Forensic Psychologist (Early Career Or Post Doc) at Amy D James, PsyD, PLLC

Join our team in beautiful, waterfront, historic New Bern, NC, and experience the benefits of working in a collaborative, engaging, growth-minded private forensic psychology practice. This position offers an exceptional opportunity for recent PhD or PsyD graduates or early-career professionals to gain work within a supportive and dynamic environment. Our team consists of some of the most experienced, reputable, collegial, and in-demand forensic psychologists in NC and beyond. Our staff is frequently invited to present to the top law schools, attorney groups, and law enforcement officers, and we are requested on some of the most complex criminal and domestic cases.

To Apply: Submit a current CV, letter of interest and professional goals, and two de-identified psychological evaluation reports for which you were the primary evaluator and writer of the report.

$75,000 - $120,000 yearly

Conduct psychological evaluations and provide expert testimony. Types of evaluations include: Parenting capacity/fitness evaluations, assessments of children involved in child protective services and/or child custody matters, assessments of parents involved in custody matters, adult sentencing (capital and non-capital) evaluations, juvenile transfer and sentencing evaluations, adult and juvenile mental state at the time, adult criminal competencies/capacities, and adult and juvenile sexual offending recidivism.

• Provide clear, high quality, professional reports
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings
• Interact with referral sources
• Occasionally provide training to outside groups
• Contribute to organizational training and development

By October 2025, candidates must have a PhD in Clinical Psychology or PsyD from an APA-accredited program and completion of an APA-accredited internship (Note: those without a doctorate degree from an APA-accredited program will not be considered)

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team-oriented environment while maintaining professional integrity
• Must conduct in-person evaluations, on-site at the office as well as off-site in jails, prisons, attorney's offices, and social services agencies
• Active voice writing
• Strong clinical interviewing skills
• Ability to integrate large amounts of data in case conceptualization and case analysis
• Strong psychological testing training and experience
• Comfortable with interacting with legal professionals, law enforcement personnel, military veterans, child protective team social workers, and other referral sources
• Post-doc hires must pass EPPP within 8 months of hire and obtain NC licensure within 14 months of hire
• Early Career psychologists must have proof of passing EPPP and must be license-eligible in NC
• Licensed individuals, must provide license verification from all states currently and previously licensed
• Must pass a background check

We are a thriving, collaborative, reputable forensic psychology private practice that provides comprehensive forensic psychological evaluations and custom consultations throughout the United States, with most work concentrated in North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia. 

While our primarily office is located in beautiful downtown New Bern, NC, we are routinely sought for cases across NC and neighboring states. Our team of three forensic psychologists and a robust support staff expertly handles cases ranging from multiple counts of capital murder, to families in high conflict custody disputes, to juveniles facing adult charges. We highly value professional and personal growth, collaboration, mentorship, hard work, drive, and self-care.