Outpatient Medical Director and Inpatient Psychiatry Unit Chief - Physician - Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center - Manhattan, NY

The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center is seeking an exceptional and talented Psychiatrist to serve as the Unit Chief of its Co-Occurring Disorders Inpatient Service and an Outpatient Medical Director.

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Unit Chief psychiatrist with addiction psychiatry fellowship training or experience with substance use disorder treatment to join our team in a new transformational, community-oriented facility for behavioral health with integrated services for mental health, substance abuse, physical health, and social service needs. Located on the Lower East Side, the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center offers opportunities for leadership, career development, teaching, and scholarship within the Department of Psychiatry and the Mount Sinai Health System.

Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center is seeking a collaborative psychiatrist to serve as Medical Director of our 35-patient Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). This role offers the opportunity to advance Mount Sinai’s mission of delivering high quality, compassionate behavioral health care while working in a vibrant downtown community and an academic setting known for research, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Lower East Side is in New York County and is one of the best places to live in New York. This vibrant downtown neighborhood is a popular nightlife destination—its streets are lined with trendy places to drink, dance and hear live music. Many of the area’s museums and restaurants serve as reminders of its immigrant history.

The Icahn School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is a vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and trainees committed to discovering the causes of, and better treatments for, mental illness and substance use disorders. We are ranked #6 nationally in NIH funding, and listed as one of the top regional hospital departments by U.S. News & World Report. The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health service line encompasses the clinical behavioral health services at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Queens.

Responsibilities of the Co-Occurring Disorders Inpatient Service include :

• Leads and supervises an academic multidisciplinary inpatient psychiatry team…a multidisciplinary academic care team which includes psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, nursing staff, social workers, counselors, and occupational therapists
• Participate in the assessment, and treatment of adult patients with acute psychiatric illnesses who require active treatment in an inpatient setting
• Provide clinical supervision of psychiatry residents, fellows, medical students and other trainees on the inpatient psychiatry service.
• Participate in educational activities including lectures and case conferences as scheduled by the Department of Psychiatry.
• Collaborate with training program directors in all elements of administrative and clinical responsibilities.
• Collaborate with the department, MSBHC, MSHS leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe care.
• Monitor clinical staff training needs and implements quality improvement strategies
• Ensure complete and timely documentation.
• Contribute to regulatory compliance and continual accreditation readiness
• Model outstanding professionalism, high quality patient care, educational excellence, and a scholarly approach to work
• Contribute to an environment where respectful discussion is welcome.
• Conduct a faculty practice under the auspices on the Mount Sinai Faculty Practice if interested.

Clinical / Technical / Service

Qualifications

Compensation range from 265K to 300K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

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The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.