Medical Director of Psychiatry – Correctional Facility – Pittsburgh, PA

Job description

Company: Allegheny Health Network Job Description: The Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute is seeking a full-time, board-certified adult psychiatrist to ensure the Allegheny County Jail’s behavioral health services run efficiently and effectively, maintaining quality care within budget objectives. The incumbent candidate must balance the interests of safety and security, court and legal precedent, medical board requirements, standards of care, services fulfilled by public funding, and current research while providing administrative direction in behavioral health policy and procedure. Highlights: Duties: Qualifications: - Collaborate with healthcare and correctional administration to evolve behavioral health best practice - Drive the revision of behavioral health policy and procedure as a community partner and advocate for a population with complex care needs - Train and supervise psychiatry resident physicians on elective rotations - Supervise psychiatric physicians and advanced practice providers at the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections, ensuring practitioners provide care according to evidence-based and correctional medicine standards - Pr...