Psychiatrist

Job Type


Full-time

• Competitive benefits.

• This full-time position is required to provide rotational on-call coverage and may need to return to the facility to provide care during the coverage period.
• IHSC operates 24/7/365; this position is required to respond during an emergency activation.

• Provides direct care to patients within discipline Scope of Practice and performs functions in accordance with current accepted practice, licensure, certification, credentialing and or granted privileges.
• Provides treatment of persons throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline and facility setting.
• Provides telepsychiatry services for patients at other IHSC facilities as needed and as the local facility allows, only in the states the provider is licensed, to include:
• Working with the patient's local primary care provider (PCP) to coordinate care for any identified medical concerns (patient's local administrative staff will coordinate the appointment).
• Using IHSC video teleconferencing equipment and electronic medical records (EMR) software to examine and record the patient's plan of care.
• Telepsychiatry services will be provided in accordance with the IHSC Tele-Mental Health Services policy.
• OPTIONAL: Provider may choose to obtain additional state licensing, outside of the state of his/her duty station, to provide out-of-state telepsychiatry services.
• Prescribes and monitors psychiatric medication treatment services including monitoring the side effects of medication and/or adverse reactions.
• Offers comprehensive psycho-educational information with each medication/somatic treatment regarding the patient's mental illness, emotional disturbance or behavior disorder, treatment goals, potential benefits and the risk of treatment, self-monitoring aids, and identifies support groups for therapeutic assistance.
• Utilizes evidence-based tools (i.e. Assessment of Involuntary Movement Scale) in the identification of risks associated with medication induced movement disorders.
• Performs various diagnostic and treatment procedures, including cognitive and behavioral psychotherapy, supportive individual and group psychotherapy, somatic therapies (including the use of traditional and atypical drugs).
• Assures a positive therapeutic milieu exists during treatment and emphasizes recovery goals.
• Participates in comprehensive performance improvement and utilization management plans to include:
• Quality and appropriateness of services,
• Evaluation of patient-based functions
• Decreasing the escalation of healthcare costs, and
• Improvement in patient outcomes.
• Prepares or oversees the preparation of documentation, testimony, and written orders needed for care, treatment, medical records, legal actions, referrals, performance development, credentials/privileges, and administrative requirements.
• Assumes responsibility for the non-psychiatric medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients for whom she or he is responsible in the absence of non-psychiatric physicians in emergency situations and within incumbent's competency and scope of practice.
• Spends at least 60% of time in direct patient care to meet the performance targets set by the IHSC.
• Acts as a mental health consultant to medial staff, providing oversight and direction related to the provision of mental health care.
• Ensures that proper evaluations and treatments are carried out and documented. Incumbent shall constantly monitor and evaluate the quality of patient care, providing data to the departmental Performance Improvement program, and other agencies or committees as required.
• May be required to see patients who are not in the category of his/her expertise but within his or her scope of practice.
• Completes and passes all discipline specific competencies testing, initially and annually.
• Completes all initial, annual and ad hoc training as required/assigned.
• Maintains patient confidentiality, and confidentiality of medical records, in compliance with the Privacy Act and HIPAA regulations in all work activities.
• Adheres to, and maintains awareness of, IHSC Policies, Procedures, Directives, Operational Memoranda and accreditation standards as prescribed by ICE/IHSC.
• Adheres to, and participates in, IHSC's Safety, Prevention, Infection Control, Quality Improvement, Patient Education and other programs and collateral duties as appropriate.
• Attends and participates in general/medical staff meetings.

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from a school in the United States or;
• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States as established by: a. The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) and Permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
• Completion of four years of medical specialty training leading to board eligibility in psychiatry.
• Board Certification eligible by The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN).
• Permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine independently in the state in which the duty station is located. The license must be maintained in a permanent, full, and unrestricted status.
• Maintains BLS for Healthcare Providers certification through the American Heart Association®
• Minimum of one-year experience as a licensed practicing psychiatrist.
• Experience in a detention/correctional or residential healthcare setting (preferred, not required).
• This position requires privileging by IHSC.