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Moorhead, Minnesota

Adult Psychologist - Psychology

PsychologistIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

Work Shift

  • Scheduled Weekly Hours:
  • 40

Compensation

  • Union Position:
  • No
  • Department Details

Summary

Psychology core privileges include the ability to diagnose, provide treatment, and consultation to children, adolescent, and adult patients who suffer from mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders.

Job Description

Assess patients to determine the nature, causes, and potential effects of personal distress; of personal, social, and work dysfunctions; and the psychological factors associated with physical, behavioral, emotional, nervous, and mental disorders through interviews, behavioral assessments, and the administration and interpretation of tests of intellectual abilities, aptitudes, personal characteristics, and other aspects of human behavior relative to the disturbance.

Assess, stabilize, and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services.

The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the following list and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills.

Analysis of archival data. Direct observation. Family assessment/therapy. Functional analysis of behavior and behavioral rating scales. Group therapy. Marital or couples therapy. Measures of intelligence and achievement. Milieu measures. Objective and projective personality tests. Psychological assessment. Psychotherapy. Personal enhancement. Physiological measures. Structured and unstructured interviews. Tests of cognitive impairment and higher cortical functioning.

Qualifications

Ph.D. or PsyD degree.

Experience can be demonstrated in one of the following ways and should be reflective of the privileges being requested:

An applicant who has just completed a residency provides his/her resident log.

OR

An applicant who is not applying directly out of a residency shall provide a quality profile from hospital(s) where he/she currently has privileges showing his/her clinical activity for the last 12 months, including numbers of procedures performed morbidity, mortality, infection rates, and other complications. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement of inpatient, outpatient or consultative services in child or adolescent psychiatry to at least 30 patients in the last 12 months.

OR

If a quality profile is not available from the hospital(s) where the applicant currently has privileges, documentation of the applicant’s clinic activity for the last 12 months is required. The applicant must be able to demonstrate active involvement in the care of 30 child or adolescent patients in clinical practice in the last 12 months.

More education and experience may be required the more advanced the practice becomes.

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-949-5678 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.

Key Responsibilities

The psychologist will assess, diagnose, and provide treatment for patients suffering from mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders. They are also responsible for conducting psychological testing, providing consultative services, and managing patient care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Behavioral analysisFamily therapyMarital therapyDiagnostic testingClinical interviewingCognitive impairment testingPersonality testingTreatment planning

Psychologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 36% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Moorhead

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,164/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.9
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Fargo, ND-MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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