Inpatient Psychiatrist-Correctional

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Provides direct psychiatric care to assigned patients.
• May participate in civil commitment proceedings for mentally ill patients being released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
• Conducts psychiatric, physical and neurological examinations on assigned patients.
• Provides clinical supervision to psychiatric mid level practitioners as assigned by the clinical director.
• Conducts and participates in due process proceedings for voluntary admission and compelled psychoactive medication.
• Works all assigned hours and complies with timekeeping regulations.
• Participates in psychiatry QI/QM program.
• Provides emergency psychiatric call.
• Works effectively with all CMS and UR processes and personnel.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure established for department.
• Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
• Must hold a current license to practice medicine by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
• Eligible for Board Certification in Psychiatry.
• Must hold a current Drug Enforcement Agency controlled substances registration certification.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
• Two (2) years of experience.
• Experience with digital medical utilization.

Salary is commensurate with years of relevant work experience.

• Providing quality psychiatric services to patients
• Provide the following medical/psychiatric services
• Provide psychiatric and medical assessment and psychopharmacological treatment
• Treat all patients requiring psychiatric intervention
• Providing both medical and psychiatric admission
• Assist with securing psychiatric hospitalization
• Provide consultation on psychiatric emergencies
• Provide psychiatric evaluations of clients
• Recommend disposition of psychiatric cases
• Provide Psychiatric services to patients
• Provide psychiatric services to patients
• Perform psychiatric and medication evaluations
• Establishing psychiatric programs and policies
• Provide onsite psychiatric consultation to agency mental health staff
• Provide psychiatric evaluations that aid in treatment planning
• Provide medical and psychiatric consultations to staff
• Provide medical and psychiatric consultations to staff
• Provide direct patient services which include psychiatric examinations/ evaluations, diagnosis, administer psychiatric treatment
• Conducting psychiatric examinations and evaluations, making psychiatric diagnosis, applying psychiatric treatment, and providing medical supervision and medication management at a wide variety of mental health clinics
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations for program participants

Monday-Friday | Day Shift Only Shift Times: 7:00 AM-4:00 PM, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, or 6:30 AM-3:30 PM Hours: 40 hours/week | 8-hour workdays (no 4x10 schedules)