Psychiatrist

Core Civic
US - Arizona - Florence
June 12, 2024
Medical

$275,000 - $350,000 per year

AtCoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seekingPsychiatristwho have 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 the 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 the inmates/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 assigned facility at designated hour to provide direct patient care and 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 to include counseling, disease process andcentral, ordering necessary lab work and 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 andprepare necessary reports pertaining to mental health services.
Evaluate and recommend methods of improving operational efficiency and costeffectiveness of mental health related services.
Accept on call status.
Provide direct casework services and individual, group and family counseling toinmates/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 development of statistical reports on assigned inmates/residents.
Serve as mental health staff liaison in group counseling, volunteer activities and otherevents designed to promote mental health services to inmates/residents.
Assist in supervision of inmates/residents, both within the facility and while incommunity activities; promote positive community relations and utilize communityservices, as needed.
Maintain and monitor confidentiality of inmates/residents and their files; audit files todetermine that all services provided are documented; review 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 that their needs to be addressed.
Prepare and maintain a variety of standard narrative, statistical, summary and/oroperational records, reports and logs, using appropriate grammar, to include filing,alphabetizing and labeling; review reports and records produced by staff. Properlyprocess all reports and documents in a timely manner.
Attend scheduled staff meetings, group meetings and other staff and group activitiesessential for effective program and service delivery and to promote communications and the proper flow of relevant information bet.

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