New York State Office of Mental Health

Duties Description

South Beach Psychiatric Center (SBPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting Board Certified or Board Eligible Psychiatrists to join its Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team located in Brooklyn, NY. The ACT team is a mobile multi-disciplinary team that provides comprehensive, community-based psychiatric care. The goal of the ACT team is to maintain evidence-based and culturally sensitive care for the individual in their natural environment and reduce demand on emergency departments and inpatient hospital services.

As a Psychiatrist at SBPC, you will provide comprehensive, patient centered, and recovery focused treatments to individuals with mental illness including:

• Conducting comprehensive psychiatric assessments and patient admissions
• Creating treatment plans including medication management
• Obtaining and reviewing appropriate laboratory tests and consulting with members of treatment team as needed
• Providing individual and group psychotherapy
• Meeting in-person with ACT Team patients to provide care directly to individuals in their homes and communities
• Collaborating with Team Leader to monitor treatment and provide clinical supervision
  
  

About SBPC:

SBPC offers a comprehensive continuum of behavioral health services to adults with serious mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances living in Brooklyn and Staten Island. SBPC is a teaching site for psychiatry residents from Richmond University Medical Center and New York University.

SBPC provides recovery-oriented and patient-centered behavioral health treatment to 3,500 individuals. Their inpatient facility provides care to approximately 335 patients, including units devoted to children and adolescents and medically complex patients. SBPC’s network of community services is comprised of Transitional Living Residences, outpatient clinics in Brooklyn and Staten Island, Children and Youth Day Treatment, MIT and ACT teams and specialized treatment programs serving LGBTQ+ clients and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) patients.

The hospital is uniquely situated to offer candidates convenient access from Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and other boroughs of NY as well as NJ, including Jersey Shore, Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, and beyond. Both locations on Staten Island and Brooklyn, offer an opportunity to move to a place where you and your family could discover an exceptional work-life balance, vibrant community, safe environment and top schools for children, ability to enjoy the cultural perks of NYC, diverse dining options, nearby parks, scenic trails, and other community green spaces.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (HELPS) program if they have:

Psychiatrist 1: License and current registration to practice medicine in New York State, and completion of a training program in psychiatry approved by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

Psychiatrist 2: License and current registration to practice medicine in New York State, and certification in psychiatry approved by the ABPN.

OR

Candidates from within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

Additional Comments

Psychiatrists at OMH facilities are eligible for:

• 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
• Defense and Indemnification Protection- broader in scope than typical medical malpractice coverage
• OMH sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program
  
  

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

• Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
• Generous paid time off
• NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
• NYS Retirement programs – NYS Pension and Deferred Compensation
  
  

Background checks will be required.

This position is eligible for a Downstate Adjustment of $4,150.

NOTE:

• 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.
• License and Certification: Loss of license or limited permit to practice medicine in New York State or board certification, if required, may result in removal from your position.