Whether you work as a primary care provider, a psychiatrist, a podiatrist, or another specialized role, as a provider, you play a crucial role in providing healthcare to individuals and communities. At Centurion Health, we have a role for you.
The Life of a Corrections Physician
There’s a great need for providing healthcare in correctional facilities nationwide. Becoming a correctional provider with Centurion Health would mean providing health services to a special population that may have not had prior access to basic medical services, and helping our communities in the process. A career in correctional care allows you to serve individuals who desperately need your help before being reintroduced to society.
Compassionate Professionals
We provide essential medical care to those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to it. In doing so, our team of knowledgeable and empathetic professionals makes a powerful impact on our patients and our communities. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter their circumstances.
Supportive Teams
When you become a provider with Centurion Health, you can expect all of the same duties and responsibilities of a public health professional, but in a correctional setting surrounded by a supportive team. Our work is not done alone but as an interdisciplinary team approach to ensure the proper care is being provided that optimizes the best possible outcomes.
Be Part of The Solution
Centurion Health strives to solve the broad societal challenges that lead to high levels of incarceration. Often, it is inside a correctional facility where many finally receive the proper diagnostic and treatment services they desperately need. The demand for healthcare services in correctional settings is high, and most patients embrace the services offered to them. As correctional healthcare professionals, we believe we serve where our services are most needed.
A Great Need
Over 2 million individuals annually are incarcerated in prisons and detention centers across the United States. We work to bring health equity to them.
Higher Risk
Individuals with a history with history of criminal justice interactions tend to have more significant and advanced chronic diseases, mental health illnesses, and advanced dental disease. Clinicians with suitable skills and cultural competency are needed.
More Trauma
Those who become justice-involved have higher rates of trauma and repetitive trauma, be it physical, sexual, emotional, or mental. Our approaches integrate trauma-informed models.
Explore Available Jobs For Doctors
Please browse our available correctional healthcare jobs selection to find your perfect fit. Together, we can transform our communities by going beyond patient care.
Hours are far more stable than in a standard hospital setting.
Your team will comprise some of the most kind-hearted and supportive people you’ve ever worked with.
Every facility has an exhaustive list of security measures to ensure your and your team’s safety at all times.
Safe. Supportive. Rewarding.
There are many misconceptions about providing healthcare in correctional facilities. The hours are far more stable than in a standard hospital setting, and your team will comprise some of the most kind-hearted and supportive people you’ll ever work with. Every facility has an exhaustive list of security measures to ensure your and your team’s safety. You see your service’s impact firsthand and leave work every day knowing you’ve made a meaningful difference.
Frequently Asked Questions About Correctional Medicine
What is correctional healthcare?
Correctional healthcare broadly refers to ensuring access to, and the delivery of, a broad array of healthcare services to incarcerated persons in correctional facilities (i.e., prisons, jails).
What services are provided in correctional healthcare?
Incarcerated persons must be afforded access to medical, dental, and mental health services provided by qualified healthcare professionals and services are held to similar standards as healthcare services in the community. Services are typically provided on site in the healthcare clinic areas of correctional facilities by teams of physicians, dental professionals, nurses, mental health professionals, and other healthcare providers across the broad spectrum of healthcare specialties. Services include primary care clinics, chronic care clinics, dental services, urgent care services, psychiatry, psychology, and physical and other rehabilitative therapies, patient education, and more. Patients requiring highly specialized services or hospitalization are transported to hospitals and specialists in the community.
What are the biggest challenges in correctional healthcare?
Incarcerated persons have often had little or no access to healthcare services prior to incarceration and can present with a wide range of complex needs and coexisting conditions, making their initial contact with healthcare staff a key component to their initial screening and placement within the correctional system. The safety and security protocols of correctional facilities take precedence over all else, which can sometimes interfere with the delivery of healthcare services. However, healthcare professionals working in correctional facilities are viewed as key personnel and vital to the day to day operations of a correctional facility. Some of the biggest challenges in correctional healthcare include managing the complex healthcare needs of a large inmate population, ensuring safety and security, and addressing mental health issues.
How does healthcare in correctional facilities differ from healthcare outside?
Healthcare in correctional facilities goes beyond patient care and is part of a larger effort to rehabilitate incarcerated persons and prepare them for their successful return to the community. Many incarcerated persons have complex medical and/or mental health needs that will persist after their release, making the role of the healthcare professionals key to their long-term success after release.
Your New Beginning
Are you ready to start fresh and provide healthcare services beyond patient care, making a real and positive difference? Working in corrections, you will serve the needs of those who need your services the most. Whether you’re a primary care provider, podiatrist, neurologist, or other professional, we have a place for you. Join Centurion Health today and become a member of TeamCenturion.
