Psychiatrist

The Children's Village•Dobbs Ferry, NY

8d•$0 - $258,622•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a part-time position that will be divided between a residential treatment center in Dobbs Ferry, NY, and an outpatient foster care clinic in Bronx or Harlem, NY. The role involves conducting comprehensive, trauma-focused psychiatric assessments of children and adolescents, developing clinical formulations, and creating individualized, evidence-based treatment plans. Responsibilities include providing ongoing psychiatric care, medication management, collaborating with clinical teams, participating in case conferences, maintaining documentation, supporting caregivers, and managing crisis treatment situations. The position also includes on-call coverage and regular supervision/case discussions with other psychiatry providers.

Requirements

Medical licensure in New York State.
Completed psychiatry residency.
Completed child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship.
ABPN board certified or board eligibility in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Knowledge in child development.
Knowledge in psychiatric assessment.
Knowledge in psychopharmacotherapy.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive, trauma-focused psychiatric assessments of children and adolescents, incorporating developmental, psychosocial, and family system perspectives.
Develop clear clinical formulations that integrate trauma history, attachment patterns, environmental stressors, and psychiatric presentation.
Create individualized, evidence-based treatment plans that may include psychotherapy recommendations, psychopharmacology, and supportive interventions.
Communicate assessment findings and treatment plans effectively to children, caregivers, and the broader clinical team in a developmentally appropriate and accessible manner.
Provide ongoing psychiatric care, including medication management when indicated, with follow-up appointments at a minimum of once per month or more frequently based on clinical need.
Collaborate with caseworkers, therapists, psychologists, and other agency staff to ensure coordinated, trauma-informed care.
Participate in case conferences, team meetings, and treatment planning discussions.
Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation in accordance with agency, state, and federal regulations.
Support caregivers in understanding diagnoses, treatment approaches, and behavioral strategies.
Promote a strengths-based, culturally responsive, and family-centered approach to care.
In crisis treatment situations, ascertains whether or not a child needs psychiatric hospitalization or other type of special psychiatric treatment and coordinates such special treatment plan with the community hospital or agency.
Provides on-call coverage for after hours via telephone on a rotating schedule with other psychiatry providers in department.
Meets with Chief Psychiatrist and/or Medical Director on a regularly scheduled basis for supervision.
Meets on a regularly scheduled basis with other Psychiatrists to for case discussions.