Job Description

How you make a difference:

The Psychiatrist provides a full spectrum of mental health care to inmates, including evaluation, treatment, and medication management. They coordinate care with onsite medical staff and ensure compliance with documentation and clinical protocols. The role includes overseeing psychiatric nurses, supporting transfers, and assisting with civil commitments when necessary. Psychiatrists also participate in medical review committees and deliver consultations to facility staff. Services must be provided in alignment with correctional regulations and professional standards.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and medication management for inmate patients.
• Maintain medical documentation and consent forms in alignment with protocols.
• Oversee and collaborate with mental health staff, including nurses and care teams.
• Participate in care coordination, emergency transfers, and review committees.
• Ensure compliance with facility regulations and maintain HIPAA standards.

Requirements:

EDUCATION:

• Doctorate in psychiatry.

EXPERIENCE:

• Training and experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Physician who is licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in psychiatry.
• CPR Certified.

About Wellpath:

Patients are at the center of everything we do. With more than 15,000 clinicians and professionals in 34 states across the U.S. and Australia, Wellpath delivers high-quality medical, mental and behavioral healthcare services to nearly 300,000 patients located in inpatient and residential treatment facilities, civil commitment centers, and local, state and federal correctional facilities.We deliver care in a variety of clinical environments, from local government correctional facilities that look like Urgent Care Clinics/Emergency Rooms, to state government facilities more focused on Chronic Care Management, to behavioral hospitals focused on caring for people who suffer from mental illness, to community care centers servicing the community. In all settings, our doctors, nurses, mental health clinicians, and staff work tirelessly to implement evidence-based clinical best practices with the goal of compassionately improving the medical and behavioral healthcare outcomes of our patients.We believe in transforming public health by delivering hope and healing to those who need it most.

Job Tags

Part time, Local area,

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