SMG - Psychologist
Listed compensation
$159K–$202K
The week · per this posting4-day week
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Job Description
Opportunity Information
- Sutter Medical Group (SMG) seeks to hire a Psychologist (PhD) to join a growing Behavioral Health program in Sacramento, CA.
- Schedule flexibility, full-time is 36 patient contact hours (4-day work week possible)
- Responsibilities include direct patient care, experience with children and adults
- Primary focus will be on peds autism evaluations (all age groups, but focus on 3 and under for testing)
- Opportunities for rapid practice growth
- Also looking for ADHD evaluations eventually
- No call
Qualifications
- PhD or PsyD and a minimum of 2 years of experience
- Join Us and Enjoy
- Relocation assistance of up to $20,000 for qualified applicants
- Excellent benefits, including zero-cost medical insurance
- Paid medical benefits for employees and dependents
- Award-winning, 100% 401(k) match
- CME allowance
- Robust retirement program
- Advanced practice technology, including EPIC
- A positive work-life balance and Northern California's natural beauty and lifestyle
Organization Details
Sutter Medical Group (SMG) is a vibrant and talented community committed to delivering safe, affordable and high-quality care. Our multi-specialty medical group is comprised of over 1,600 clinicians practicing in seven counties in northern California, most within a 50-mile radius of Sacramento.
SMG contains primary care and specialty Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians -- nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, licensed clinical social workers and licensed marriage and family therapists, who make up about 20% of our group.
Our clinicians not only excel in clinical practice but are also actively engaged in teaching, research, leadership, community outreach, and volunteer work. SMG has earned both local and national recognition for excellence in patient care and experience.
Equal Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.
We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.
Key Responsibilities
The psychologist will provide direct patient care with a primary focus on pediatric autism evaluations and ADHD assessments. Responsibilities include conducting testing for children and adults within a growing behavioral health program.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates SMG - Psychologist at Sutter 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 1,736 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 (194 salary observations; 428 listings), vs ~$124k nationally (1,741 salary observations; 4,966 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, 30% are remote, 38% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$181k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $163k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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