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Job Description

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

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a 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.

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.

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.

Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:

Alex Cano

Executive Director Physician Recruitment

Mount Sinai Health System

[email protected]

Responsibilities

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

About Us

Strength through Unity and Inclusion

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care. When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare. We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization. Our leaders are expected to challenge outdated practices, promote a culture of respect, and work toward meaningful improvements that enhance patient care and workplace experiences. We are dedicated to building a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and advance professionally. Explore this opportunity and be part of the next chapter in our history.

About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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.