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Psychologist - PRN - Psychological Services

Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
Job Summary
  • Licensed, or license-eligible, psychologist with experience providing clinical diagnostic and treatment services which can include individual, group, family, health and behavior interventions, and/or psychological testing. As need is derived by the department, the psychologist may be asked to provide program consultation, staff education, and/or supervision and training. Must be able to function as a part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. May be asked to provide clinical coverage in other areas of the hospital, consistent with training and experience guidelines.
Job Requirements
  • Education
    • Required: Doctorate in clinical, counseling psychology or other eligible degree from an APA-Approved program.
    • Preferred: Specialized training (e.g., coursework, internship, post-doctoral fellowship) in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and/or health psychology.
  • Experience
    • Required: 1-3 years related experience – experience can include post-doctoral, and/or independent practice
  • Skills
    • Able to conduct assessment and treatment of patients in area(s) of assigned operations.
    • Able to integrate work activities into multidisciplinary team environment.
    • Must be self-directed as will work alone at times.
    • Carry out essential functions of the job with potential expansion of responsibility.
    • Familiar with age specific needs for patient populations served.
    • Clinical capability to provide full range of behavioral health services to medical and to psychiatric patient populations.
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: MO State Psychologist License

Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.