Outpatient Medical Director and Inpatient Psychiatry UnitChief - 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

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.