Psychiatrist Adult Population Per Diem; UCHC Statewide

Posting Summary

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, function collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, and maintain effective communication with staff and administration.

• Provides assessments, direct clinical care and treatment planning to inmates.
• Conducts comprehensive psychiatrist assessments (reviewing electronic records, psychotropic medications, history of mental illness, prior psychiatric hospitalization, suicidal, unusual or bizarre behavior) for new admissions to UCHC’s Special Needs roster according to established time frames.
• 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, psychiatry services, and therapeutic restraint.
• Orders, initiates and interprets laboratory tests according to required time frames or as medically necessary, including metabolic monitoring, mood stabilizer blood levels, thyroid function, AIMS testing, and other appropriate biochemical monitoring.
• Prescribes and renews medications that are deemed medically necessary within required time frames.

University Correctional Health Care (UCHC), operating within Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is dedicated to excellence in providing physical, mental health, dental and sex offender treatment services to those involved in the criminal justice systems in New Jersey. UCHC operates with a total budget of $150 million and approximately 1,000 staff. We are committed to being a leader in the delivery of effective, compassionate and accessible care informed by research within correctional environments.

We Care. We Teach. We Heal. We Improve. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766 and celebrating a milestone 250th anniversary in 2016, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 67,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

• Forensic psychiatry preferred.