NYU Langone Health
Medical Director Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Services-Woodhull
The Medical Director provides strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for all Adult Ambulatory Behavioral Health services, overseeing clinical quality, regulatory compliance, fiscal stewardship, workforce development, and service line growth. This role collaborates with hospital leadership, NYU faculty, OMH stakeholders, and community partners to advance integrated behavioral health models and population health strategies for serious mental illness.
Key Responsibilities
- • Provide vision and direction for the Adult Ambulatory Mental Health service line.
- • Develop and operationalize strategic initiatives aligned with NYC Health + Hospitals system priorities.
- • Expand and strengthen integrated behavioral health models across primary care.
- • Advance population health strategies for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI/SPMI).
- • Ensure fiscal awareness and productivity metrics being measured and reported.
- • Oversee clinical standards of care across all adult ambulatory programs.
- • Ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and patient-centered care delivery.
- • Supervise program directors, attending psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, and multidisciplinary staff.
- • Promote trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and equity-driven care models.
- • Ensure compliance with NYS OMH regulations, Joint Commission standards, CMS requirements, and NYC H+H policies.
- • Oversee audit readiness and corrective action plans.
- • Review and revise clinical policies and procedures as required.
- • Ensure delivery of comprehensive rehabilitative services for MHOTRS.
- • Monitor documentation compliance and billing integrity for MHOTRS.
- • Provide clinical oversight of ACT team operations.
- • Ensure fidelity to ACT model standards.
- • Oversee high-risk population management strategies for ACT.
- • Partner with Primary Care leadership to strengthen co-located and collaborative care models.
- • Develop workflows to enhance access and continuity in Integrated Behavioral Health.
- • Be accountable for quality metrics, access benchmarks, productivity standards, and patient satisfaction goals.
- • Lead quality improvement initiatives.
- • Monitor fiscal performance and revenue cycle optimization.
- • Recruit, mentor, and retain high-quality faculty.
- • Support leadership development among junior psychiatrists.
- • Maintain academic engagement through NYU affiliation.
- • Foster a culture of accountability and clinical excellence.
Required
- • MD or DO degree
- • Board Certification in Psychiatry
- • Eligible for unrestricted New York State medical license
- • Minimum 5 years of clinical experience in ambulatory psychiatry
Preferred
- • Minimum 3 years of leadership experience preferred
- • Experience with SMI populations and community-based care models strongly preferred
- • Experience with OMH-licensed programs preferred
- • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
Benefits & Perks
- • Base Salary Range: $300,000 – $320,000 (commensurate with experience)
- • 403B and 457 retirement plans with 10% employer contribution (no match required)
- • Annual CME allowance ($3,000–$3,500) plus one week paid CME time
- • Revenue-sharing incentive between $25,000-$35,000 annually based on productivity and compliance metrics
- • 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays
- • Full NYU benefits package (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- • NYU Faculty Appointment
- • Tuition remission for employees and dependents
- • Loan repayment eligibility (up to $120,000 through OMH/BH4NYC programs)
- • Malpractice coverage fully provided
- • Visa sponsorship available
182758 Job ID: 182758
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Medical Center, a major academic affiliate of NYU Grossman School of Medicine located in Brooklyn, NY, is seeking a dynamic and visionary Medical Director of Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Services.
The Medical Director will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for all Adult Ambulatory Behavioral Health services, including:
The Medical Director reports to the Deputy- Chief of Psychiatry and Chief of Psychiatry and works collaboratively with hospital leadership, NYU faculty leadership, OMH stakeholders, and community partners.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
MHOTRS
Accountable For
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Medical Center, a major academic affiliate of NYU Grossman School of Medicine located in Brooklyn, NY, is seeking a dynamic and visionary Medical Director of Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Services.
The Medical Director will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for all Adult Ambulatory Behavioral Health services, including:
- Adult Outpatient Psychiatry
- ACT (Assertive Community Treatment)
- Integrated Behavioral Health within Primary Care
- Specialty ambulatory psychiatric programs
- Bridge to Home
The Medical Director reports to the Deputy- Chief of Psychiatry and Chief of Psychiatry and works collaboratively with hospital leadership, NYU faculty leadership, OMH stakeholders, and community partners.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Provide vision and direction for the Adult Ambulatory Mental Health service line.
- Develop and operationalize strategic initiatives aligned with NYC Health + Hospitals system priorities.
- Expand and strengthen integrated behavioral health models across primary care.
- Advance population health strategies for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI/SPMI).
- Ensure fiscal awareness and productivity metrics being measured and reported
- Oversee clinical standards of care across all adult ambulatory programs.
- Ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and patient-centered care delivery.
- Supervise program directors, attending psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, and multidisciplinary staff.
- Promote trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and equity-driven care models.
- Ensure compliance with:
- NYS OMH regulations
- Joint Commission standards
- CMS requirements
- NYC H+H policies
- Oversee audit readiness and corrective action plans.
- Review and revise clinical policies and procedures as required.
MHOTRS
- Ensure delivery of comprehensive rehabilitative services.
- Monitor documentation compliance and billing integrity.
- Provide clinical oversight of ACT team operations.
- Ensure fidelity to ACT model standards.
- Oversee high-risk population management strategies.
- Partner with Primary Care leadership to strengthen co-located and collaborative care models.
- Develop workflows to enhance access and continuity.
Accountable For
- Quality metrics
- Access benchmarks
- Productivity standards
- Patient satisfaction goals
- Lead quality improvement initiatives.
- Monitor fiscal performance and revenue cycle optimization.
- Recruit, mentor, and retain high-quality faculty.
- Support leadership development among junior psychiatrists.
- Maintain academic engagement through NYU affiliation.
- Foster a culture of accountability and clinical excellence.
- MD or DO degree
- Board Certification in Psychiatry
- Eligible for unrestricted New York State medical license
- Minimum 5 years of clinical experience in ambulatory psychiatry
- Minimum 3 years of leadership experience preferred
- Experience with SMI populations and community-based care models strongly preferred
- Experience with OMH-licensed programs preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
- Base Salary Range: $300,000 – $320,000 (commensurate with experience)
- 403B and 457 retirement plans with 10% employer contribution (no match required)
- Annual CME allowance ($3,000–$3,500) plus one week paid CME time
- Revenue-sharing incentive between $25,000-$35,000 annually based on productivity and compliance metrics
- 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays
- Full NYU benefits package (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- NYU Faculty Appointment
- Tuition remission for employees and dependents
- Loan repayment eligibility (up to $120,000 through OMH/BH4NYC programs)
- Malpractice coverage fully provided
- Visa sponsorship available
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