Job Description

Level : Senior 

Reports To : Health Service Administrator

Vacant Since : This is a newly opened position

Vacancy : 1

Travel Required : Travel Not Required

Visa Support : No VISA Sponsorships Supported

Location :

Will this hire need to report to a specific location ? Yes, the individual must report in person to a particular area.

Signing Bonus : Yes

Bonus Description : Salary and Signing Bonus are negotiable

Relocation Package : Full

Must-Haves :

1. Graduate from an accredited college or university with an advanced degree in psychology or an appropriate degree in a related clinical area and proper certification or license (or meet educational requirements for licensing in the state of employment, if greater).
2. Five years of clinical experience, which includes two years in a comparable position.
3. A valid driver's license is required.

Job Description :

We do more than manage inmates; we care for people. Currently seeking a Psychiatrist who has a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting.

The Psychiatrist manages the operation and provides overall direction and leadership for the provision of mental health services in the facility. This position has the primary responsibility of providing administrative and clinical coordination for the comprehensive mental health care program for inmates and residents.

The successful applicant should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

• Report to the assigned facility at the designated hour to provide direct patient care and perform associated clinical duties.
• Participate in civil commitment proceedings.
• Assess and provide a DSM diagnosis as appropriate.
• Prescribe and monitor psychotropic medications.
• Provide a variety of professional services, including counseling, disease process management, and central ordering of necessary lab work, as well as reviewing results.
• Supervise and provide mentorship to other facility-based mental health staff.
• Assess the needs of mental health services, collect and maintain statistics and data, and prepare necessary reports about mental health services.
• Evaluate and recommend methods of improving operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness of mental health-related services.
• Accept on-call status.
• Provide direct casework services and individual, group, and family counseling to inmates/residents and their families.
• Assist in developing and implementing treatment and therapeutic programs for assigned inmates/residents; assist inmates/residents to understand and overcome social and emotional problems.
• Prepare progress reports; provide recommendations regarding discharge plans; make case presentations; and assist administrative and medical staff in the development of statistical reports on assigned inmates/residents.
• Serve as mental health staff liaison in group counseling, volunteer activities, and other events designed to promote mental health services to inmates/residents.
• Assist in the supervision of inmates/residents, both within the facility and while in community activities; promote positive community relations and utilize community services as needed.
• Maintain and monitor the confidentiality of inmates/residents and their files; audit files to ensure that all services provided are documented; review the status of inmates/residents to verify that all treatment and therapeutic programs are completed.
• Assist in coordinating professional services provided by contract personnel, if applicable, and provide for their needs to be addressed.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of standard narrative, statistical, summary, and/or operational records, reports, and logs, using appropriate grammar, to include filing, alphabetizing, and labeling; review reports and records produced by staff. Properly process all reports and documents promptly.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings, group meetings, and other staff and group activities essential for effective program and service delivery and to promote communications and the proper flow of relevant information between administration, staff, and inmates/residents.
• Utilize established corporate, facility, and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions, but perform with a high degree of independence and professional administrative skill and use sound independent judgment in meeting the responsibilities and performing the duties of the position.
• Review, process, and respond to lawsuits (through corporate counsel) as necessary and attend court hearings as required.
• Read, analyze, comprehend, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations and legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons, and other legal writs.
• Communicate effectively and coherently to administration, staff, inmates/residents, visitors, and the general public, particularly in situations requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness, firmness, and good judgment. This includes providing information, instructions, and directions, mediating disputes, advising on rights and processes, and offering reliable testimony in court and other formal settings.
• Maintain equipment and supplies as required and promptly ordered replacement items via the purchase order system.
• Endure verbal and mental abuse when confronted with the hostile views and opinions of inmates/residents and others, e.g., visitors and family members, encountered in an antagonistic environment.
• Perform rescue functions in accidents, emergencies, and disasters, including administering basic emergency medical aid, physically removing people away from dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from confined areas.
• Take appropriate action to prevent or diffuse potentially disruptive situations.
• Experience exposure to body fluids and wastes and experience encounters with deceased or contagious persons.
• Endeavor to comply with the requirements of applicable regulations, laws, rules, procedures, policies, standards, and/or contracts.
• Be aware that verbal abuse may be present with the hostile views and opinions of inmates/residents and others encountered in an antagonistic environment.
• Establish and maintain effective working relations with others and handle difficult interpersonal contacts.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Participate in in-service and other training programs as required.
• Report to the assigned facility at the designated hour to provide direct patient care and perform associated clinical duties.
• May be assigned to any position in an emergency situation.
• Remain alert at all times and react quickly, efficiently, and calmly in emergencies and other high-stress situations.

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