Correctional Psychiatrist needed in North Carolina!

Job description

Correctional Psychiatrist – Inpatient (Female Unit)

📍 Location: North Carolina
🕒 Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8-hour shifts | Full-time (5 days/week)
📅 Duration: 6 months with potential to extend

Patient Population:

Adult female inmates (inpatient unit)

24-bed unit

10–12 patients per day

Responsibilities:

Psychiatric evaluations and med management (no controlled substances)

Admissions

Follow a specific correctional formulary for medications

Manage complex psychiatric presentations, including:

Suicidality

Psychosis

Self-injurious behaviors

Substance use disorders

Severe mental illness

Requirements:

Correctional psychiatry experience required

Comfortable working with high-acuity psychiatric cases

Familiarity with and adherence to strict medication formularies

• Corrections
• 6 Months
• Suicidal, Psychotic, self injury, drug abuse and extreme cases.