Transplant Psychiatrist, Northwell Transplant Institute

Northwell Health, one of the nation’s largest academic healthcare systems, is recruiting for a Consultation and Liaison psychiatrist to be a key member of the Northwell Transplant Institute and the Behavioral Health Service Line. This critical role will help implement the vision of comprehensive and multidisciplinary behavioral health for transplant patients at the system’s quaternary care center, North Shore University Hospital. This position will require from the ideal candidate a strong clinical and team-based approach following a collaborative care and imbedded model. The successful candidate will :

• provide inpatient psychiatric consultations and follow-up visits to medical / surgical inpatients and donors.
• address the psychological and social challenges associated with organ transplantation, such as anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, and medication side effects.
• perform donor evaluation for suitability of living organ donors.
• engage in multidisciplinary Collaboration : working closely with transplant team - surgeons, nurses, advanced care practitioners, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
• evaluate and treat patients pre- and post-transplant that have behavioral complications from medical illness, complications from medications, psychiatric disorders that are co-morbid with medical and surgical conditions, and medical complications of different psychiatric disorders.
• help with cross coverage needs of the Consultation Liaison Team.

While the Transplant Psychiatrist will be embedded within the Northwell Transplant Institute, this position will have dual reporting responsibility into Northwell’s Behavioral Health Service Line. The Transplant Psychiatrist will also be a member of the Consultation Liaison team and / or Addiction services.

Northwell Transplant Institute

The Northwell Transplant Institute combines all solid organ transplant programs which include the heart (and mechanical circulatory support), lung, liver, and kidney programs under one umbrella. The Transplant Institute has a strong partnership with the Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Northwell’s Lung Institute. With an integrated network of dedicated interdisciplinary clinical and administrative professionals, Northwell has continued to invest in system-wide organ failure programs across several hospitals, regions, and ambulatory sites. Northwell also has a robust ECMO and ECMO-to-go program, supported by the Northwell Center for Emergency Medicine Services (EMS). Northwell EMS operates one of the largest hospital-based EMS services in the country, an integrated centralized transfer center, as well as a multi-aircraft air-medical transport program. The Northwell Transplant Institute’s committed and highly trained team of medical and surgical transplant specialists use innovative and collaborative approaches to improve outcomes and access to transplantation for patients with all stages of end organ failure.

Transplant procedures are performed at two top-ranked hospitals with advanced surgical capabilities and specialty trained staff – North Shore University Hospital and Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Before and after the transplant procedure, patients may be seen at one of team’s 40+ office locations.

Northwell Health’s Behavioral Health Service Line (BHSL)

Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Northwell has been named as a Best Workplaces in Healthcare (Fortune, Modern Healthcare, Glassdoor), America’s Most Innovative Companies (Fortune), and the no. 1 health system nationally for advancing diversity and inclusion (DiversityInc).

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience :

Education and Experience

To learn more and apply, please contact : Matthew Faber, Office of Physician Recruitment, MFaber4@northwell.edu or visit our webpage https : / / jobs.northwell.edu / career-specialties / physicians /

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