Psychiatrist - Onsite PT - Juvenile

Wellpath; Baker (LA); Presencial; USD 58.000 - 83.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

EAP

Life Insurance

HSA

Wellness program

Banking discounts

Descripción de la vacante

Wellpath is seeking a Psychiatrist to provide comprehensive psychiatric care to incarcerated patients at the LA Jetson Youth Center. This part-time role emphasizes collaboration with facility leadership and interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care and continuity of services.

The ideal candidate will hold an MD or DO with psychiatry training, be board-certified or eligible, and possess an unrestricted license and DEA registration.

Formación

• MD/DO with psychiatry specialty training; board-certified or board-eligible.
• Experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population.
• Current unrestricted medical license in the state of practice and DEA registration.

Responsabilidades

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and follow-up care with independent medical judgment.
• Monitor psychotropic medications for effectiveness and side effects; adjust as needed.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary leadership and care teams for consistent services.
• Complete accurate clinical documentation and participate in meetings and on-call services.
• Support referrals, transfers, crisis intervention, and coordination with mental health and medical staff.

Educación

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

Descripción del empleo

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

• 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 family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• 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

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.

Additional Details

Details: 8 hours/wk

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

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Job

26-189842

Facility

LA Jetson Youth Center

Type

Part-Time

Shift

Day 8 hour