Physician Specialist - OP Behavioral Health Adult - Gouverneur Gotham

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur provides primary and specialty outpatient care through its Diagnostic and Treatment Center (D&TC) and residential care for the elderly and infirmed in its 295-bed Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Gouverneur recently completed a $250 million modernization project to offer enhanced, cutting edge healthcare services in a state of the art space. NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham, Gouverneur's D&TC is the largest freestanding D&TC in New York, providing more than 250,000 visits per year on the Lower East Side. Gotham Health| Gouverneur provides a comprehensive array of on-site services, including primary care, pediatrics, women's health, dentistry, behavioral health, podiatry, optometry, ENT, digital imaging, infectious disease, and other specialties and sub-specialties. NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur Skilled Nursing Facility provides 24-hour care for individuals in need of short-term, long-term care or hospice care. The facility is rated as a Best Nursing Home by US News and World Report. Post-Acute Care services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and audiology, and vocational rehabilitation.

Job Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Restore lost capacity in clinical care capacity. Decrease waiting list and promote interdisciplinary quality of care

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Evaluate, monitor, and diagnose children and adult patient to determine psychiatric treatment and plans. Counsel patients, manage medication, and monitor patients' progress. Coordinate care with primary physicians and clinicians. Supervision of Medical and Psychiatric services.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide general adult and children psychiatric care, conducting diagnostic evaluations, psychiatric consults, medication management, and interdisciplinary consultation.
• Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders; establishing treatment goals and methodologies.
• Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress; consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.
• Establish professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics, provide telephone and consultations as needed.
• Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications. and treatment events; writing summaries.
• Establish effective communication with patients, families, visitors and members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide direct clinical supervision of and educational activities for psychiatry fellows and residents, medical students, advanced practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate. Improves staff competence by providing training and discussions regarding the interrelationship between psychosocial and physiological problems, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention, and related issues.
• Participate in team meetings and treatment team discussions as appropriate.
• Cooperate with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requirements, and legal regulations; participating in utilization reviews; remaining available for emergency consultations.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Minimum Qualifications
1. Graduation from an approved medical school.
2. Completion of approved residency or fellowship in the specialty or sub-specialty and Board eligible or certified or Subboard eligible or certified.
3. Five years experience in field of specialty or subspecialty acceptable to the Medical Board of the Hospital.
4. Licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York.

Department Preferences

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB: CERTIFICATION(S)/LICENSE(S):

• Possession of a valid license to practice medicine in New York State; and
• Board certification required. Valid NYS and DEA License.

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

Graduation from an approved school of medicine; and Completion of approved residence in Psychiatry

KNOWLEDGEABLE IN:

• Family Therapy
• Child and Adolescent psychiatry
• Cultural competency
• Bilingual English/ Spanish

COMPUTER PROGRAMS/SOFTWARE OPERATED:

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Microsoft Office Webmail

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Vacancy Control Board Number

VCB #: GGM-06092022-0192