Psychiatrist, Part-time

**Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI)** is an international, ISO 9001:2015 Certified, CMMI Level 3 Rated full-service provider with more than 33 years’ experience in the Federal, military, and commercial marketplaces. SRI is seeking part-time committed and passionate Psychiatrists to join our team to provide critical services to detainees in custody at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Health Services Corps (IHSC) Medical Facilities in support of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Health Services Corps (IHSC) Detention Center Healthcare contract opportunity.

**Overview**

The ICE IHSC exists within the organizational structure of the United States 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 detainee health care. IHSC is committed to excellence in detention and correctional health care and the provision of safe and high-quality care to those in ICE custody.

**Description of Duties**

The IHSC mission is comprehensive, and the unique detention environment requires a broad clinical background. The core scope of practice includes but is not limited to evaluation, formulation of diagnoses, and treatment of psychiatric and mental health care needs, including family units; urgent and emergency mental health care, public health management, case management, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and gender specific care, including transgender care and management of mental health care during pregnancy. All health care provided to ICE detainees is governed by IHSC policy and established detention standards.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- 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.
- Provides treatment of persons throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline and facility setting.
- May be expected to respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies.
- Prescribes and monitors psychiatric medication treatment services including monitoring the side effects of medication and/or adverse reactions.
- 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.
- Utilizes the evidence-based algorithms for decision-making regarding patient assessment and medication management.
- Utilizes evidence-based tools (e.g., Assessment of Involuntary Movement Scale) to identify risks associated with medication induced movement disorders.
- Adheres to medical standards in accordance with IHSC policies, American Psychiatric Association standards, and legal requirements.
- Determines the need for core treatment and specialty services for identified patients in a full range of psychiatric problems.
- 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).
- Provides professional, recovery based psychiatric care considerate of cultural and ethnic diversity and focuses on empowering individuals to change their own lives.
- Assures patients are treated with dignity and are consulted when evaluating and/or revising treatment and services.
- Utilizes evidence-based practices to promote recovery, reduces stigma and unconditionally enhance the quality of life.
- Assures a positive therapeutic milieu exists during treatment and emphasizes recovery goals.
- Participates in comprehensive performance improvement and utilization management plans to include:

- Quality and appropriateness of services,
- Evaluation of patient-based functions,
- Decreasing the escalation of healthcare costs, and
- Improvement in patient outcomes.
- Prepares or oversees the preparation of documentation, testimony, and written orders needed for care, treatment, medical records, legal actions, referrals, performance development, credentials/privileges, and administrative requirements.
- Provides expert guidance to the Director and other staff in all matters pertaining to mental health treatment (modalities and medications), and mental health programs both domestic and international.
- Analyzes public health care trends, in the mental health area, of related special population groups and assists in developing and implementing policies and guidelines to improve mental health services of such groups.
- Assumes responsibility f