Psychiatrist, Corrections Health Services, Full time, Days

Department: Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center – Behavioral Health, 70000 NW 41st Street, Miami, Florida 33166

Shift: Full-Time, Days, Monday–Friday

About the Role

Miami-Dade Corrections Health Services (CHS), operating under Jackson Health System (JHS), serves approximately 5,000 patients daily. Patient care is delivered by nearly 400 healthcare employees representing a diverse multidisciplinary team of nurses, nurse support staff, physicians, psychiatrists, social workers, and other professionals. CHS supports Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation at three facilities in Miami-Dade County and leverages the resources of a large public safety-net health system in education, quality, risk management, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintains effective lines of communication with medical staff, nursing, social work, management, and correctional staff; coordinates development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of patient care.
• Performs psychiatric evaluations for patients of varying behavioral health levels across correctional sites, assessing clinical needs and continued need for behavioral health level of care as delineated by protocol, policy, and procedure.
• Initiates involuntary hospitalizations via Professional Certificate, B32 petitions, and Marchman Act petitions.
• Performs behavioral health assessments and treats medical comorbidities in conjunction with the Medical Provider Team.
• Serves as first responder with BLS skills to any medical emergency in the Behavioral Health units.
• Initiates emergency medication orders, restraint, or seclusion in accordance with CHS policy and state law.
• Collaborates with other members of the clinical team on continuing care and disposition.
• Leads Interdisciplinary Treatment Team sessions.
• Participates in on-call coverage by rotation.
• Attends all mandatory organizational meetings.
• Supervises mid-level providers, residents, interns, medical students, and other trainees in provision of above tasks.
• Provides inter-departmental consultations.
• Documents clinical and non-clinical contacts in the Electronic Health Record and enters all orders in the Electronic Health Record.
• Adheres to appropriate MDCR Policy and Procedure and complies with all matters related to the Department of Justice Consent Decree.
• Participates in Periodic Peer Review.
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Expertise).
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in Medicine is required.
• Valid Florida Medical License.
• Board certification or eligibility preferred (ABPN).
• For incumbents working in Corrections Health Services, active DEA and board certification is preferred; for incumbents working in other facilities, active DEA and board certification is required.
• Specialty certifications related to psychiatry are a plus.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life-support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire, with at least 6 months validity, and must be maintained at JHS for the duration of employment.

Experience

Generally requires 3 to 5 years of related experience.