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GuideStar Eldercare
Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Clinical Psychologist up to $10k bonus!

PsychologistFull-Time

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Job Description

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GuideStar Eldercare’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for our shared patients by easing their suffering while actively promoting their safety, functionality, and dignity. Led by CEO/Founder, Dr. Steven Posar, our innovative care does not end with patient diagnosis and treatment. We work with long-term care facilities on complex psychological and medical management issues and regulatory compliance that help facilities establish and maintain high standards of care and compliance. Recognized as the only national LTC Behavioral Health Age-Friendly Health System, GuideStar has engaged in presenting innovative research at the Alzheimer's Association International Conferences.

Your New Role

As a Clinical Psychologist with GuideStar Eldercare, you will join in our efforts to provide neuro-behavioral health services to residents in long term care facilities. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, you will partner with specialty clinicians to provide holistic, continuity of care for the elderly afflicted with neurocognitive disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurologic and/or psychiatric diagnoses.

What You'll Do

  • Provide evaluation
  • Establish different diagnosis, i. e., Alzheimer's vs. Parkinson's vs. Vascular
  • Provide cognitive assessments
  • Provide condition-specific support therapy or when indicated, insight-based therapy
  • Coordinate the patient's care plan with the facility, PCP and GuideStar colleagues, and engage with the family as indicated.

What You'll Need to Succeed

An active state Psychologist license, passion for the geriatric population, interest in neurobehavioral science, and a desire to make a difference in a population struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders. An HSPP is preferred in applicable states.

What You'll Get in Return

A full suite of benefits, including medical at 30 hours/week (company-paid premiums for eligible employees), dental, vision, life, long/short-term disability, 401K, licensing reimbursement (including license renewals), CEU reimbursement, in-house CEU offerings, 60-day new hire training program.

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against the flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

How to Apply

If you are interested in working with the geriatric population, have a passion for neurobehavioral science, and a desire to make a difference in a population struggling with dementia and other neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, click on the “apply now” button to forward your resume or contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com for more information.

Key Responsibilities

Provide neuro-behavioral health services, including evaluations and cognitive assessments, for elderly residents in long-term care facilities. Coordinate holistic care plans with multidisciplinary teams, primary care physicians, and families.

Requirements

Requires an active state Psychologist license and a passion for working with geriatric populations suffering from neurodegenerative disorders. An HSPP is preferred in applicable states.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical PsychologyGeriatric CareDiagnostic EvaluationCare Plan Coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Psychologist up to $10k bonus! at GuideStar Eldercare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychology — ranked against 1,732 active Psychology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 38% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
44% this job
Sign-on bonus
32% this job
Loan repayment
20%
PSLF eligible
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Better work-life than 60% of Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,732 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Jeffersontown

Median resident rent
$1,320/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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About GuideStar Eldercare

Medical Practices
Crown Point, Indiana
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

$5,000 sign-on/retention bonus
Medical insurance (company-paid premiums for eligible employees)
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Long/short-term disability
401K
Licensing reimbursement