Psychiatrist

Wellpath

$200K — $250K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in psychiatry
  • Experience providing psychiatric services to adults
  • Licensed physician in the state of employment
  • Board-certified or board-eligible in psychiatry
  • CPR certified

Responsibilities

  • Conduct psychiatric evaluations and provide treatment and medication management for inmates
  • Maintain compliance with medical documentation protocols
  • Oversee mental health staff collaboration including nurses
  • Participate in care coordination and emergency transfers
  • Ensure adherence to facility regulations and HIPAA standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off and 401k options
  • Work-life balance support for physical and mental health
  • DailyPay option to access earnings immediately
  • Tuition assistance and dependent scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for counseling and health coaching
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Tax-free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness programs with fitness memberships and discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership with discounted home and auto loans
Full Job Description
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 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

*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 a full spectrum of mental health care to inmates, including evaluation, treatment, and medication management. They coordinate care with onsite medical staff and ensure compliance with documentation and clinical protocols. The role includes overseeing psychiatric nurses, supporting transfers, and assisting with civil commitments when necessary. Psychiatrists also participate in medical review committees and deliver consultations to facility staff. Services must be provided in alignment with correctional regulations and professional standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and medication management for inmate patients
  • Maintain medical documentation and consent forms in alignment with protocols
  • Oversee and collaborate with mental health staff, including nurses and care teams
  • Participate in care coordination, emergency transfers, and review committees
  • Ensure compliance with facility regulations and maintain HIPAA standards


Qualifications & Requirements

EDUCATION
  • Doctorate in psychiatry

EXPERIENCE
  • Training and experience providing psychiatric services to an adult population

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
  • Physician who is licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment
  • Board-certified or board-eligible in psychiatry
  • CPR Certified


We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! 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.

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.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

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