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Currently recruiting a Psychiatrist in Tacoma, WA to coordinate complex clinical operations at a facility that houses individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 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 OF THE PSYCHIATRIST: 1. 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. 2. Provides treatment of persons throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline and facility setting. 3. Provides telepsychiatry services for patients at other IHSC facilities as needed and as the local facility allows, only in the states the provider is licensed, to include: Working with the patient s local primary care provider (PCP) to coordinate care for any identified medical concerns (patient s local administrative staff will coordinate the appointment). Using IHSC video teleconferencing equipment and electronic medical records (EMR) software to examine and record the patient s plan of care. Telepsychiatry services will be provided in accordance with the IHSC Tele-Mental Health Services policy. OPTIONAL: Provider may choose to obtain additional state licensing, outside of the state of his/her duty station, to provide out-of-state telepsychiatry services. 4. May be expected to respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies. 5. Prescribes and monitors psychiatric medication treatment services including monitoring the side effects of medication and/or adverse reactions. 6. 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. 7. Utilizes the evidence-based algorithms for decision-making regarding patient assessment and medication management. 8. Utilizes evidence-based tools (i.E. Assessment of Involuntary Movement Scale) in the identification of risks associated with medication induced movement disorders. 9. Adheres to medical standards in accordance with IHSC policies, American Psychiatric Association standards, and legal requirements. 10. Determines the need for core treatment and specialty services for identified patients in a full range of psychiatric problems. 11. 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). 12. Provides professional, recovery based psychiatric care considerate of cultural and ethnic diversity and focuses on empowering individuals to change their own lives. 13. Assures patients are treated with dignity and are consulted when evaluating and/or revising treatment and services. 14. Utilizes evidence-based practices to promote recovery, reduces stigma and unconditionally enhance the quality of life. 15. Assures a positive therapeutic milieu exists during treatment and emphasizes recovery goals. 16. Participates in comprehensive performance improvement and utilization management plans to include: Quality and appropriateness of services, Evaluation of patient-based functions,