Psychiatric Physician

Job Description:

• Provides psychiatric consultations, patient assessments, and treatment plans for patients receiving mental health services. Evaluates new admissions to reach a diagnosis and treat identified mental illness.
  
• Re-evaluates patients under care to refine diagnosis and treatment as indicated.
  
• Prescribes medications following the CHS Pharmacy Formulary.
  
• Participates in the management of patients who require involuntary treatment including, but not limited to initiating Court-ordered evaluation, and ordering the administration of involuntary medications as indicated.
  
• Participates as a member of the Mental Health Interdisciplinary Treatment team, assists the team in developing SNTP, and coordinates with the Forensic Team for any patients in a forensic program, participates in the development of psychiatric protocols and clinical practice guidelines to ensure medical services are provided in a cost-effective manner that is consistent with psychiatric standards and appropriate for the correctional setting.
  
• Assists with preparation for licensure and accreditation surveys.