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Memphis, Tennessee

Psychologist

PsychologistIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$75k-$80k

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Job Description

Provides counseling for individuals, couples, groups, career, and crisis counseling for the University community. May be required to work after hours and on call rotation. Ensures compliance with policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Engages in counseling-related activities including, but not limited to, providing individual, couples, and group psychotherapy, providing triage walk-in coverage, maintaining counseling records, administering, interpreting psychological assessments and providing comprehensive integrative assessment reports, making referrals, and managing various administrative and organizational needs.
  • Ability to do tele-health psychology and PSYCHPACT credential eligibility are desired.
  • Provides presentations and outreach and prevention services for students, faculty, and staff.
  • Provides supervision for practicum students and doctoral psychology interns.
  • Consults with students, family, faculty, staff, and community members about students who evidence problems that may require psychological counseling and mental health services.
  • Provides after hour and on-call crisis intervention services.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Ph. D or Psy.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, and one year of relevant experience. Must be licensed or licensed eligible in the State of Tennessee as a Psychologist with Health Service Provider (HSP) designation.

Working Conditions

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, and talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to walk.
  • The employee is occasionally required to stand, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

The University of Memphis is a leading, student-centered, urban public R1 research institution. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, on 1,160 acres. The University serves a population of nearly 20,000 students and 2,500 employees, including more than 1,000 full-time faculty members.

The University offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 230 areas of study, master’s degrees in more than 50 subjects and doctoral degrees in 26 disciplines; supported an institutional record of more than $100 million in research awards for FY24; and has an operating budget of close to $500 million.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychological assessmentConsultationRecord keepingClinical psychology

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychologist at Confidential Employer a 6.2 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

Confidential Employer ranks #11 of 11 employers hiring Psychologist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 40% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% 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)), so the posted ~$78k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $84k in an average-cost state. 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. At the posted ~$78k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 6.2
Better work-life than 50% of Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,639 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call

Living in Memphis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$142k≈ 1.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,232/mo≈ 20% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Higher Education
Memphis, TN
11-50 employees