Job Description

New York City Children’s Center (NYCCC) an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting a Board-Certified Children & Adolescent Psychiatrist with a strong commitment to clinical excellence and medical education to join their teaching unit as an attending at NYCCC’s Bronx campus located at 1300 Waters Place, Bronx NY.

Psychiatrists on the teaching unit are part of a multi-disciplinary team providing intermediate level care to youth ages 5-18 with complex emotional and behavioral needs in an inpatient setting. The Psychiatrist will participate in teaching and supervision of child psychiatry fellows and trainees through NYCCC’s academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Child and Adolescent Psychiatry program. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Managing a caseload of 13-15 patients on a specialized child and adolescent inpatient unit.
• Collaborating with a treatment team including psychologists, social workers, nurses, educators and recreation therapists.
• Providing diagnostic clarification, complex medication management, crisis stabilization, and therapeutic planning.
• Participating in case conferences, didactics, and clinical supervision.

About NYCCC

NYCCC is a multi-faceted community-based psychiatric center providing behavioral health services to children and adolescents the greater New York City area. With campuses in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, NYCCC provides a variety of inpatient and community services including Day Treatment Programs, Behavioral Health Clinics, Mobile Integration Team (MIT), Community Residences, and Peer Advocacy Services. All programs are fully integrated which allows NYCCC to provide a full continuum of care to the children and adolescents they serve.

If you would like to join NYCCC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer the following benefits and opportunities:

• Psychiatrist Loan Repayment Program offering up to $120,000
• Supplemental income of up to 50% of salary by volunteering to provide evening, night, and weekend coverage
• May be eligible for academic appointment through a partnering institution
• OMH sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program
• Professional leave for additional learning activities
• Public Officers Law §17 defense and indemnification protection - broader in scope than typical medical malpractice coverage
• Generous medical, dental, and vision insurance options with competitive employee contribution rates
• Defined-benefit pension and deferred-compensation (457b) retirement plans
• Paid vacations, holidays, personal days and sick leave

M inimum Qualifications:

• Psychiatrist 2 Children & Youth
• Licensed and currently registered to practice medicine in NYS and
• Board Certification in general psychiatry by the ABPN and
• Board Certification in child and adolescent psychiatry by the ABPN.

Additional Comments

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

If appointed you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.

Background checks will be required.

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