Psychologist
Listed compensation
$86/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Adelphi is seeking a psychologist to provide services at multiple correctional facility in North Carolina. The psychologists will provide psychological, diagnostic, and intervention services to offenders in the facility.
Summary
- ID: BD-878-54
- Profession: Allied Health
- Specialty: Psychologist
- Locations: Morganton, NC
- Service Setting: Outpatient
- Facility Type: Correctional
- Job Type: Contract
- Start Date: ASAP
- Contract Length: Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
- Rate: $86/hr
Requirements
- NC license
- BLS certification
- ACLS certification
- Masters degree in psychology, with an emphasis on clinical psychology.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive psychological evaluations on offenders in the facility.
- Perform evaluations for intelligence and learning, behavioral, and personality disorders.
- Provide behavioral training services to offenders.
- Conduct individual and group counseling sessions.
- Provide consultations to staff within the facility and outside treatment agencies.
- Provide interpretations using pyschological assessment instruments.
- Accept obligations of scheduled assignments and perform all other duties as requested by the facility.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychologist at Adelphi Staffing a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Psychology psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Psychologist Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% are remote, 16% have no call, 34% require no weekends.
Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $179k | Psychology median $125k (middle half $113k–$148k)40 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$190k in purchasing power | North Carolina index 94.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychology listings in North Carolina | 52 active | 1,769 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 68% remote · 16% no call · 34% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US psychologist listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Psychology listings | 604 in the last 30 days | 294 the 30 days before (+105%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychology pay trend | +2.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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Benefits & Perks
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$150k–$183kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,766 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
Living in Morganton
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $284k
- Typical market rent
- $1,436/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 88.5
- State income tax
- Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.