Permanent Psychiatry: General Job in Yonkers, New York

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

The hospital’s Department of Psychiatry provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient mental health services, addiction treatment programs and crisis services at both hospitals; outpatient services at several sites in Westchester County; and residential services in four boroughs of New York City and in Westchester. The organization is  one of the largest behavioral health services providers in New York State.

PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT PROGRAMS

29-bed Inpatient Psychiatric Unit provides a comprehensive treatment program for adults who need hospitalization. Admission to the unit can be voluntary or involuntary. Many patients requiring inpatient psychiatric hospitalization are admitted through the Emergency Department, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for psychiatric evaluation. Patients are treated by a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses. Group and occupational therapies and medication are provided as appropriate.  The Psychiatric Intermediate Length of Stay Unit provides therapeutic and psychiatric services, including individual and group therapy, for adult recipients.

PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES

For patients presenting to the Emergency Department with acute psychiatric symptoms, services include crisis intervention, psychopharmacology and referral to appropriate outpatient or inpatient psychiatric services. Admission to either unit can be voluntary or involuntary. Many patients requiring inpatient psychiatric hospitalization are admitted through the Emergency Department, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for psychiatric evaluation.

CRISIS PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TEAM

The CPRT is an interdisciplinary mobile team of mental health professionals (social workers, a child, and family specialist and a psychiatrist). The Team responds to people in the community, usually visiting them at home, although they can be seen elsewhere as well. The team also has offices at both hospitals.

The CPRT serves any person in Westchester who is experiencing or is at risk of, a psychological crisis, and who requires mental health intervention. Links to other community resources and to follow up support are provided as well. The CPRT is usually called by individuals, family members, neighbors, friends, landlords, clergy, school personnel, police or another person (s) concerned about an individual.

CPRT staff provide a range of services including assessment, crisis intervention, supportive counseling, information and referrals, linkage with appropriate community based mental health services for ongoing treatment, and follow up.

The Team’s goal is to help people avoid crises and to prevent visits to emergency rooms. By intervening with the individual and family, the emergency room visit or hospital admission can often be prevented. When necessary, the team helps people access community resources that serve as alternatives to hospitalization. When there is truly no alternative to hospitalization, the team offers support in arranging admission.

The CPRT works with schools, law enforcement, and many agencies in the community to prevent impending crises. The Team assists in outreach to clients who are AOT ordered and who fail to attend outpatient mental health treatment services. The CPRT is part of the network that responds to disasters, offering counseling to disaster victims.

METHADONE MAINTENANCE

The Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program provides detoxification and methadone maintenance for patients involved in long-term opiate abuse. Eligible patients must be 18 years or older and currently addicted to opiates. Individual and group counseling, annual physical examinations, testing and lab work, and primary care services are provided.

Position Overview:

Associate Director of Psychiatry is the site director for one of the two hospital behavioral health departments.  The Associate Director time is 80% administrative duties and 20% clinical responsibilities. The Associate Director oversees all the behavioral health services for one of the two hospitals. 

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

                Education/Experience/Abilities:

•             M.D. degree with specialty training in psychiatry.  Current, unencumbered licenses to practice medicine and to prescribe medications in the state of New York. 

•             Has at least two years of previous experience in the supervision and training of other professional staff.

•             Must be privileged through the health system privileging process.

•             Ability to verbally communicate with patients and staff, and document communications effectively.

•             Knowledgeable with current psychotropic medications and side effects.

•             Ability to work simple math calculations. 

•             Staff shall demonstrate competence in gathering and interpreting information about the mental disorders and chemical dependencies. 

•             Shall demonstrate competence in their knowledge of the natural history of mental disorders and chemical dependencies.

•             Shall demonstrate competence in their understanding of the biopsychosocial influences and effects of mental disorders and chemical dependencies.

•             Demonstrates the ability to develop a treatment plan and summary based on participants needs.

•             Demonstrates the ability to distinguish between alcohol and other drug-related symptoms and other pre-existing physical problems or pathologic behaviors.

•             Demonstrates the ability to understand the biopsychosocial influences and effects of dependencies.

•             Demonstrates knowledge of the ways medical, emotional, behavioral, social, educational and other interventions are used to treat individuals, couples, families, and groups.

•             Ability to make independent decisions.

•             Ability to type and working knowledge/familiarity with computers and electronic clinical record keeping.

•             Must obtain a Fingerprint clearance card and pass a background check.

                QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:

•             Certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

•             10 years of practice experience

•             5 years of leadership experience

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
• Preferred Experience Level: Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes

• Facility Type: Hospital
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