: Independent judgment in making decisions from many diversified alternatives that are subject to general review in final stages only.

Working Relationships: Coordinates activities of others (does not supervise). Leads others in same work performed (does not supervise). Works directly with patients and/or customers. Works with internal customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff. Works frequently with individuals at Director level or above.

Special Job Dimensions: None.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Outpatient Therapy - Laureate Campus

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), a safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others.

This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position.

This statute allows employers to lawfully refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety-sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even if they have a valid license to use medical marijuana.

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Key Responsibilities

The therapist facilitates high-quality patient care by performing mental health and substance abuse therapy. They are responsible for coordinating patient assessments, developing treatment plans, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a behavioral health field and possess a valid Oklahoma license as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LBP. The role requires 0 to 6 months of related experience and proficiency in standard office software.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Mental health therapyPatient assessmentTreatment planningDischarge planningInterdisciplinary team collaborationMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft AccessInterpersonal communicationData analysisRegulatory complianceQuality improvement

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Therapist I - Outpatient Therapy at Saint Francis Health System 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 8,002 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Oklahoma is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Oklahoma clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.4
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  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Tulsa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,287/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.2
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Tulsa, OK metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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