Licensed Psychologist (Diagnostician)

Department: Psychological & Behavioral Health Services

Employment: Part-Time/ Hourly/FFS

About the Leeap Center

At The LEEAP Center, we do therapy differently.

The LEEAP Center is an interdisciplinary pediatric therapy hub providing psychology, ABA, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, feeding services, and family-centered supports within one collaborative environment.

Our culture is grounded in Integrity, Growth, Compassion, Community, Empowerment, and Service. We’re looking for a licensed psychologist to do comprehensive assessments for children entering our interdisciplinary program.

You’ll play a key role on a team of speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and BCBAs, turning assessment findings into integrated care plans. You’ll join a supportive team that values collaboration and puts families at the center of care.

Position Summary

This position is primarily diagnostic and evaluative, with responsibility for comprehensive psychological and developmental evaluations, diagnostic clarification, clinical formulation, caregiver feedback, and recommendations for children and adolescents presenting with developmental, behavioral, emotional, learning, and neurodevelopmental concerns.

There may also be opportunities to provide individual or family treatment, consultation, parent education, and other psychological interventions based on organizational needs, clinician interest, and areas of competence.

The ideal candidate combines strong diagnostic expertise with humility, emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and exceptional interpersonal effectiveness. This psychologist must be comfortable collaborating across disciplines and working within an organization that values accountability, communication, continued learning, and shared responsibility for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

Diagnostic & Evaluation Services

• Conduct comprehensive psychological, developmental, behavioral, and diagnostic evaluations.
• Complete diagnostic interviews, record review, clinical observations, psychological testing, interpretation, and diagnostic formulation.
• Evaluate children presenting with concerns including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, developmental differences, learning concerns, behavioral and emotional disorders, and other complex pediatric presentations.
• Select and interpret appropriate standardized assessment instruments within areas of demonstrated competence.
• Integrate clinical history, testing data, observations, collateral information, and interdisciplinary findings into clear diagnostic conclusions.
• Produce high-quality, clinically defensible psychological reports within established timelines.
• Conduct caregiver feedback sessions and clearly communicate findings, diagnoses, recommendations, and next steps.
• Develop practical, individualized recommendations for families, schools, clinicians, and other providers.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation consistent with ethical, professional, payer, and organizational requirements.

Treatment & Consultation

Based on organizational needs and clinician expertise, opportunities may include:

• Individual or family psychotherapy.
• Parent consultation and education.
• Behavioral health consultation.
• Interdisciplinary treatment planning.

Qualifications Required

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, or a related psychology discipline appropriate to the services provided.
• Current North Carolina psychologist licensure in good standing or eligibility for appropriate North Carolina licensure.
• Appropriate Health Services Provider credentialing when required for services performed.
• Demonstrated training and competence in psychological assessment and diagnosis.
• Strong clinical writing, diagnostic reasoning, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary pediatric environment.
• Commitment to ethical practice, professional development, accountability, and family-centered care.
• Pediatric or adolescent assessment experience.
• Experience evaluating autism, ADHD, developmental disabilities, learning differences, behavioral concerns, and emotional disorders.
• Experience with comprehensive psychological and developmental testing (ADOS, CARS, GARS, etc).
• Experience in interdisciplinary or integrated pediatric healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to build productive professional relationships across disciplines.

Core Competencies

Clinical Excellence: Strong assessment, diagnostic reasoning, interpretation, documentation, and ethical judgment.

Interpersonal Effectiveness: Builds trust, communicates respectfully, manages disagreement constructively, and maintains productive professional relationships.

Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, and awareness of impact on others.

Accountability: Takes ownership of decisions, behaviors, deadlines, mistakes, and outcomes.

Coachability & Growth: Receives feedback without defensiveness and translates feedback into sustained behavioral improvement.

Collaboration: Respects multidisciplinary expertise and contributes to shared clinical problem-solving.

Intellectual Humility: Brings confidence in professional expertise while remaining willing to ask questions, reconsider assumptions, and learn from others.

Compassion: Approaches children, families, and colleagues with dignity, patience, and respect.

Our Mission & Compensation Philosophy

The LEEAP Center is committed to expanding access to high-quality pediatric psychological and interdisciplinary care for families who have historically faced barriers to obtaining these services. That mission influences both how we deliver care and how we operate as an organization.

As an access-focused healthcare organization, our compensation structure may differ from that of private-pay practices and larger organizations serving predominantly commercially insured or private-pay populations.

We strive to offer competitive, sustainable compensation within our care model, while providing clinicians the opportunity to do meaningful work, collaborate across disciplines, develop professionally, and bring exceptional diagnostic services to children and families who need them.

We believe access should never determine the quality of care a child receives. Every family who walks through our doors deserves clinical excellence, compassion, dignity, and respect.

We Are Looking for Someone Who FITS!

We are looking for an exceptional psychologist who is energized by the complexity of pediatric diagnostic work and wants to practice within a highly collaborative environment. You are likely to thrive at The LEEAP Center if you are clinically rigorous but remain curious; can confidently make difficult diagnostic decisions while acknowledging uncertainty; communicate complex information compassionately; value perspectives outside psychology; receive feedback and value it as a means of growth; and also be someone who finds purpose in expanding access to exceptional psychological care and understands that meaningful clinical work is measured not only by whom we serve, but by the standard of care we provide.

The LEEAP Center

We do therapy differently.