Psychiatrist

PrimeCare Medical•Towson, MD

6d•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. Correctional mental health care is a hybrid of Outpatient, Inpatient, and Addiction Psychiatry, serving an underserved, extremely diverse, and appreciative patient population. We are currently looking for a part-time Psychiatrist to join our team and provide services weekly at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson, MD. This position requires 16-24 hours of on-site services each week, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours (approximately 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM).

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 Maryland.
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.
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.