Physician (Psychiatric Physician)
Company: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Location: Winston Salem
Posted on: May 28, 2023
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 (BOP)
federal correctional facility.
- Provides professional health care services for federal
prisoners confined within a BOP facility and/or provides
consultative services via BOP telehealth network.
- Responsible for meeting the health needs (both physical and/or
mental) of the inmates 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
inmates 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 staff correctional responsibilities precede
all others required by this position and are performed one regular
and recurring basis.
Keywords: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Winston-Salem , Physician (Psychiatric Physician), Healthcare , Winston Salem, North Carolina
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