Physician (Psychiatric Physician)
Company: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Location: Pinetops
Posted on: April 17, 2024
Job Description:
Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons?
You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a
diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from
entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public
safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of
imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide
reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform
correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.
Duties of a Psychiatric Physician
- Serves as a Physician (Psychiatry) at a Bureau of Prisons
(FBOP) federal correctional facility.
- Provides professional health care services for federal
prisoners confined within a FBOP facility and/or provides
consultative services via FBOP telehealth network.
- Responsible for meeting the health needs (both physical and/or
mental) of the adults in custody assigned to his/her
caseload.
- Responsible for providing psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis,
treatment, and programs for patients suspected of having mental
disorders.
- Responsible for the development of the master treatment plan
and mental health component of the ambulatory treatment plan and
subsequent reviews for patients under their care and is directly
responsible for the continuity of psychiatric care given to the
patients assigned to their caseload.
- In working with other members of the healthcare treatment team,
provides psychiatric services to ensure optimal mental health for
adults in custody and provides direction in achieving the
psychological climate and environment conducive to the
rehabilitation of the criminal offender.
- Directly responsible for the prescription of medications to
patients on his/her caseload, as well as writing orders for special
procedures (e.g., suicide precautions, seclusion,
restraint).
- Along with all other correctional institution employees,
incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security
of the institution. The employee correctional responsibilities
precede all others required by this position and are performed one
regular and recurring basis.
Keywords: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Suffolk , Physician (Psychiatric Physician), Healthcare , Pinetops, Virginia
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