Psychologist - Days - $9K Bonus

Wellpath; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Health Spending Accounts

Wellness program

Banking partnership & loan discounts

Job summary

Wellpath seeks a licensed Psychologist to provide clinical mental health services within a correctional or detention facility. You will deliver direct patient care, supervision, and education, ensuring services align with professional standards and facility policies.

The role involves direct clinical services, crisis intervention, and collaboration with staff to improve care quality. This is a full-time, day-shift position located in Kentucky with opportunities for professional development and

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in the mental field that indicates knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and psychological evaluation techniques, including psychological assessment instruments
• Licensed to practice psychology in the State of employment by the appropriate state licensing agency

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and consultation services consistent with professional standards and institutional policies and procedures.
• Conduct direct clinical services including diagnosis, treatment, psychological testing, and crisis intervention.
• Ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards of care and participate in quality improvement activities.
• Develop and implement goals and objectives for clinical services and assist in staff recruitment and selection.
• Notify appropriate personnel of serious incidents and provide professional education and staff development as needed.

Education

Doctorate in psychology

Job description

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

• Autonomy in a warm team environment

• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

• Company paid life insurance

• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

As aPsychologistin a correctional or detention facility, the role involvesprovidingclinical mental health services toinmate patients. The Psychologistis responsible forprovidingclinical supervision and guidance to any mental health professionalsassistingthem.The Psychologist must provide mental health services that are consistent with their professional training and experience while meeting the expectations of the facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and consultation services consistent with professional standards and institutional policies and procedures.

• Conduct direct clinical services including diagnosis, treatment, psychological testing, and crisis intervention.

• Ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards of care andparticipatein quality improvement activities.

• Develop and implement goals andobjectivesfor clinical services andassistin staff recruitment andselection.

• Notifyappropriate personnelof serious incidents andprovideprofessional education and staff development as needed.

Additional Details

-This is a full-time/day shift position.

-This position offers a $9K bonus for full-time employment.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Doctorate in psychology and experience with mental health delivery systems

Experience

• Significant professional experience in the mental field that indicates knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and psychological evaluation techniques, including psychological assessment instruments

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed to practice psychology in the State of employment by the appropriate state licensing agency

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Job 26-187758

Facility KY DOC Medical

Type Full-Time

Shift Day 8 hour

Compensation Information $88,483.2 - $119,995.2 / year