Medical Director - Psychiatrist

Correctional Health Partners (CHP) works with correctional facilities to deliver comprehensive healthcare services. Our mission is to bring community healthcare best practices to the correctional setting, resulting in satisfied clients and timely patient care. CHP aims to become the most trusted correctional healthcare provider in the country.

We are looking for a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to lead a team of psychiatrists in providing high quality, evidence-informed care to incarcerated youth in a statewide system of detention and commitment facilities.

• Providing direct clinical services (remote or in-person);
• Serving as a content expert in up-to-date psychiatric evaluation and care, and psychopharmacology;
• Direct supervision, management, and oversight of the psychiatry team;
• Contributing as a team member on the Medical and Behavioral Health leadership team;
• Collaborating with and providing consultation to medical and behavioral health staff, as well as other parties within the juvenile justice system.

• Psychiatric evaluations, consultations, and follow-up care, both in-person and via telehealth;
• Timely documentation of clinical contact via EHR;
• Clinical consultation to non-psychiatry members regarding psychiatric/mental health care;
• Participation in after-hours on-call pool;
• Support crisis management of assigned sites.

• Be readily available for consultation with psychiatry team members regarding both clinical and operational issues;
• Develop and deliver trainings on psychiatric topics to non-psychiatric healthcare staff and other partners;
• Aid in mental health crisis management across the system.

• Develop and update protocols, policies, and procedures that are culturally responsive, standardized, and operationally efficient;
• Facilitate strong, collaborative relationships of the psychiatric services with facility medical and behavioral health care teams and other partners;
• Support the operations of the psychiatry team via problem solving and addressing barriers;
• Ensure psychiatric care complies with community standards of care, NCCHC standards, and CHP policy and procedures;
• Assess quality, utilization, and effectiveness of psychiatric health care services.

• Fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry or Psychiatry;
• Current DEA certification and professional liability insurance required;
• Management experience in health care settings;
• Prior juvenile justice and/or child welfare clinical experience.

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in psychiatric services, including assessment, diagnosis, pharmacology, and direct consumer services;
• Proficiency in working with culturally diverse populations;
• Ability to conduct clinical care in Spanish;