Clinical Psychologist- Part Time

Backpack Healthcare; Illinois; À distance; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equal Opportunity Employer

Résumé du poste

Backpack Health is seeking a Lead Clinical Psychologist to launch and lead our clinical psychology program via telehealth in multiple states. You will conduct comprehensive evaluations for children, adolescents, and families, including ADHD and Autism assessments, and set clinical standards.

You will supervise psychology staff, develop workflows, partner with clinical and executive leadership, and shape a sustainable service line with quality and compliance at the core.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and active license in at least one state.
• Experience assessing ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and related conditions.
• Strong knowledge of standardized testing, reporting, ethics and consent.

Responsabilités

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations for children, adolescents, and families.
• Lead the clinical psychology program development and workflows.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff and supervise trainees.
• Collaborate with care teams, operations, and leadership.
• Monitor quality, compliance, reimbursement, and program performance.

Connaissances

Clinical assessment

Psychoeducation

Interviews & testing

Ethics & reporting

Family-focused approach

Formation

Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology

Outils

Psychological testing tools

Description du poste

Lead Clinical Psychologist Build & Lead Backpack Healthcare's Clinical Psychology Program

Multi-State | Telehealth | Maryland, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia & Illinois

Help Us Build Something Meaningful

Backpack Health is expanding its clinical services and is seeking an experienced Lead Clinical Psychologist to launch and lead our clinical psychology program.

This is a unique opportunity for a psychologist who wants to do more than provide clinical care—you’ll have the opportunity to build a program from the ground up , beginning with comprehensive psychological evaluations and growing into a broader leadership and supervision role.

You’ll provide high-quality assessments for children, adolescents, and families, including evaluations for ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other developmental, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive concerns . As the program grows, you’ll help establish clinical standards, supervise psychology staff, and shape a sustainable and scalable psychology service line.

• Conduct comprehensive psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and other populations served by Backpack Health.
• Evaluate ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other clinically appropriate referral questions.
• Conduct clinical interviews and review records and collateral information from caregivers, schools, providers, and other authorized parties.

Build & Lead the Psychology Program

• Partner with Clinical, Operations, Billing, Credentialing, and executive leadership to launch and develop the clinical psychology service line.
• Establish referral criteria, assessment workflows, documentation standards, scheduling processes, and quality expectations.
• Develop processes that support efficient, high-quality, and accessible psychological assessment services.
• Monitor assessment volume, reimbursement, staffing needs, expenses, and workflow performance.
• Serve as Backpack Health’s subject matter expert in psychological assessment.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, access, efficiency, and financial sustainability.
• Help identify, recruit, onboard, and develop a qualified Psychological Associate.
• Provide clinical supervision consistent with applicable state laws, licensing requirements, ethical standards, and Backpack Health policies.
• Ensure services remain within each clinician’s training, competence, and permitted scope of practice.
• As the program expands, transition into broader supervision and leadership responsibilities.

Quality, Compliance & Collaboration

• Collaborate with therapists, psychiatric providers, care coordinators, schools, and other members of the care team.
• Participate in quality assurance, clinical audits, utilization review, and corrective-action activities.
• Identify and elevate clinical, operational, regulatory, reimbursement, or staffing risks.

Compensation will be structured as a 60/40 revenue split based on reimbursed claims for eligible psychological evaluations.

Lead Clinical Psychologist: 60% of revenue actually reimbursed for eligible evaluations.

Backpack Health: 40% retained to support billing, scheduling, credentialing, administrative, and operational expenses.

As the program expands and the role assumes supervision and broader leadership responsibilities, compensation will be evaluated based on supervision workload, assessment volume, reimbursement, operating costs, and overall program performance.

• Billing and claims support
• Scheduling and administrative support
• Credentialing assistance
• Approved payer credentialing expenses

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology , or a closely related field from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Active and unrestricted psychologist license in at least one state where Backpack Health operates.
• Experience assessing ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder , and other developmental, behavioral, emotional, or cognitive conditions.
• Strong knowledge of standardized psychological testing, diagnostic formulation, report writing, informed consent, test security, and professional ethics.
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and families strongly preferred.
• Previous supervision experience with Psychological Associates, trainees, or assessment professionals preferred.
• Experience with Medicaid, managed care, telehealth, multi-state practice, payer authorization, or psychological testing reimbursement is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm for building a new clinical program from the ground up .

Why Backpack Healthcare?

This is more than a clinical role—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of psychological assessment at Backpack Healthcare .

You’ll have the clinical autonomy to bring your expertise to the table while partnering with an interdisciplinary team to create a psychology program that is accessible, high-quality, culturally responsive, and built for long‑term growth.

Backpack Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that the strength of our care depends on the diversity and well-being of our team. We celebrate differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical and mental ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, and other traits that make each person unique.