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Los Gatos, California

Psychologist - 0.8 - Days - BHS - Aspire Program @ LG

PsychologistNo callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$73.02-$97.03/hr

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Posted 52m ago · Verified live

Job Description

El Camino Health is committed to hiring, retaining and growing the best and brightest professionals who will carry our mission and vision forward. We are proud of our reputation in the community: One built on compassion, innovation, collaboration and delivering high-quality care. Come join the team that makes this happen.

Applicants MUST apply for position(s) by submitting a separate application for each individual job posting number they are interested in being considered for.

  • FTE
  • 0.8
  • Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours
  • 64

Work Shift

Day: 8 hours

Job Description

To provide expert acute mental health and chemical dependency services to patients and their family members. To administer psychological testing to patients and summarize findings to the attending MD and treatment team to guide appropriate patient care. The goal of these services is to treat the presenting illness and return the patient to a previous or higher level of functioning within the community.

Qualifications

PhD in Psychology or a Doctor of Psychology degree

Licensed clinical experience required in: assessment, referral, case management chemical dependency, cognitive therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and short-term treatment.

Licensed experience in psychological test administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and feedback

Experience in an acute psychiatric environment preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements

License (Active & in good standing) to practice in the state of California by CA Board or Psychology

Current BOP-sanctioned eligibility to provide clinical supervision for doctoral students, post-docs, MFT/SW Trainees & Interns

Current BOP-sanctioned eligibility to provide psychological testing supervision for doctoral students, post-docs

Ages of Patients Served - This position will serve age groups: Adolescent, Adults, and Geriatric.

Salary Range

$73.02 - $97.03 USD Hour

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions of this job are available. El Camino Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability if that will allow them to perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the hospital, or causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace which cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.

Sedentary Work - Duties performed mostly while sitting; walking and standing at times. Occasionally lift or carry up to 10 lbs. Uses hands and fingers. - (Physical Requirements-United States of America)

An Equal Opportunity Employer

El Camino Health seeks and values a diverse workforce. The organization is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of qualifications and competencies.

El Camino Health prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, ancestry, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, age, medical condition or any other status protected by law.

In addition to state and federal law, El Camino Health also follows all applicable fair and equitable employment policies from the County of Santa Clara.

Key Responsibilities

Provide acute mental health and chemical dependency services to patients and their families, with the aim of treating presenting conditions and supporting a return to or improvement in community functioning. Administer and interpret psychological tests, document findings, and communicate results to attending physicians and the treatment team to guide patient care.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Mental Health AssessmentChemical Dependency TreatmentTest Scoring and InterpretationPsychological Report Writing

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychologist - 0.8 - Days - BHS - Aspire Program @ LG at El Camino Health a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychology — ranked against 1,673 active Psychology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Psychologist Career Context

In California, the Psychology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$140k (199 salary observations; 441 listings), vs ~$124k nationally (1,775 salary observations; 5,071 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 38% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Psychology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.9 / 10 · above average in psychologyranked against 1,673 Psychology listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$152k–$202kPsychology median $140k (middle half $132k–$147k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
California vs national$140k median in California$124k nationally (+12%)199 state / 1,775 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$160k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychology listings in California170 active1,688 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 38% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Psychology pay trend−1.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,673 Psychology listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
18%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.9
Better work-life than 60% of Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,673 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • On-site

Living in Los Gatos

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$2.13M
Typical market rent
$4,004/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
110.4
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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