Psychiatrist Adult Population Per Diem (multiple vacancies) UCHC Statewide

Position Summary:

• Provides assessments, direct clinical care and treatment planning to inmates.
• Conducts comprehensive psychiatrist assessments (demonstrating a review of the electronic record,psychotropic medications, history of mental illness, prior psychiatric hospitalization, suicidal, unusual, orbizarre behavior) for new admissions to UCHC's Special Needs roster according to established timeframes.
• Is knowledgeable about and follows DOC and UCHC policies and procedures, including, but not limited to,emergency and non-emergency forced medication, management of potentially suicidal inmates, psychiatryservices, and therapeutic restraint.
• Orders, initiates and interprets laboratory tests according to required time frames or as medically necessaryincluding metabolic monitoring, mood stabilizer blood levels, thyroid function, AIMS testing, and otherappropriate biochemical monitoring.
• Prescribes and renews medications that are deemed medically necessary within required time frames

City: Trenton

State: NJ

Salary: $180.00/hr

Posting Number: 26ST0091