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Woodstock, Virginia

Clinical Therapist, Outpatient Behavioral Health - Full Time First Shift

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$29.4-$44.1/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 55m ago · Verified live

Job Description

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

Department: VH SMH BEH HLTH - 309508

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Work Shift

First Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range

$29.40 - $44.10

Job Description

The Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Therapist I provides individual, group and/or family therapy with the focus on goal directed treatment.

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Initiates and completes discharge planning on assigned patients.
  • Completes all required documentation including Psychosocial Assessments, Individualized Service Plans, Progress Notes, Discharge Plans, etc by midnight on the day of service provision.
  • Maintains daily availability and flexibility to provide crisis and routine support as needed.

Participates in multi-disciplinary treatment planning and manages their own caseload to include case management, care coordination, treatment planning, goal development, and preparing and delivering evidence-based clinical interventions and measurement-based care.

Additional administrative tasks include but are not limited to obtaining required insurance authorizations, routine chart audits, required school and work forms, etc.

Maintains all training requirements for position and actively participates in supervisions and meetings as directed.

Education

Masters Social Work or Counseling or equivalent is required.

Experience

Previous experience with identified population is preferred.

Certification & Licensures

Supervisee in Social Work or Resident in Counseling in Virginia. Must obtain clinical licensure within six months of completing the required clinical hours.

BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved required. New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

Qualifications

Knowledgeable in the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development required.

  • Knowledgeable in behavioral health diagnoses and evidence-based treatments.
  • Competent to provide assessment, care and treatment appropriate to the age and treatment needs of patients served required.
  • Competent to successfully interact with patients according to their special needs.
  • Competent in assessing for suicidality and safety planning.
  • Verbal and written communication skills.
  • Clinical documentation skills and competency in electronic medical health record.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

  • A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Retirement Savings Match
  • A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
  • Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program

Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy while managing a caseload that includes treatment planning, case management, and care coordination. They are responsible for completing clinical documentation, discharge planning, and maintaining availability for crisis support.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyCrisis interventionEvidence-based interventionsSuicidality assessment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 52% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $76k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$76k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Virginia264 active7,857 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 52% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Valley Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Winchester, VA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Zero-Deductible Health Plan
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Generous Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance
Retirement Savings Match
Employee Assistance Program
Healthy U Wellness Program

Living in Woodstock

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$349k
Typical market rent
$1,555/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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