Psychiatrist

Stockton, CA
Contracted
Correctional Facility
Experienced

Dependable Staffing Agency is looking to hire a Psychiatrists. These are immediate openings with both full-time and part-time shifts available. If you have a desire to make a difference in your field with your knowledge, skills, and service, you are in the right place. 

Division: Corrections
Location: Stockton, CA (On-Site) - Other Locations Available
Full Time - Contract (1099)
Duration: Multiple Shifts Available, Contracts May Vary

Qualification Requirements:

  1. Juvenile Justice Facilities require Psychiatrists to have a minimum of twelve (12) continuous months of experience within the last three (3) years performing services similar in scope to those defined herein in a public or private institution.
  2. Patient-inmate/ward health care is of paramount importance. Accuracy in communications is critical to ensure timely, correct care is provided.

Delivery Requirements:

    • Meet with mentally ill patient-inmates/youths for crisis interventions, face-to-face interviews, etc. Must be able to provide clinical face-to-face interviews at cell fronts in inmate housing units. In some institutions, multi-tiered housing units may require the ability to climb stairs and walk long distances.
    • Conduct initial mental health evaluations, including criminal, psychiatric, and substance abuse case history, to assess the inmate’s/ward’s current needs and make treatment recommendations in the initial evaluation.
    • Conduct clinically sound suicide risk evaluations, including clinical reviews, applying suicide risk assessment protocols, pertinent data/chart reviews, proper documentation, and consultations as needed.
    • Participate in Interdisciplinary Treatment Team (IDTT) meetings.
    • Document all care provided to the patient-inmate/ward, including face-to-face contacts and IDTT meetings.
    • Monitor inmate/ward progress using Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, and Education (SOAPE) formatted progress notes.
    • Effectively applies community standard of practice for psychiatric treatment modalities and ethical standards.
    • Perform mental status exam (MSE) in face-to-face clinical interviews.
    • Identify the relevant signs and symptoms of medical/psychological disorders in order to comprehensively diagnose, assess, and manage the presenting symptomatology.
    • Examine prior mental health records, institutional chromos, probation reports, court records, and other available documents to assist in the formulation of the patient’s diagnosis and aid in the development of the inmate’s/ward’s treatment plans.
    • Review, examine, and diagnose psychiatric patients of all ages and patient records and files in mental health programs to determine progress, effectiveness, and/or appropriateness of treatment services. Under the clinical direction of the Chief Psychiatrist/Senior Psychiatrist or designee, and the administrative direction of the Chief of Mental Health, Psychiatrists provide extensive psychiatric services or work in a review, evaluation, or consultative capacity. Psychiatrists may work in any of the correctional institutions/facilities and provide direct patient psychiatric services to mentally ill inmates/wards. Psychiatrists may also be used in headquarters or field offices in a review and/or consultative capacity.
Disclosure:

Telemedicine Psychiatry Services (When Needed)

Under the direction of the Statewide Chief of Psychiatry support and coordination of the Office of Telemedicine Services (OTS), all telemedicine visits/clinics will adhere to patient-inmate confidentiality and privacy policies, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) and Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) requirements.

Telephonic Psychiatry On-call/Standby Services

Services are defined as the express requirement that a psychiatrist be available by telephone during off-duty hours to receive communication regarding a mental health need. On-call services will be provided on an as-needed basis. Services will be utilized to temporarily fill telephone on-call functions due to staff vacancies and/or sick leave replacement of the Department of Corrections psychiatrists.

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