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Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Staff Psychologist

PsychologistIncludes callFull-Time

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Job Description

About Dickinson

Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a “most livable city” by Forbes and is minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg.

The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.

Dickinson College offers full-time employees a broad range of benefits, including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee’s base salary to a retirement account with an additional.5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee’s retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.

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Position Department

Wellness Center - CAPS

Position Details

This is a full-time, 10 month clinical position that consists of providing individual and group therapy, crisis services, consultation, and regular coverage for Open Hours. In addition to these clinical responsibilities, Staff Psychologists provide outreach programming on campus, perform supervisory and administrative tasks as needed, and engage in collaboration with other staff and faculty at Dickinson (e. g., through committee work, planning workshops and events, etc.).

Essential Functions

  • Provides individual and group counselling to students.
  • Documents all clinical services in the electronic health records system.
  • Provides diagnostics and substance abuse services for students.
  • Provides on-call psychological crisis management for students.
  • Provides daytime psychological crisis management for students.
  • Provides outreach education, training and consultation regarding wellness to the campus community.

Requirements

Required

Master's Degree - Clinical or Counseling Psychology

Preferred

Doctorate

1-3 years work experience

Licensed as a psychologist in Pennsylvania within the first year of employment

EEO/Diversity Statement

The College is committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons.

Key Responsibilities

The Staff Psychologist provides individual and group therapy, crisis services, and substance abuse counseling to students within the campus wellness center. They also engage in outreach programming, administrative tasks, and collaborative committee work with faculty and staff.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyPsychological diagnosticsClinical documentationSupervision

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 18% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPsychology median $115k (middle half $84k–$115k)12 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychology listings in Pennsylvania69 active1,785 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 54% remote · 18% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Psychologist listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Psychology listings624 in the last 30 days339 the 30 days before (+84%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychology pay trend+5.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Psychologist Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

30 jobs · 27 employers
6
<$125k
5
$125k-145k
7
$145k-165k
10
$165k-185k
2
$185k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
52%
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$63-$94/hr
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#3

Clinical Psychologist / Neuropsychologist/Outpatient Clinic/Full-Time Employment/Tampa

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,762 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical insurance
Life insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Generous time off
Parental leave
Homebuyer assistance
Tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children
Retirement plan with 8% employer contribution plus 0.5% match

Living in Carlisle

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$306k
Typical market rent
$1,391/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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