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Virginia Beach, Virginia

PRN-Group Therapist (Sat-Sun 10a-6p)

Counselor / TherapistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Responsibilities

PRN-Group Therapist- (Sat-Sun 10a-6p) position

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 during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 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 in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit uhs.com.

Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center (VBPC) is a 100-bed freestanding psychiatric hospital located near the beautiful resort area of Virginia Beach, Virginia; a short 10-minute drive to the oceanfront. VBPC offers acute psychiatric and substance abuse services for adults 18 years and older.

The hospital is accessible 24 hours a day for admissions and includes mental health assessments and an excellent referral network. Treatment programs and specialty services at VBPC include substance abuse, dual diagnosis and partial hospitalization.

Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center currently has an opening for PRN Group Therapist. Candidates must be available to work weekends and holidays.

The candidate selected will be responsible for the following: Provides therapeutic process and psychoeducational groups to patients in an inpatient setting. Responsible for documentation of group therapy with final endorsement authorization.

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of clinical interventions based on oral and written daily progress of the patient.
  • Participate in team and committee meetings, as assigned
  • Monitors federal, state and local laws and corporate HIPAA information and notifies management of applicable information and changes.
  • Reports HIPAA related problems, issues or concerns, when deemed appropriate or necessary.
  • Works with staff and committees to ensure the organization maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consent, authorization forms and current practices and requirements
  • Ensures HIPAA training is provided to new interns.
  • Provides group therapy for identified units evidenced by completed progress notes.
  • Attends social work meetings monthly 100% evidenced by log in sheet

Qualifications

  • MS degree in social work, psychology or sociology required.
  • Serves as an active member of the Clinical Services/Social Work department.
  • Experience facilitating therapeutic process and psychoeducational groups
  • Maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients.
  • Assists in maintaining a safe, clean therapeutic environment.
  • Two or more years prefered in a Social Work environment.
  • Requires valid Virginia Driver’s License.
  • Able to follow written and oral instructions.
  • Working knowledge of social theories and practices.
  • Social perceptiveness and empathy.
  • Ability to build and maintain professional helping relationships.
  • Ability to relate and communicate with diverse population and groups.
  • Resilience along with ability to assess situations.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e. g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical documentationHIPAA complianceCrisis interventionSubstance abuse counselingDual diagnosis treatmentPatient assessmentTreatment planningInterpersonal communicationProfessional relationship building

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 28% 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)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $79k (middle half $63k–$80k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Virginia260 active7,448 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 28% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedVirginia counselor listings (all specialties): 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 12% offer loan repayment418 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,571 in the last 30 days1,373 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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  • Includes weekends

Living in Virginia Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$378k
Typical market rent
$2,098/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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