Consultation Liaison - Psychiatry - Physician - Mount Sinai Hospital - Manhattan, NY
About the role
The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Full Time Faculty Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist!
The Icahn School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is a vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and trainees committed to discovering the causes of, and better treatments for, mental illness and substance use disorders. We are ranked #6 nationally in NIH funding, and listed as one of the top regional hospital departments by U.S. News & World Report. The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health service line encompasses the clinical psychiatric services at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Queens.
Your responsibilities will be assigned by the Department Chair, and may be altered in response to changing departmental needs.
You will be serving as an Attending Physician on the psychiatry Consultation Liaison service where you will be primarily responsible for the provision of outpatient and inpatient consultative services for the Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute and also for general inpatient psychiatric consultations for patient admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital.
1. Communication with medical team members to discuss questions/concerns raising need for psychiatric consultation
2. Interviewing patients individually and/or with family members to take a history and evaluate the patient’s mental status in order to help answer the primary treatment team’s questions and/or concerns.
3. Communicate recommendations and/or other psychiatric interventions to primary treatment team, nursing staff, and/or other care providers.
4. Write notes in EPIC in a timely manner to document history, mental status, recommendations and psychiatric interventions
5. Participate in initial psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis of patients across inpatient, Emergency room and outpatient teams as needed
6. Participate in ongoing psychiatric management of patients including but not limited to medication management, psychotherapy, family/couples therapy crisis intervention.
7. Supervise and collaborate with the social workers and care coordinators in Primary Care practices and be the consultant psychiatrist for Collaborative Care programs
MD/DO degree
Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Board certified in Psychiatry
Valid New York State License, DEA and Medicaid number
Compensation range from 250K to 315K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
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Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Physician Recruitment Department
Mount Sinai Health System
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