Licensed Psychiatrist

AvaMed Workforce • Tehachapi, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

AvaMed Workforce, a healthcare staffing agency that staffs California State Correctional Facilities, is seeking a Psychiatrist for a full-time assignment at a correctional facility in Tehachapi, California. The position is 40 hours per week, scheduled as four 10-hour shifts from Wednesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. One week of orientation is required, and the candidate must be flexible during orientation. The stated rate is $270 per hour. An active California Psychiatrist License is required.

Under the clinical direction of the Chief Psychiatrist, Senior Psychiatrist, or designee, and the administrative direction of the Chief of Mental Health, the Psychiatrist provides psychiatric services to mentally ill inmates or wards, or works in a review, evaluation, or consultative capacity. Duties may take place at state correctional institutions and facilities, or in headquarters or field offices. The role includes direct patient care, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, consultation, documentation, and collaboration with other care providers. The Psychiatrist may periodically serve as psychiatrist of the day for on-call or callback coverage during weekends and off-hours for patient emergencies and follow-up care.

Requirements

• Active California Psychiatrist License.
• Must be flexible during the one-week orientation.
• Ability to conduct face-to-face clinical interviews at cell fronts in inmate housing units.
• Ability to climb stairs and walk long distances where required by multi-tiered housing units.

Responsibilities

• Meet with mentally ill patient-inmates or youths for crisis intervention and face-to-face interviews, including interviews at cell fronts in housing units.
• Conduct initial mental health evaluations, including review of criminal, psychiatric, and substance-abuse history, and recommend treatment.
• Conduct suicide-risk evaluations using clinical reviews, applicable protocols, chart reviews, documentation, and consultations as needed.
• Participate in Interdisciplinary Treatment Team (IDTT) meetings and document care, face-to-face contacts, and meetings.
• Monitor patient progress using Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan and Education (SOAPE) progress notes.
• Apply community standards of practice for psychiatric treatment and ethical standards.
• Conduct mental status examinations during face-to-face clinical interviews.
• Identify signs and symptoms of medical and psychological disorders to diagnose, assess, and manage presenting symptoms.
• Review mental health records, institutional chronos, probation reports, court records, and other documents to formulate diagnoses and treatment plans.
• Review and diagnose psychiatric patients of all ages and evaluate records to determine progress, effectiveness, and appropriateness of treatment.
• Consult with a supervising psychiatrist about unusual, complex, or serious cases, or present cases at clinical conferences.
• Provide clinical consultation to psychiatric staff on unusual, complex, or serious cases requiring technical expertise.
• Prescribe medication when appropriate, using the CDCR Correctional Formulary or obtaining non-formulary approval.
• Interpret laboratory results and make clinically appropriate referrals to medical services.
• Determine the psychiatric and general medical treatment needed and prescribe treatment changes when indicated.
• Comply with mandated reporting requirements, including those concerning child or elder abuse, danger to self or others, Tarasoff duty-to-warn reporting, and confidentiality.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients' families and caretakers to support effective treatment.
• Consult with primary care medicine to identify and manage co-occurring, comorbid, and treatment-related medical conditions.
• Conduct clinical rounds and review patient progress, including assessments in housing units.
• Periodically serve as psychiatrist of the day for on-call or callback coverage during weekends and off-hours, including emergencies and Mental Health Crisis Bed and five-day follow-ups.
• Administer psychiatric treatment with assistance from other healthcare providers as necessary.
• Maintain order and supervise the conduct of people committed to the correctional facility to help prevent escapes or injury to themselves or others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed