Licensed Counselor/Psychologist

Position Summary

• FirstHealth of the Carolinas is a nationally recognized health care system located in central North Carolina.
• Comprised of four hospitals (Moore, Hoke, Richmond, and Montgomery) with more than 600 beds, the system also offers leading-edge heart care in the Reid Heart Center, the area’s only dedicated heart and vascular center.
• Our growing health system has more than 5,400 employees serving in more than 75 locations throughout a 15-county service area.
• In addition, the system provides home health and hospice services, emergency care, and medical transportation.
• FirstHealth of the Carolinas has over 50 primary care, specialty care, convenient care and dental clinics located throughout our service area.
• We are committed to a culture of excellence in which everyone feels valued and connected, and where differences are both respected and supported.
• Our career opportunities allow our staff to practice in a team environment as a vital part of growing a widely respected health care system and medical community.
• We have been named Becker's Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare and named to the Forbes 2025/2026 list of America's Best Large Employers. *Free FirstHealth Fitness Membership *Great Benefits Package *Retirement Match

Responsibilities

• Licensed Counselor/Psychologist Job Summary The Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician serves as a core provider within the Center for Well-Being, delivering support-oriented, solution-focused behavioral health services to hospital employees and an embedded first responder population at a designated sheriff’s office site.
• The Center operates on a support and solution-focused model — emphasizing early engagement, brief goal-directed intervention, skills building, and appropriate referral rather than long-term diagnostic treatment.
• Services are delivered under contracted, employer-funded agreements.
• This role operates at the intersection of occupational well-being, brief clinical support, and crisis-capable care.
• It requires a clinician who is equally effective in a structured healthcare environment and in a law enforcement cultural context, and who can build trust with populations that may be skeptical of mental health engagement.
• The successful candidate will function with a high degree of autonomy while maintaining clear accountability within the department’s programmatic framework.

Qualifications

• Licensed Counselor/Psychologist Qualifications Must have Masters Degree in Social Work.
• NC Social Work License required.
• Must be a fully licensed LCSW, LMFT, or LCMHC.
• Or PsyD or PhD Experience in Behavioral Services and Substance Abuse preferred.
• Preferred Experience Behavioral health services within a healthcare system or occupational/employee well-being context Substance use disorder screening and referral coordination First responder, military, or high-stress occupational population experience Familiarity with EAP or workplace well-being service delivery models