Physician / Psychiatry / Washington / Locum or Permanent / Psychiatrist - Tacoma, WA Job
VieMed Healthcare Staffing
Tacoma, WA, 98401, USA
Tacoma, WA, 98401, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Psychiatrist job Tacoma
- psychiatry locum position
- telepsychiatry services
This position is for a Psychiatrist providing direct psychiatric care and treatment to detainees in a healthcare facility in Tacoma, WA. Responsibilities include diagnosis, medication management, emergency response, telepsychiatry, and interdisciplinary collaboration, adhering to legal and clinical standards. The role requires licensure, cultural competence, and involvement in quality improvement and public health policy for mental health services.
Ready to make your next career move? VieMed Healthcare Staffing is a premier staffing agency that specializes in connecting skilled professionals with healthcare facilities, ensuring seamless continuity of care and unparalleled service delivery. We are committed to quality, reliability, and integrity for both our candidates and clients. Join us in our mission to elevate healthcare staffing to new heights. We take care of you, so you can take care of others. VHS is looking for a qualified Psychiatrist. • City: Tacoma • State: WA • Start Date: 2025-12-01 • End Date: 2026-06-30 • Duration: 6 months with option to extend • Shift: 8 hr Days • Skills: Psychiatry • 1099 Pay Rate: $220/hr as Independent Contractor (W-2 Pay Package available upon request) • Certification Requirements: Please confirm credential requirements with VHS upon application. At VieMed, Live Your Life isn't just a company tagline. It's a passionate commitment to improving the lives of every patient and employee. Benefits Include: • Competitive Pay Packages • Weekly Pay Schedule via Direct Deposit • Comprehensive Medical Benefits (W-2) • 401(k) with match (W-2) • Robust Referral Bonus Program • 24/7 Dedicated team committed to your success throughout your time with VHS • Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state, federal and local laws (W-2) • Licensure, certification, travel and other reimbursements when applicable 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, Decreasing the escalation of healthcare costs, and Improvement in patient outcomes. 17. 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. 18. Provides subject matter expertise to staff in all matters pertaining to mental health treatment (modalities and medications), and mental health programs both domestic and international. 19. 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. 20. Assumes responsibility for the non-psychiatric medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients for whom she or he is responsible in the absence of non-psychiatric physicians in emergency situations and within incumbent s competency and scope of practice. 21. Spends at least 60% of time in direct patient care to meet the performance targets set by the IHSC. 22. Provides specialized medical services to outpatients and provides medical care to inpatients in facilities with a short stay unit. Specific duties involve all aspects of health care delivery. The incumbent will work in concert with both facility staff and consultant specialists in various clinical areas. 23. Acts as a mental health consultant to medial staff, providing oversight and direction related to the provision of mental health care. 24. Examines and orders appropriate diagnostic testing and provides necessary treatment and/or medications as required. Ref
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