Psychiatric Evaluation Specialist - Jail Health Services

Public Health – Seattle & King County is seeking two (2) Psychiatric Evaluation Specialists (PES) to provide mental status/diagnostic evaluations and related evidence-based interventions, suicide risk assessment, and mental health treatment planning for jail resident-patients within the Jail Health Services division. Incumbents will monitor resident-patients throughout their incarceration and may provide both individual and group treatment to improve the overall functioning of the resident-patient.

Additionally, to assist in more streamlined continuity of care, incumbents will ensure appropriate referral to diversion or treatment and may provide testimony in court (ITA) regarding...