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Louisville, Tennessee

CLIN PSYCHOLOGIST-BEH HLT

PsychologistIncludes callNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Clinical Psychologist, Behavioral Health, Unit C - IDD
  • Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Peninsula Overview

Peninsula Behavioral Health, a division of Parkwest Medical Center and part of Covenant Health, is a leading provider of mental health services in East Tennessee.

With decades of experience, Peninsula offers compassionate, evidence-based care for children, adolescents, and adults through inpatient and outpatient programs across multiple counties.

From psychiatric treatment and therapy to specialized senior care, Peninsula is committed to helping individuals overcome mental health challenges and live healthy, productive lives.

To learn more about Peninsula Behavioral Health and our units, visit Peninsula Behavioral Health Opportunities.

Position Summary

Provides professional behavioral assessment, care coordination, training, and supervision to a designated patient population. The general practice of Psychologist may include evaluating, diagnosing, and treating individuals. Psychologist may also complete behavioral assessments, treatment plan, data analysis, family education and training, problem solving, staff supervision and client and referral agency education, and advocacy.

Responsibilities

Administer formal testing to evaluate cognitive, adaptive, and functional capabilities. Diagnose as appropriate.

  • Complete functional behavioral assessments and design, implement, and monitor behavior support plans.
  • Provides input to Manager regarding design and coordination of internal department documentation.
  • Supervise Master Level Clinicians on clinical cases as necessary.
  • Provide psychotherapy through individual, group and/or family setting.
  • Provide assistance to the manager in recruiting for positions available in the department.
  • Maintain a clinical caseload to include seeing patients for treatment and writing reports.
  • Be part of a holistic team of providers including occupational therapists, physical therapists, BCBA therapists, social workers and others as needed to provide quality care to patients.
  • Develop and conduct ongoing training specific to the needs of the population served.

Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience

Two (2) years of both licensed practice as a clinical psychologist.

Licensure Requirement

License as a clinical psychologist in State of Tennessee.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical diagnosisCognitive testingAdaptive capabilities evaluationFunctional behavioral assessmentTreatment planningClinical reporting

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 34% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 32 employers

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$130k-155k
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2
$205k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
92%
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
31%
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Below most Psychology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,736 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k
Median resident rent
$950/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Knoxville, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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