Psychiatrist Current Openings –> Detention Healthcare Batavia, NY :
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Full-Time/Regular STG International is seeking qualified candidates for the Psychiatrist position to work full-time providing health care to detainees in custody in support of ICE Health Service Corps gration and Customs Enforcement Medical Facility.
INTRODUCTION: The ICE Health Services Corps (IHSC) exists within the organizational structure of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) under the supervision of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps Officers, civil service staff and contractors comprise the healthcare professionals working together to provide quality healthcare services.
IHSC serves as the medical experts for ICE for detainee health care.
MISSION: IHSC’s mission is to provide medical care to maintain the health of individuals in the custody of ICE through an integrated health care delivery system, based on nationally recognized correctional, detention and residential health care standards. The Agency is committed to providing healthcare services to protect the nation’s health, reduce global disease and provide medical support for the law enforcement mission of the safe apprehension, enforcement and removal of detained individuals involved in immigration proceedings.
IHSC is committed to ensuring a system of care that is ethical, responsible, and accountable through rigorous surveillance and monitoring activities.
MAJOR
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides direct care to patients within discipline Scope of Practice and performs functions in accordance with current accepted practice, licensure, certification, credentialing and or granted privileges.
2. Provides treatment of persons throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline and facility setting. 3. May be expected to respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies.
4. Prescribes and monitors psychiatric medication treatment services including monitoring the side effects of medication and/or adverse reactions.
5. Offers comprehensive psycho-educational information with each medication/somatic treatment regarding the patient’s mental illness, emotional disturbance or behavior disorder, treatment goals, potential benefits and the risk of treatment, self-monitoring aids, and identifies support groups for therapeutic assistance.
6. Utilizes the evidence-based algorithms for decision-making regarding patient assessment and medication management.
7. Utilizes Assessment of Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) is used if identified treatment carries the risk of inducing a movement disorder.
8. Adheres to medical standards in accordance with IHSC policies, American Psychiatric Association standards, and legal requirements.
9. Determines the need for core treatment and specialty services for identified patients in a full range of psychiatric problems. 10. Performs various diagnostic and treatment procedures, including cognitive and behavioral psychotherapy, supportive individual and group psychotherapy, somatic therapies (including the use of traditional and atypical drugs). 11. Provides professional, recovery based psychiatric care considerate of cultural and ethnic diversity and focuses on empowering individuals to change their own lives.
12. Assures patients are treated with dignity and are consulted when evaluating and/or revising treatment and services. 13. Utilizes evidence-based practices to promote recovery, reduces stigma and unconditionally enhance the quality of life. 14. Assures a positive therapeutic milieu exists during treatment and emphasizes recovery goals. 15. Participates in comprehensive performance improvement and utilization management plans to include:
Quality and appropriateness of services, Evaluation of patient-base
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