Psychiatrist

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. • Towson, MD

1d • $320,000 - $350,000 • Onsite

About The Position

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (PCM) has been in operation since 1986 and is a privately owned, physician-founded, nationally accredited correctional healthcare practice. PCM provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services to over 80 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout 5 different states in the Northeastern US (PA, MD, FL NY, & NH). Correctional medicine offers a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for mental health professionals to utilize all their learned skills and knowledge daily. It is a hybrid of Outpatient, Inpatient, and Addiction Psychiatry, serving an underserved, diverse, and appreciative patient population. We are currently looking for a Full Time Psychiatrist to join our team and share their time weekly at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson, MD. This position requires 40 hours of on-site services each week, Monday's - Friday's, during normal business hours (i.e., ~8:00a - 4:30p).

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, specialty in Psychiatry.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible.
• Licensed to practice Psychiatry within the state of Maryland
• Maintain current DEA number and eligible to prescribe medications in Pennsylvania.
• Maintain current Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Provide service to the inmate/patient population while utilizing current, acceptable standards of psychiatric practice.
• Assume responsibility for clinical management of the mental health program in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, as well as PCM policies and procedures.
• Services to be provided on scheduled work days according to standards and times mutually agreeable to physician, facility administration, and PCM.
• Provide psychiatric treatment to confined inmates/patients (i.e. restricted housing, behavioral units, etc.).
• Provide psychiatric consultation to all professionals (i.e. physicians/nursing) within the unit.
• Oversee and supervise all psychiatric clinical services provided.
• Ensure complete, accurate and timely psychiatric entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
• Available for consultation and/or emergency psychiatric coverage.
• Work collaboratively and supervise clinical activities of fellow psychologist and medical staff while on duty.
• Evaluate all inmates/patients referred with mental health concerns for presence, or absence, of mental illness.
• Refer inmates/patients as necessary to appropriate psychiatric facilities when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy to evaluate and approve all medications and other medicinal preparations, which comprise the facility formulary.
• Establish and monitor standards of care provided by physicians, psychologist and nurses in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted psychiatric standards.

Benefits

• Family health care offered (i.e., medical / prescription / dental / vision).
• Company-paid life insurance provided & additional insurance benefits offered.
• Retirement benefits offered (i.e., 401k with discretionary company match).
• Company-paid liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
• Paid time off will accrue for a maximum accrual of fourteen (14) days (or 112 hours) per year.
• Six (6) floating holidays, pro-rated within your first year of employment as dictated by your effective hire date.
• Eligible to accrue sick and safe leave benefits under Maryland’s Healthy Working Families Act (i.e., MDSSL).
• Annual licensure reimbursement offered.
• Unlimited company-paid CME technology provided.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree