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CenterPointe Hospital
St. Charles, Missouri

Inpatient Therapist- $10K Sign On Bonus

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$25.43-$38.14/hr

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Job Description

  • Inpatient Therapist- $10K Sign On Bonus
  • Strongly seeking candidate with case management and discharge planning experience!
  • Licensed and unlicensed candidates are welcome to apply!
  • Hourly Rate: $25.43-$38.14/ HR

CenterPointe Hospital, located in Saint Charles, Missouri, is the preferred provider of acute inpatient and outpatient treatment for adults and seniors who have been suffering mental or behavioral health challenges.

Purpose Statement

Assess, diagnose and provide clinical services for those with behavioral health disorders

Essential Functions

  • Apply psychotherapeutic techniques and interventions in the delivery of services to individuals and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders.
  • Conduct a psychosocial assessment and develop an initial discharge plan.
  • Conduct individual, group or family sessions as appropriate for the treatment plan of the patient.
  • Provide initial treatment planning for patient based on assessment and coordinate any additional services needed, revising as necessary.
  • Maintain documentation of therapy services provided to each patient according to facility and professional standards and revising as indicated by facility or professional standard.
  • Maintain a caseload as assigned.
  • Participate in treatment team meetings and collaborate with other staff to facilitate services for the patient, as appropriate to their treatment plan.
  • May provide these services in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
  • May perform case management, discharge or after care planning as needed.
  • Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Other Functions

  • Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Human Services field required.
  • One or more years’ experience working with comparable patient population required.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

  • Requisite state or national licensure for professional therapy providers or eligible for state licensure as a professional therapy provider.
  • CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
  • First aid may be required based on state or facility.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e. g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

PsychotherapyIndividual TherapyGroup TherapyFamily TherapyClinical DocumentationMental Health DiagnosisCare CoordinationAftercare PlanningInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 20% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$66k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $73k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri 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~$73k in purchasing powerMissouri index 90.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Missouri139 active7,933 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 20% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k sign-onMissouri Counselor listings: 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 15% offer loan repayment223 active listings, Oct 2026
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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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 18 employers
401k / retirement match
88%
Sign-on bonus
59% this job
CME allowance
16%
Loan repayment
9%
PSLF eligible
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,926 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About CenterPointe Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
St Charles, Missouri
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

$10K Sign-On Bonus
Comprehensive benefits package

Living in St. Charles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$1,485/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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