Outpatient Medical Director and Inpatient Psychiatry Unit Chief - Physician - Mount Sinai Behavioral

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.

Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.

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

Supervises the work of assigned residents or fellows; reviews and attests to the resident documentation, and directly treats patients

Signs medical records and related patient care documents as required by regulations

Collaborates with health care professionals across disciplines and sites for shared patient care and transfer approvals

Participates in the peer review process

Participates in departmental meetings

Participates in direct patient care activities as specified in the delineation of privileges

Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served

Participates in Quality and Safety initiatives of the department

These duties may be modified from time to time by the Chair / Director based on Institutional needs

Qualifications

Board certified / board eligible Psychiatrist

Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (preferred) or experience evaluating and treating individuals with substance use disorders

Possess a NYS license to practice medicine

Excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills required

Outstanding teaching skills

Must possess highly collaborative and proactive approach, and demonstrate commitment to high-quality, cost-effective health care

A strong work ethic and desire to participate in and grow a team-oriented, performance-driven department

Qualifications for Assistant Professor or higher level required

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

Salary Disclosure Information :

Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital / community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.