Sports Psychologist - Per Diem

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Shriners Children’s Northern California is proud to be nationally ranked as a leader in pediatric orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report, in partnership with UC Davis Children’s Hospital. As an ACS-verified Level I Children’s Surgery Center, we are committed to providing world-class care in a family-centered environment. Our state-of-the-art facility specializes in orthopedics, rehabilitation, burns, pediatric surgery and cleft lip and palate services, transforming the lives of thousands of children every year from around the world.

Joining our team means being part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to innovation, collaboration and making a lasting impact on the lives of our patients and their families. At Shriners Children’s Northern California, you’ll find a supportive community, opportunities for growth, and the chance to contribute to life-changing work every day.

Job Overview

The Sports Psychologist assesses, monitors and provides treatment for the psychosocial needs of patients and families that are referred by physicians or other patient care staff. S/He may be asked to assist staff in coping with difficult patient scenarios. Although the job description is broad, every effort has been made to make this outline as complete as possible. However, the Pediatric Psychologist may be required to perform other related duties and activities. These standards ensure that the Pediatric Psychologist is able to assist health care workers in care of patients treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children. Competence is assured through initial assessment of credentials and qualifications, and is ensured through completion of an initial orientation and on-going periodic evaluations based on performance standards.

This position is per diem, non exenpt, and health insurance eligible. The pay range for this position is $46.14 - $69.22/hour. Compensation is determined based on experience and department equity.  

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison or mediator between departments.  Or actively participates as a member of the team.
• Comfortable working within a medical setting.
• Attentive to the impact of medical conditions and treatment on the psychological, social and developmental functioning of patients.
• Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary setting, communicating with providers of multiple disciplines.

• Able to provide feedback and recommendations to providers in other disciplines in a clear and accessible manner.

• Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines, taking into account the treatment needs of other providers.
• Comfortable working with a culturally diverse population.
• Attentive to the impact of culture on interactions within a medical setting
• Performs age appropriate assessments and monitors psychology needs of referred patients and families in a timely manner as specified by policy standards.
• Provides individual, group, parental and/or family counseling to select persons on a consistent basis. All counseling considers the age and developmental level of the child.
• Demonstrates leadership in developing and maintaining counseling support groups for selected patient populations on an on-going basis.
• Provides consultation regarding the development of interventions for behavioral and pain management.
• Provides appropriate clinical referrals for patients upon discharge as needed.
• Assist patient/athlete coping with injury/acute traumatic event and helping them to manage fear of surgery.
• Support patients/athletes through a postoperative recovery or nonoperative recovery as they are detached from their sports/social network connected to their sport. 
• Helping patients/athletes prepare for return to sport with focus on overcoming fear or reinjury, performance stressors 

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities.  The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Doctor in Psychology
• COVID-19 vaccination and booster
• Pediatric Clinical or Rehabilitation Psychology experience
• License to practice in CA

Preferred:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Clinical or Rehabilitation Psychology
• 2 years of Clinical Psychology experience