The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center is seeking an exceptional and talented Psychiatrist to serve as the Unit Chief of an Inpatient Psychiatry Unit. Located on the Lower East Side, the Center offers opportunities for leadership, career development, teaching, and scholarship within the Department of Psychiatry and the Mount Sinai Health System. This opportunity is ideal for a collaborative physician leader seeking to expand clinical, operational, and academic leadership experience within an acute inpatient psychiatric setting. Practice Info Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center Multidisciplinary academic treatment team comprising psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, nursing staff, social workers, counselors, and occupational therapists Acute inpatient psychiatric setting
Responsibilities:- Leads and oversees the interdisciplinary team including team meetings
- Provides clinical consultation and supervision to the unit in partnership with the Medical Director of Acute Care Psychiatry
- Participates in ensuring the delivery of high quality care on the unit, providing leadership to the staff and patient community
- Provides psychiatric care to adult patients with acute psychiatric disorders
- Partners with the Medical Director of Acute Care to ensure consistent psychiatric coverage and continuity of care on the unit
- Leads interdisciplinary treatment planning, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to promote patient-centered care
- Maintains timely, accurate, and regulatory-compliant documentation of clinical care activities
- Provides clinical oversight and supervision for psychiatry residents, fellows, medical students and other trainees on the inpatient psychiatry service fostering excellence in patient care and clinical education
- CompensationCompensation range from $255,000 to $320,000 (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
- Shift & Schedule
- Full-time employment
Requirements:- Board certified/board eligible Psychiatrist
- Possess a NYS license to practice medicine
- Excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills
- 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 academic level
- Open to visa sponsorship
