Senior Psychologist (PhD/PsyD) - Kansas City, MO

CLFC Healthcare and Communications•Kansas City, MO

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

CLF Consultants LLC is conducting a national search for psychologists on behalf of Larned State Hospital, a State of Kansas psychiatric hospital. The successful candidate is hired directly by Larned State Hospital as a State of Kansas employee with full State benefits, State retirement and paid State holidays. CLFC conducts the national search and supports candidates through presentation, interview, offer and transition into the hospital's onboarding process. This is a senior clinical role combining direct patient care with supervisory responsibility. The psychologist carries a clinical caseload on an inpatient unit and also provides supervision, case consultation and clinical guidance to other psychology staff and trainees, working inside a multidisciplinary treatment team. This is inpatient work with a population most outpatient practice never reaches: adults living with serious mental illness, forensic patients, and individuals in court ordered specialized treatment. Practitioners with competency restoration, civil commitment or forensic evaluation experience will find that work here, and practitioners looking to build it will find supervision and case volume that few settings can offer. Larned State Hospital sits in central Kansas. This is a rural posting, and it is a deliberate one. The caseload is unusually rich, the treatment teams are stable, and the position carries a compensation and benefit package built for a career rather than a rotation. Candidates relocating from outside Kansas are welcomed and are a substantial part of this search. Larned carries three psychologist levels and this search fills all of them: Licensed Psychologist at $80,000 to $95,000, Senior Psychologist at $95,000 to $125,000, and Supervisory Psychologist at $125,000 to $155,000. Candidates are considered against the level their experience supports, and a separate posting exists for each.

Requirements

Doctoral degree, PhD or PsyD, in Forensic Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or another qualifying psychology discipline.
Eligibility for licensure as a Psychologist by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Candidates currently licensed in another state who are eligible for Kansas licensure and actively completing the Kansas process are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
Experience working with serious mental illness. This is a firm requirement.
Ability to obtain employment within a Kansas state psychiatric hospital.
Ability to successfully pass all required background investigations and pre employment screening.
Ability to perform the position's required on site duties in Larned, Kansas.

Nice To Haves

Experience with forensic populations, including competency restoration or civil commitment.
Inpatient psychiatric experience, whether in a state hospital, academic medical center, Veterans Affairs facility, or correctional setting.
Experience in community mental health, correctional health, or another public sector behavioral health environment.
Completion of an APA accredited internship or a postdoctoral fellowship in a forensic or clinical psychology track.
Experience contributing to multidisciplinary treatment teams in a licensed inpatient facility.
Prior supervisory or lead clinical responsibility for psychology staff, interns or postdoctoral fellows.

Responsibilities

Carry a direct clinical caseload of adult inpatients living with serious mental illness, including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic intervention.
Provide clinical supervision, case consultation and professional guidance to psychology staff and trainees.
Lead or contribute to forensic evaluation work including competency restoration and civil commitment processes.
Serve as a senior clinical voice within multidisciplinary treatment team consultation and case review.
Support risk assessment and behavioral management planning across the unit, not only for an individual caseload.
Contribute to clinical documentation standards, peer review and quality improvement within the psychology function.
Support the education of interns, postdoctoral fellows and junior staff where the position carries that responsibility.
Maintain licensure in good standing and complete continuing education requirements, including the hospital's annual on site conference.

Benefits

Full State benefits
State retirement
Paid State holidays
State deferred compensation
Full family health coverage
Paid leave
Eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness
Medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, plus additional coverage options
Sick leave and vacation leave
Work life balance programs including parental leave, military leave, jury leave and funeral leave
Ten paid State holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, and Christmas.
A $1,000 sign on bonus paid to new hires six months after the start date.
The hospital hosts an annual on site conference carrying continuing education credit for employees, so CE requirements are met without travel or out of pocket cost.
Employee discounts through the State of Kansas STAR Program.
Fitness center access is available at select State locations.
Interview travel paid.
Lodging and travel including flights and rental vehicle for on site visits are covered.
Candidates relocating from out of state are not asked to fund their own interview.