Clinical Psychologist- Part Time

Backpack Healthcare • Baltimore, MD

19h • Remote

About The Position

Backpack Healthcare is seeking an experienced Lead Clinical Psychologist to launch and lead its clinical psychology program. The role begins with comprehensive psychological evaluations and may grow into broader leadership and supervision responsibilities. The psychologist will assess children, adolescents, and families, including for ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other developmental, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive concerns. The position is multi-state and telehealth-based, serving Maryland, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, and Illinois.

The psychologist will partner with clinical, operations, billing, credentialing, and executive leadership to build the service line. Responsibilities include establishing clinical standards and workflows, supporting program quality and sustainability, and recruiting and supervising a Psychological Associate as the program grows. Compensation during the launch period is a 60/40 split of revenue actually reimbursed for eligible evaluations: 60% to the Lead Clinical Psychologist and 40% retained by Backpack Health for operational support. Compensation will be evaluated as the role and program expand.

Backpack Health provides billing, claims, scheduling, administrative, credentialing, client coordination, recruiting, and onboarding support. It also covers approved payer credentialing expenses and specified state psychologist licensure fees, subject to ongoing organizational need. The organization describes the opportunity as one to build an accessible, high-quality, culturally responsive psychology program with clinical autonomy and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, or a closely related field from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Active and unrestricted psychologist license in at least one state where Backpack Health operates.
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain licensure in Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, and Illinois.
• Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive psychological evaluations.
• Experience assessing ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other developmental, behavioral, emotional, or cognitive conditions.
• Strong knowledge of standardized psychological testing, diagnostic formulation, report writing, informed consent, test security, and professional ethics.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with clinical and operational leadership.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm for building a new clinical program from the ground up.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with children, adolescents, and families.
• Previous supervision experience with Psychological Associates, trainees, or assessment professionals.
• Experience with Medicaid, managed care, telehealth, multi-state practice, payer authorization, or psychological testing reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and other populations served by Backpack Health.
• Evaluate ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other clinically appropriate referral questions.
• Select, administer, score, and interpret standardized psychological and diagnostic assessments.
• Conduct clinical interviews and review records and collateral information from caregivers, schools, providers, and other authorized parties.
• Prepare clear, timely, clinically sound reports with diagnostic impressions and individualized recommendations.
• Provide feedback to clients and caregivers and help them understand evaluation results.
• Partner with Clinical, Operations, Billing, Credentialing, and executive leadership to launch and develop the psychology service line.
• Establish referral criteria, assessment workflows, documentation standards, scheduling processes, and quality expectations.
• Develop processes that support efficient, high-quality, and accessible psychological assessment services.
• Monitor assessment volume, reimbursement, staffing needs, expenses, and workflow performance.
• Serve as Backpack Health’s subject matter expert in psychological assessment.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, access, efficiency, and financial sustainability.
• Help identify, recruit, onboard, and develop a qualified Psychological Associate.
• Provide clinical supervision consistent with applicable state laws, licensing requirements, ethical standards, and company policies.
• Review delegated assessment activities, scoring, interpretation, documentation, and recommendations.
• Ensure services remain within each clinician’s training, competence, and permitted scope of practice.
• Assume broader supervision and leadership responsibilities as the program expands.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, payer requirements, state regulations, professional ethics, documentation requirements, and test-security standards.
• Collaborate with therapists, psychiatric providers, care coordinators, schools, and other care-team members.
• Participate in quality assurance, clinical audits, utilization review, and corrective-action activities.
• Identify and escalate clinical, operational, regulatory, reimbursement, or staffing risks.

Benefits

• Billing and claims support.
• Scheduling and administrative support.
• Credentialing assistance.
• Client coordination.
• Recruiting and onboarding support for a Psychological Associate.
• Approved payer credentialing expenses.
• State psychologist licensure fees in Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, and Illinois, subject to ongoing organizational need.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree