Psychologist

Overview

Legacy’s mission of making life better for others extends to the whole person—including the psychological well-being of individuals facing cancer. Our psychologists specialize in supporting adult patients navigating the complex emotional, behavioral, and cognitive challenges associated with cancer diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and advanced illness.

For many patients, psychological care is essential to coping with distress, uncertainty, and life transitions brought on by cancer. For others, mental health concerns may impact treatment adherence, recovery, or quality of life. In every case, care must be delivered with clinical expertise, compassion, and respect.

Are you passionate about improving the psychological health of adults affected by cancer and contributing to whole-person, integrated care? If so, we invite you to join the Legacy community.

Why Choose Legacy Health?

At Legacy, we invest in our people by providing a supportive environment, advanced technology, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

Highlights include:

• Relocation assistance for qualified candidates relocating from outside the area
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Competitive Annual Paid Leave (APL), including 40 hours front-loaded at hire
• Free employee parking 
• Retirement plan with employer matching and contributions
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee discounts with AT&T/FirstNet, LA Fitness, Kindercare, Nike, Adidas and more
• Additional wellness, financial, and professional development benefits

Responsibilities

• The Psychologist evaluates, diagnoses, and treats emotional, cognitive, and behavioral problems or disorders affecting child, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients (depending upon population served by specific position). 
• Services are provided for patients whose psychological disturbance is the primary problem as well as for patients whose psychological disturbance is secondary to or adversely affecting the management of a primary medical problem. 
• Such patients are typically referred by their primary care provider based upon diagnoses for which the provider feels psychological treatment will improve primary medical problems. 
• Participates as a member of the treatment team by providing guidance to other members of the team regarding management of patients’ emotional, behavioral, cognitive and family-systems problems, while following established departmental, program and professional standards. 
• Performs psychological assessment and testing as needed to diagnose and plan treatment, and to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.

Qualifications

Education:

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.

Experience:

• Minimum two years post-doctoral inpatient and/or outpatient psychological services experience required.

Skills:

• Demonstrated competencies in assessment and treatment of emotional, cognitive and behavioral disorders in child, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients (depending upon population served by specific position). 
• Demonstrated competency in assessment and treatment of cognitive and psychological problems secondary to, associated with, and/or exacerbating medical conditions.

Licensure

• Current licensure as a psychologist by the applicable State Board of Psychologist Examiners. 
• Must be eligible for membership in the hospital medical staff.

Pay Range

Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you