Psychiatrist (Corrections)

You Matter:Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
Excellent career growth opportunities
Join us and find a career that supports:
Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Autonomy in a warm team environment
Growth and training Perks and Benefits:
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

 *Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 
Why Us:

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.  We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:The Psychiatrist provides a comprehensive range of psychiatric services to incarcerated patients, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders. Additionally, the Psychiatrist provides clinical consultation to mental health and health care staff on identified cases, ensuring high-quality mental health care for inmates. Overall, the position requires a strong commitment to providing compassionate care, sound clinical judgment, and effective communication with interdisciplinary teams. 
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide psychiatric services to inmate patients, including evaluations, treatment, and monitoring of psychotropic medications in compliance with professional and company policies and procedures. 
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure uniformity of mental health services and documentation of psychiatric services. 
• Provide supervision and oversight to psychiatric nurse (if applicable) and consultation/training services to mental health and medical staff. 
• Participate in involuntary medication of high-risk inmates and provide documentation of psychiatric services contacts as requested. 
• Exercise independent medical judgment in diagnosis and treatment of patients while adhering to approved medication formulary and notifying appropriate staff of clinical or administrative concerns. 

Qualifications & Requirements:Education

• Doctorate in psychiatry.

Experience

• Training and experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population.

Licenses/Certifications

• Physician who is licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment
• Board-certified or board-eligible in psychiatry.
• CPR Certified.

Additional Details:*Part time position for 24 hours a week.
Two 6 hr days at our Greensboro location & two 6 hr days at our Highpoint location.
OR create your own schedule
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage you to apply If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.  Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume.  Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

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