UCHC Physician Specialist (Psychiatrist) FT SWSP

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766 and celebrating a milestone 250th anniversary in 2016, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 67,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Provides assessments, direct clinical care and treatment to inmates.
• Conducts comprehensive psychiatrist assessments (demonstrating a review of the electronic record, psychotropic medications, history of mental illness, prior psychiatric hospitalization, suicidal, unusual or bizarre behavior) for new admissions to UCHC’s Special Needs roster according to established time frames.
• Orders, initiates and interprets laboratory tests according to required time frames or as medically necessary.
• Conducts adequate and timely civil psychiatric commitment evaluations.
• Participates in treatment planning.