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THERAPIST (LICENSED)

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Full-Time
Call expectations
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Weekends
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Job Description

Responsibilities

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U. S. States, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

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Qualifications

Position Summary

Provides quality psychotherapeutic and discharge planning services to all patient populations and their families.

  • Provides assessment, group therapy, family work, and discharge planning.
  • Serves as a member of interdisciplinary team supporting the organization’s treatment program and philosophy.
  • Provides comprehensive clinical assessments.
  • Coordinate treament and discharge planning with families and community support.
  • Assess supports with sending referrals for treatment to promote continuty of care upon discharge.
  • Develop treatment plans with interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Education/Training:

Master’s Degree in Human Service field (e. g. Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, etc.)

Experience

At least 2 years experience preferred in the mental health field, hospital experience.

Licensure/Certification

LCSW, LPC, LPA or LMFT or active provisional license

Knowledge and Skills

  • Knowledge of developmental psychology and needs of various populations.
  • Knowledge of short term/acute care stabilization mental health treatment.
  • Knowledge of cognitive behavioral theory and systems theory.
  • Able to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
  • Knowledge of milieu management.
  • Knowledge of appropriate assessments, diagnoses, and interventions with patients.

Ability to maintain professional relationships with patients, patient’s family members, staff and community personnel.

Ability to maintain patient confidentiality and high ethical standards

Assessment skills for evaluating mental illness and substance abuse in child, adolescent, and adult populations.

  • Facilitation skills for leading process, psycho education, and multifamily groups.
  • Treatment skills for working with patients and their significant others on safety in one or two sessions.
  • Organizational and telephone skills for setting up aftercare appointments and placement.

Professional verbal and written skills for communicating the patient status and treatment needs to employees of the hospital, payers, families, professionals, paraprofessionals, and members of the patient's community.

Skills in preparing and maintaining appropriate medical record documentation.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

PsychotherapyFamily therapyTreatment planningMental health counselingCrisis interventionSubstance abuse assessmentInterdisciplinary collaboration

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 26% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs

401k / retirement match
89%
Loan repayment
22%
CME allowance
22%
PSLF eligible
14%
Sign-on bonus
8%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Raleigh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$372k
Typical market rent
$1,577/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.2
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 · Raleigh-Cary, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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