Clinical Psychologist I - Rehab Business Services - Rehab Center - Day Shift - Per Diem
Listed compensation
$63.51-$91.78/hr
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, benefits and time off.
Job Description
Hours: Shift Start Time:
8 AM
Shift End Time
4:30 PM
AWS Hours Requirement
8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information
Weekend Requirements
No Weekends
On-Call Required
No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)
$63.510 - $81.930 - $91.780
The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.
What You Will Do
Evaluates, plans, directs and administers Psychology services. Assists patients in reaching their maximum performance and level of functioning. Participates in operational aspects of the department, maintains performance improvement activities within the department, and participates in CQI activities.
Required Qualifications
- Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Graduate program in psychology OR
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Graduate program in psychology
- AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
- California Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) - CA Board of Psychology -REQUIRED
Preferred Qualifications
1 Year Experience in a clinical psychology setting
Essential Functions
Documentation
Performance Criteria
- Documentation is completed in a timely, complete, legible, concise and accurate manner.
- Documentation follows Sharp HealthCare guidelines, professional guidelines, and meets third-party payor and regulatory requirements.
Maintains Records Pertinent to Departmental Operations
- Completes all documentation elements as appropriate (Interdisciplinary Plan of Care, Education record, billing, discharge plan, and others).
- Patient care
Performance Criteria
Performs an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provides and reassesses as per policy.
Assesses patient pain that interferes with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation; and provides intervention. (Rehab Dept Only)
Treatment Plans
Designs, implements and evaluates treatment effect, recommending changes to physician as needed.
Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching as appropriate.
- Demonstrates knowledge and safe use of modalities, equipment and therapeutic procedures.
- Coordinates and directs patient care to ensure patients' needs are met and hospital policy is followed.
- Completes development plan and performance is satisfactory.
Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Psychologist evaluates, plans, and directs psychology services to assist patients in reaching their maximum functional performance. They also participate in departmental operational activities, performance improvement, and interdisciplinary care planning.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) or Ph.D. in psychology and possess a valid California Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) credential. Additionally, an AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals certification is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Psychologist I - Rehab Business Services - Rehab Center - Day Shift - Per Diem at Sharp HealthCare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychology — ranked against 1,745 active Psychology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Psychologist Career Context
In California, the Psychology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$141k (154 salary observations; 422 listings), vs ~$125k nationally (1,263 salary observations; 4,863 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 35% are remote, 40% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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