Lead Clinical Psychologist

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Backpack Healthcare

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Insurance • Healthcare

Backpack Healthcare is a provider of accessible, inclusive, and comprehensive mental health services for pediatrics, individuals, and families. They focus on breaking barriers to provide mental and emotional care through therapy, psychiatry, and medication management. Backpack Healthcare is dedicated to solving the youth mental health crisis by making care more personal, accessible, and inclusive, ensuring greater access for children, teens, and their families. The company is in-network with Medicaid and major insurances, aiming to address and support mental health needs efficiently. Their unique model is designed to intervene swiftly, offering specialized care tailored to the unique needs of each individual and family.

📋 Description

• 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, and clinically sound reports with diagnostic impressions and individualized recommendations • Provide feedback to clients and caregivers and support understanding of evaluation results • Partner with Clinical, Operations, Billing, Credentialing, and executive leadership to launch and develop the clinical psychology service line • Establish referral criteria, assessment workflows, documentation standards, scheduling processes, and quality expectations • Develop efficient, high-quality, and accessible psychological assessment processes • 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 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 • Transition into 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

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

🏖️ Benefits

• 60/40 revenue split based on reimbursed claims for eligible psychological evaluations • 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 • Clinical autonomy • Interdisciplinary team partnership