Job 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.
This position offers:
- Full-time opportunity, 40 hours per week
- Part-time and PRN scheduling is available
- Consistent and predictable income
Requirements:
- MD or DO Degree or be certified by ECFMG
- Active New Jersey Medical License
- Current DEA registration
- Board certification or eligible in Psychiatry
- Active BLS certification
- U.S. Citizen
Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
If interested, please contact recruiter, Michelle Collins, at (314)-744-4189 or Michelle_Collins@spectrumhealth.com.
Location : Location
US-NJ-Jersey City
Recruiter : Full Name: First Last
Michelle Collins
Direct phone number
3147444189
Recruiter : Email
Michelle_Collins@spectrumhealth.com
Remote / Work from home available?
No
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