Psychiatric Physician - Jersey City, NJ, United States - Spectrum Healthcare Resources

Description

Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for a Psychiatrist at Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility (Elizabeth, NJ) in support of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center.

Full-time opportunity, 40 hours per week
Part-time and PRN scheduling is available
Active New Jersey Medical License
Current DEA registration
Board certification or eligible in Psychiatry

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.

Provider may choose to obtain additional state licensing, outside of the state of his/her duty station, to provide out-of-state telepsychiatry services.

May be expected to respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies.
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.

Direct phone number
Remote / Work from home available?