Job Description

Exciting Opportunity at the New Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center on the Lower East Side of New York City.

The Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center is seeking a dynamic physician for our expanding substance use disorders inpatient treatment service at the new, state-of-the-art, community-oriented behavioral health center that includes integrated services for mental health, substance abuse, physical health, and social services located on the Lower East Side of New York City. This $140M newly constructed center represents the largest private investment in behavioral health in the history of New York State.

As part of the Mount Sinai Health System’s Psychiatry service line with faculty members from the Icahn School of Medicine, the Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center serves as a major hub for clinical care, training, and research. The Department of Psychiatry is strongly committed to providing integrated, patient-centered care.

The Lower East Side in New York County and is one of the best places to live in the City. 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 Attending Physician provides clinical services, leadership of a multidisciplinary team, and teaching/supervision of trainees in the department’s inpatient substance use treatment program. This recently opened unit provides care to individuals who can benefit from inpatient detoxification and rehabilitation services. The attending physician partners with nursing, department leadership, and the clinical team to ensure the delivery of high-quality care focused on evidence-based practices, measurable outcomes, and the patient experience. As a key member of the leadership team, the Medical Director cultivates positive relationships across the department and health system and is aligned with the mission, vision, and values of the Department of Psychiatry and the Mount Sinai Health System. Stewardship and ongoing cultivation of a culture of respect and outstanding patient experience are central to performance in this position.  

Administrative and clinical responsibilities include the following:

• Leads and supervises a clinical team
• Provides clinical care to inpatients with substance use disorders
• Ensures that services are high-quality, efficient, and patient-centered
• Manages clinical operations in partnership with program, department, and hospital leadership
• Interfaces with other services to ensure seamless patient care delivery and communication among providers
• Plans and facilitates regularly scheduled staff meetings; contributes to departmental grand rounds and other presentations and trainings
• Conducts performance reviews and provides feedback to clinicians
• Supervises and teaches psychiatry residents, fellows, and other trainees
• Facilitates and collaborates in the recruitment of faculty and staff
• Completes documentation in a timely manner

The physician cultivates positive relationships across the department and with hospital leadership related to patient care, policies and procedures, risk management, and other collaborative efforts. Stewardship and ongoing cultivation of a culture of respect and an outstanding patient experience are central to this position.

• Medical Degree from an Accredited Medical School
• New York Medical License
• Board Eligible or Board Certified in Addiction Psychiatry
• Committed to Mount Sinai and the communities we serve
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• A desire to participate in a team-oriented, patient-centered health system   

Compensation range $255K - $280K (not including bonuses, incentive compensation or benefits)

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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.

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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.

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