Psychiatrist (MD/DO) - 2 Days/Week Onsite

Wellpath / Correct Care Solutions; Eureka (CA); On-site; USD 309,960 - 344,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Wellness program with fitness memberships

Paid time off

401k plans

Job summary

Wellpath / Correct Care Solutions is seeking a Psychiatrist in Eureka, California, to provide comprehensive psychiatric care to incarcerated patients. This role includes direct evaluations and treatment, while working closely with healthcare staff to ensure effective psychiatric services.

The ideal candidate will hold an MD or DO with specialty training in psychiatry and have experience providing services to both adult and adolescent populations. The company offers competitive compensation and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population.
• Experience with adolescent populations preferred.
• Corrections experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations and treatment.
• Monitor psychotropic medications and adjust treatment as needed.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for effective care.
• Complete accurate clinical documentation.
• Support referrals and crisis intervention.

Skills

Psychiatric evaluations

Treatment planning

Collaboration with care teams

Clinical documentation

Education

Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) with specialty training in psychiatry

Job description

We're on a path to better healthcare. Join us

Compensation Information: $225 - $250 / hour

Department (Org): Mental Health

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission-driven organization with a people-first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work-life balance for team members and their families to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition assistance and dependent scholarships
• Employee assistance program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free health spending accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non‑judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point-of-care support.

How you make a difference

The Psychiatrist provides comprehensive psychiatric care to incarcerated patients while supporting mental health and healthcare staff through clinical consultation. This role delivers direct psychiatric services in alignment with professional standards and organizational guidelines. The position collaborates closely with facility leadership and interdisciplinary teams to ensure consistent and effective psychiatric care. The Psychiatrist supports continuity of care through treatment planning, follow-up, and coordination with mental health services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and follow-up care while exercising independent medical judgment.
• Monitor psychotropic medications for effectiveness and side effects and adjust treatment as clinically indicated.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary leadership and care teams to ensure uniform psychiatric and mental health services.
• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation and participate in required meetings, consultations, and on‑call services.
• Support referrals, transfers, crisis intervention, and clinical collaboration with mental health and medical staff.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) from accredited university with specialty training in psychiatry.

Experience

• Experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population.
• Experience in providing psychiatric services to an adolescent population preferred for youth facility clinical assignments.
• Corrections experience preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of practice.
• Board‑certified or board‑eligible in psychiatry.
• Current DEA registration (unless CPO determines it as optional)
• Current BLS certification

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.