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Psychiatrist - Full Time Telepsych for Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Correctional Medicine
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location 3940 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17109, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 5/27/23

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We’re a privately owned, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional healthcare practice.

PCM provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services to over 70 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout 5 different states in the Northeastern US (PA, MD, FL, NY, & NH)

Correctional medicine is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s mental health professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all your learned skills and knowledge daily. Correctional mental health care is the perfect hybrid of Outpatient, Inpatient, and Addiction Psychiatry; serving an underserved, extremely diverse, and very appreciative patient population.

We are currently looking for a Full-time Tele-Psychiatrist to join our PrimeCare family.

This position requires 40 hours of tele-psych care each week, Monday - Friday, during normal business hours (i.e., ~8:00a - 4:30p).

To quickly summarize some key points:

  • Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience;
  • Company-paid family health care benefits offered;
  • Company-paid life insurance provided;
  • Retirement benefits (i.e., 401k with discretionary company match) available;
  • Company-paid liability insurance (including tail) included;
  • Generous PTO & Holiday plan provided; and
  • Annual licensure reimbursement offered.

Job Duties:

  • Provide service to the inmate/patient population while utilizing current, acceptable standards of psychiatric practice.
  • Assume responsibility for clinical management of the mental health program in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, as well as PCM policies and procedures.
  • Services to be provided on scheduled workdays according to standards and times mutually agreeable to physician, facility administration, and PCM.
  • Provide psychiatric treatment to confined inmates/patients (i.e., restricted housing, behavioral units, etc.).
  • Provide psychiatric consultation to all professionals (i.e., physicians/nursing) within the unit.
  • Oversee and supervise all psychiatric clinical services provided.
  • Ensure complete, accurate and timely psychiatric entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
  • Available for consultation and/or emergency psychiatric coverage.
  • Work collaboratively and supervise clinical activities of fellow psychologist and medical staff while on duty.
  • Evaluate all inmates/patients referred with mental health concerns for presence, or absence, of mental illness.
  • Refer inmates/patients as necessary to appropriate psychiatric facilities when appropriate.
  • Work collaboratively with pharmacy to evaluate and approve all medications and other medicinal preparations, which comprise the facility formulary.
  • Establish and monitor standards of care provided by physicians, psychologist and nurses in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted psychiatric standards.