Psychiatrist Adult Population Per Diem (multiple vacancies) UCHC Statewide

Rutgers University Correctional Health Care is seeking Psychiatrists Per Diem for multiple vacancies Statewide, based from Trenton, NJ. The Psychiatrist will provide direct clinical care to state prisoners; functions collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams; and maintain effective communication with staff and administration.

Duties include:

• 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