Psychiatrist - Correctional Health Services

PSYCHIATRIST

Correctional Health Services

In addition to performance-based merit increases, this position is scheduled to receive a salary range increase on the following date:

Effective June 27, 2025 – 4.00% increase

Salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

Premium Pay

• Bilingual pay: Qualified employees who meet the criteria found (page 16) shall receive an additional seventy $0.70 cents per hour for all hours paid.
• Night Shift Differential pay: Employees assigned to a night shift shall be paid a night shift differential for each hour actually worked on the assigned night shift. Pay rate is determined by assigned shift hours found here (page 13).
• Jail Supplement pay: An employee in this classification who is permanently assigned to the Central Jail/Intake/Release Center (including Correctional Medical Services), Theo Lacy Branch Jail or James Musick Facility shall receive an additional $1.50 per hour for all paid hours.
• Board Certification pay: Employees assigned on a regular, full-time basis in this classification, who are Board Certified, shall receive, in addition to his or her salary, the equivalent of $800 monthly. Employees who are both Board Certified and certified in a subspecialty, with the certifications related to his/her assignment, shall receive the equivalent of one thousand dollars (1,000) monthly.
• Licensure Differential pay: Employees in this classification whose license is used to authorize the performance of duties and/or whose oversight is required for the performance of duties of a nurse practitioner or physicians assistant shall receive a licensure differential $1.60 for each hour such licensure is required.

Other Additional Premium Pays

This recruitment is open to the public and will remain open for a minimum of five (5) business days. This recruitment will be open on a continuous basis and will close at 11:59p.m. (PST) on the day the County's needs are met. Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

This list will be used to fill current and future Psychiatrist positions within the Health Care Agency, Correctional Health Services. This eligible list may also be used to fill positions in similar and/or lower classifications throughout the County of Orange.

• Conducting psychiatric evaluations on inmates referred for examination and treatment
• Administering crisis management of violent and suicidal inmates
• Ordering and interpreting laboratory and other medical diagnostic tests
• Prescribing medication and monitoring for side effects and medication efficacy
• Producing clear and concise health records, reports and correspondence, including the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems
• Providing oversight, consultation, training, and directing the work of Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, and other personnel assigned to work in a specialty area
• Collaborating with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient care

• Perform prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of seriously mentally ill (SMI) patients
• Clear patients from acute mental crisis (e.g. schizophrenia, affective disorder, anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, childhood mental disorder, and depression)
• Provide care during psychiatric emergencies, including life-support measures and stabilization of mentally ill patients
• Respond and manage patients experiencing mood swings, anxiety, anger, substance use, and other major mental illnesses
• Treat patients with substance use disorders and drug withdrawal by recognizing all of the following withdrawal symptoms: Emotional, Physical, Dangerous, Post-Acute
• Implement psychiatric treatment guidelines to meet state and federal mandates
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the predictors of physical aggression in psychiatric patients
• Familiarity with local, State and Federal standards related to providing mental health and medical care in a correctional setting

• Prepare clear and concise medical and mental health records and reports
• Work collaboratively with law enforcement personnel within the facility, police agencies from the community, patient's families, court personnel, community hospital staff, other County agencies, and hospitals
• Maintain a positive attitude and effectively manage dealing with difficult patients and occasionally with patients' loved ones

• Make sound judgments, actions or decisions to prevent injury/loss of life, financial loss, and address public relations issues
• Stay alert and mindful of personal safety and security while giving care to mentally ill patients
• Expertise in estimating patient's dangerousness (e.g. suicidal, harm to others)

• Possession of a valid DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) license for Controlled Substances Level II
• Candidates must NOT have felony convictions or be on any form of probation
• Candidates are required to pass a comprehensive background investigation prior to a formal offer and acceptance of employment and maintain background investigation to the satisfaction of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner. Completing a Personal History Form, interviewing with a background investigator, fingerprinting and may include a polygraph test. Some of the areas considered in the background screening include prior convictions, traffic violations, drug use and credit problems, employment history, professional references and education verification (i.e. degree, license, or official transcripts. Foreign degrees require an evaluation of U.S. equivalency by an agency that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (N.A.C.E.S.))
• The Correctional facilities are a 24-hour, 7 day a week operation, incumbents must be able to work on weekends, evenings, night shifts and holidays

• Five (5) days Continuing Medical Education paid leave per year.
• Educational and Professional Reimbursement of $10,000 per year
• Flexible work schedules may be available.

Orange County, as an equal employment opportunity employer, encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.