Psychiatrist

About the role

VitalCore Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Healthcare, has an opening for a Full Time Psychiatrist at Davidson County Behavioral Center. This position may be performed via telehealth.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of inmates referred by medical and clinical services staff.
• Provide written summaries of history, diagnosis, and treatment course.
• Provide psychiatric services for inpatients, including assessment, diagnosis, staffing, treatment planning, and regular review of assigned inmates.
• Provide psychiatric services for inmates in general population requiring regular psychiatric/behavioral health follow-up.
• Provide psychiatric services for inmates needing transfer to Behavioral Health facilities, including work-up and court hearing testimony as needed.
• Participate in treatment programming and planning for the Behavioral Health Unit, including regular staffing, case discussion, medication follow-up, and general psychiatric input.
• Provide medication management to all admitted inmates.
• 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, where applicable.
• Provide in-service education to site staff as needed.
• Attend required training and meetings.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an appropriate psychiatric residency.
• Licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee.
• Current DEA number.