Salary : $245,904.00 - $330,780.00 Annually
Location : Pierce County - Gig Harbor, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Non-Permanent
Job Number:Department: Dept. of Corrections
Division: HS - WCCW
Opening Date: 09/16/2026
Closing Date: 10/16/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
DescriptionWashington Corrections Center for WomenGig Harbor WashingtonPhysician 3 - Full Time - Non-perm positionShift: 8:00AM-4:30PM Monday- Friday
The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for the position of
Physician 3- non-permanentat the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), in Gig Harbor Washington. This is a day shift position that will require work to be completed onsite at the facility.
The Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) is a 62.6-acre facility located approximately two miles from Gig Harbor. The site includes living units, administration buildings, a health clinic, education buildings, a gymnasium, a chapel, industries buildings, food service buildings and support facilities.
Correctional Health is a rewarding career path at DOC, in which health care professionals treat a wide array of cases for patients residing in a state correctional facility. Health Services is responsible for basic primary care for incarcerated individuals. All disciplines within all of the 12 correctional facilities work closely together to reach a common goal, providing the best, most efficient, and cost-effective health care possible. Emphasis is placed on early identification of health concerns, care for acute and chronic health problems, and preventive care.
A completed application packet will include:- A detailed resume
- A cover letter.
- Three professional references
- Required Transcripts
Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible.
"This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions."
DutiesDuties can include:Provide direct patient services
Tasks include:
- Primary care provider - manage caseload assigned to include daily rounding on IPU patients or others as assigned.
- Ensure delivery of quality medical services for all patients
- Provide consults on higher acuity patients
- Coordinate with specialized MD services offsite and onsite as clinically indicated
- Diagnose chronic and acute maladies
- Assist in the management of facility chronic and acute processes
- Identify and prescribe appropriate medications
- Coordinate care with other providers
- Provide appropriate follow-up after offsite emergency or scheduled specialty visits or procedures
- Order appropriate lab tests
- Counsel and instruct patients on self-care
- Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings with custody staff per policy guidelines
- Assist with appropriate discharge planning
- Ensure all service provision is in accordance with regulatory standards and all DOC policies and procedures to include The Offender Health Plan and the DOC Formulary
- Due to the limited hours of patient appointment times available in the clinic each day, all of that time will be filled with direct patient contact
- Be consistent and punctual in meeting appointment commitments
Meet all documentation required in a timely manner
Tasks include:
- Provide proper documentation in the chart
- Ensure all charting (to include CPOE printouts) is appropriately filed in a timely manner
- Enter medication orders into pharmacy computer system utilizing CPOE function
- Produce timely, clearly written reports and progress notes
- Ensure follow-up appointments are scheduled and met within statewide expectations
- Research and respond to patient kites in a timely manner not to exceed one working week - make an appointment or write a response as appropriate
- Ensure encounters are turned in or directly entered into the computer system immediately upon completion of appointments
Oversight of assigned patient caseload for medication, labs, and other treatment compliance, efficacy and safety
Tasks include:
- Schedule routine follow-ups to monitor efficacy of treatment strategy
- Ensure that medication orders do not expire
- Research and respond to kite concerns about medication reactions or renewal requests
- Provide timely follow-up to requests for consultation by other discipline professionals
- Analyze pharmacy and nursing reports concerning pill line no shows and appointment no shows and determine appropriate course of action in accordance with statewide directives
- Take appropriate action/make referrals on all aberrant lab results
- Monitor lab values on chronic care patients to optimize health outcomes
- Provide information to HCM1 or respond directly to level one grievances associated with assigned patient caseload
Be a contributing and supportive team member of the medical provider and the total health
services team
Tasks include:
- Consistent and punctual attendance
- Respectful communication
- Provide outstanding customer service (patients, peers, health services and facility leadership, custody and classification staff)
- Respond in a timely manner to requests for assistance, consultation or information
- Attend team and health services staff meetings
- Support quality performance of others
- Seek feedback and give others constructive feedback
- Share knowledge and information and encourage others
- Support and suggest innovative ideas and strategies
- Foster teamwork
- Practice fiscal responsibility
- Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities as appropriate
- Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and the Offender Health Plan
- Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight structure
Other duties as assigned
Tasks include:
- Promote safety; be an active participant, be aware, be alert, act safely and make recommendations
- Attend all required training
- Manage email and ensure timely response as required
- Keep abreast of new methods, techniques and other developments in the field through reading research journals, attending seminars, workshops, professional affiliations, etc.
- Remain up to date concerning specific work flow expectations and processes at WCCW.
- Participate in Medical On Duty on-call rotations
Qualifications Required qualifications:- Required Qualifications:
- Unrestricted license to practice medicine in Washington State.
- Unrestricted DEA license with waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder.
- Physicians without an active buprenorphine waiver will be considered however continued employment will be contingent upon receipt of waiver within 60 days of hiring date.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers certified within 60 days of hire. Certification must be maintained by the employee as a requirement for continued employment.
- Experience supervising and/or directing health care delivery operations.
- Board certification in an ABMS /ABOM certified specialty with Internal Medicine preferred. Board eligible physicians may be considered with continued employment contingent upon achieving board certification within 24 months of hiring date (unless the incumbent employee was in the position prior to December 31, 2019).
- Board certification must be maintained by the employee as a requirement for continued employment (unless the incumbent employee was in the position prior to December 31, 2019).
