Clinical Director - Psychiatrist

Saint Joseph's Medical Center•Westchester, NY

About The Position

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, a division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center, is seeking a full-time Clinical Director for its White Plains Behavioral Health Center, serving the White Plains area of Westchester. The Clinical Director establishes and maintains the program’s treatment approach and quality-improvement activities, supports care that meets best-practice standards, and provides clinical leadership and teaching to interdisciplinary staff and trainees. The role includes supervising PNPs and other psychiatrists, organizing program rounds and staff meetings, conducting diagnostic assessments and evaluating patients’ treatment needs, and providing direct psychiatric care within the physician’s specialty expertise. The Clinical Director collaborates with family members and other people or agencies involved in patient treatment. Working closely with the administrative Program Director, the Clinical Director helps oversee clinic operations and program requirements, including budget goals, and fosters a supportive multidisciplinary team across the clinic and the wider St. Vincent’s/St. Joseph’s hospital system. The role also collaborates with White Plains Hospital’s colocated Primary Care clinic and other affiliated medical services in treating shared patients. A faculty appointment at New York Medical College may be possible for candidates interested in teaching in its newly accredited psychiatry residency program. The position is 35 hours per week. Salary is competitive, and benefits depend on the number of hours worked.

Requirements

Board certification is preferred; board-eligible candidates will also be considered.

Nice To Haves

Board certification.
Interest in teaching in the psychiatry residency training program at New York Medical College.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain the program’s treatment approach and quality-improvement activities.
Ensure patients are treated according to high best-practice standards.
Provide clinical leadership and teaching to interdisciplinary staff and program trainees.
Supervise direct-care medical staff, including PNPs and other psychiatrists.
Organize program rounds and staff meetings.
Perform diagnostic assessments and evaluate patients’ treatment needs.
Provide direct psychiatric care responsive to patient needs and within the physician’s specialty expertise.
Collaborate with family members and other individuals or agencies involved in patient treatment.
Work with the administrative Program Director on clinic operations and program requirements, including budget goals.
Foster a mutually supportive multidisciplinary team within the clinic and across the St. Vincent’s/St. Joseph’s hospital system.
Collaborate with White Plains Hospital Primary Care and affiliated medical services in treating shared patients.
Potentially teach in New York Medical College’s psychiatry residency training program, if interested.