Psychiatrist - Corrections

VitalCore Health Strategies is seeking a skilled Psychiatrist to join our team at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Mississippi. As a Psychiatrist, you will provide diagnostic evaluation and treatment to patients, as well as psychiatric consultation, diagnosis, and treatment to patients. You will also provide clinical direction, general supervision, and training to the site staff, and have other managerial responsibilities.

• Provide onsite psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of those inmates referred by the medical and clinical services staff.
• Provide written summaries of history, diagnosis, and treatment course.
• Provide psychiatric services for inpatients, assessment, diagnosis, staffing, treatment planning, and regular review of all inmates assigned.
• Provide psychiatric services for those inmates who need to be transferred to Behavioral Health facilities. Services to include work up and any court hearing testimony needed.
• Act as regular Psychiatrist and participate in the treatment programming and planning for the Behavioral Health Unit (if applicable).
• Provide medication management to all inmates admitted.
• Provide individual and/or group therapy as appropriate.
• Approve, sign, and monitor the implementation and efficiency of treatment plans.
• Approve all admissions and discharges into the Behavioral Health Unit, if applicable.
• Provide in-service education to the site staff as needed.
• Attend training and meetings as required.

• Must be a graduate of medical school and have completed an appropriate psychiatric residency.
• Must be licensed to practice in the state of Mississippi and certified by the Office of Behavioral Health to provide psychiatric services in a licensed inpatient unit.
• Current DEA number.

VitalCore Health Strategies offers a comprehensive benefits package, including holiday pay, medical, dental, vision, health savings account, life insurance, short term/long term disability, identity theft protection, pet insurance, employee assistance program and discount center, 401K & plan matching, PTO, annual incentive bonus, and dependent care flexible spending account.

Full-time schedule.

VitalCore Health Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.