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Springfield, Missouri

Psychologist

Psychologist 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Facility

Medical South: 3525 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1114 Psychological Services SGF

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Hours: M-F 8:30 to 5:00

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, health and behavior interventions, and/or psychological testing.

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: Doctorate in clinical, counseling psychology or other eligible degree from an APA-Approved program.

Preferred: Specialized training (e. g., coursework, internship, post-doctoral fellowship) in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and/or health psychology. ◦ Experience Required: 1-3 years related experience – experience can include post-doctoral, and/or independent practice ◦ Skills Able to conduct assessment and treatment of patients in area(s) of assigned operations.

Able to integrate work activities into multidisciplinary team environment. Must be self-directed as will work alone at times. Carry out essential functions of the job with potential expansion of responsibility. Familiar with age specific needs for patient populations served.

Clinical capability to provide full range of behavioral health services to medical and to psychiatric patient populations. ◦ Licensure/Certification/Registration Required: MO State Psychologist License

Key Responsibilities

The clinician will provide clinical diagnostic and treatment services, including individual, group, and family interventions, while conducting psychosocial assessments. They will work as part of an interdisciplinary team to ensure the development and implementation of appropriate patient care standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA-approved program and possess a valid Missouri State Psychologist License. The role requires 1-3 years of related experience and the ability to work collaboratively in a medical environment.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical diagnostic servicesBehavioral health interventionsInterdisciplinary team collaborationClinical supervisionAge specific patient care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychologist at CoxHealth 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 1,726 active Psychology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% 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 Distribution32 jobs · 27 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
31%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.0
Better work-life than 80% of Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,726 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

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, Vision, Dental
Retirement with Employer Match
20+ hrs/week benefits eligibility