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Sandy Hook, Kentucky

Psychologist - Days - $9K Bonus

PsychologistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

As a Psychologist in a correctional or detention facility, the role involves providing clinical mental health services to inmate patients. The Psychologist is responsible for providing clinical supervision and guidance to any mental health professionals assisting them. The Psychologist must provide mental health services that are consistent with their professional training and experience while meeting the expectations of the facility.

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical and consultation services consistent with professional standards and institutional policies and procedures.

Conduct direct clinical services including diagnosis, treatment, psychological testing, and crisis intervention.

Ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards of care and participate in quality improvement activities.

Develop and implement goals and objectives for clinical services and assist in staff recruitment and selection.

Notify appropriate personnel of serious incidents and provide professional education and staff development as needed.

Additional Details

  • This position is a full-time/on-site position.
  • Candidate must be licensed as a Psychologist in the state of KY.
  • This position offers a $9K Bonus!

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Doctorate in psychology and experience with mental health delivery systems

Experience

Significant professional experience in the mental field that indicates knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and psychological evaluation techniques, including psychological assessment instruments

Licenses/Certifications

  • Licensed to practice psychology in the State of employment by the appropriate state licensing agency
  • This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a doctorate in psychology and possess a valid license to practice psychology in the state of Kentucky. Significant professional experience in mental health delivery systems and psychological evaluation techniques is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Treatment planningDocumentationPatient care

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 44% 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 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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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 5.1
Better work-life than 30% of Psychology listings

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

  • On-site

Living in Sandy Hook

Median resident rent
$342/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 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 Wellpath

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Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program