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CoxHealth
Springfield, Missouri

Counselor Psych Services PRN-2

PsychologistPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Facility

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1114 Psychological Services SGF

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Hours: Day or Evening PRN, schedules vary

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

Licensed, or license-eligible clinician with experience providing clinical diagnostic and treatment services which can include individual, group, family, and health and behavior interventions. The clinician will conduct a variety of psychosocial assessments and provide care for patients through therapeutic use of self and/or the patient care/problem solving process to assist the patient and family to achieve basic healthcare goals. The clinician is a member of an interdisciplinary team that is responsible for working collaboratively with providers, nurses, leadership and other team members to ensure development and implementation of appropriate standards. May be asked to provide clinical coverage in other areas of the hospital, consistent with training and experience guidelines and needs to have flexibility in traveling between two hospitals 30 minutes apart. As need is derived by the department, the clinician may be asked to provide program consultation, staff education, and/or supervision and training.◦ Education Required: Masters Degree in a related field of counseling services ◦ Experience Preferred: 1-2 yrs. experience with wide variety of patient populations ◦ Skills Ability to work within scope of practice to help patient achieve highest level of quality possible for psychological well-being Knowledge of community resources to help meet patient needs Ability to work independently & collaboratively in teams ◦ Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Required: Current Licensure as a Social Worker [LCSW or LMSW], Licensed Professional Counselor [LPC], Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Psychologist [PhD or PsyD] or application for provisional license with completed degree requirements of the previous. Provisional license must be obtained within 120 days of employment.

Key Responsibilities

The clinician provides clinical diagnostic and treatment services, including individual, group, and family interventions. They also collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to conduct psychosocial assessments and ensure the implementation of appropriate patient care standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a related counseling field and possess current licensure as an LCSW, LMSW, LPC, LMFT, PhD, or PsyD. Experience with a wide variety of patient populations is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical diagnostic servicesIndividual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical supervisionCommunity resources knowledge

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Psychologist listings this role was benchmarked against, 33% are remote, 25% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Psychologist pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution40 jobs · 12 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
69%
Sign-on bonus
36%
Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychologist roles listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,915 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$238k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About CoxHealth

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, MO
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Retirement with Employer Match
Paid Time Off