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Location

Staten Island, NY | United States

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Job description

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The New York Foundling is the city’s premiere provider of evidence based mental health services in the public sector. In our East Harlem community mental health clinic (article 31), the Home of Integrated Behavioral Health; in our four integrated medical and mental health clinics for youth in foster care; in our school-based mental health programs; and in our in-home therapy programs throughout the five boroughs, we provide a wide range of evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment models and services tailored to the needs of families, and regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

 

The Department of Specialized Clinical and Psychiatric Services consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and administrators working within our five clinics and utilizing models including Trauma-Focused CBT, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma Systems Therapy, CBT for anxiety and depression, and specialized individual and family therapy for LGBTQIA+ clients, among others. We work in multidisciplinary teams with low caseloads, high support, and data-driven operations.

 

Position Description: 

The Psychiatrist is responsible for the provision of comprehensive psychiatric care to clients in the SCPS clinics as assigned, including Foster Care Mental Health clinics. This position has flexible, hybrid-model scheduling, with the Psychiatrist working 60% time in the office, and on average one day per month in our Staten Island Clinic. Reports to the SVP of Mental Health.

• Psychiatric screening and comprehensive evaluation of children, adolescents, and adults in designated programs
• Psychotherapeutic intervention including psychopharmacologic management and monitoring
• Clinical consultation/collaboration with internal and external health and mental health practitioners
• Interdisciplinary training for staff, clients, parents and foster parents as assigned
• Direct clinical consultation for routine and crisis management for assigned population
• Coordination, collaboration and communication with families, childcare and social service professionals responsible for the care of assigned population
• Review of all health documents submitted to the agency regarding assigned mental health clinic patient population
• Participation in treatment team, care planning, dispositional and other conferences to ensure continuity of care
• Documentation of all service provision, reports, medical forms, Treatment Plans, and other required health documents correctly, completely, and in a timely fashion as required
• Make appropriate referrals to internal/external ancillary mental health practitioners
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in child psychiatry as they relate to children and adolescents in foster care through continuous review of the literature and through utilization of the time allotted for continuing education
• Provide On-Call coverage during Clinic After Hours as required
• Other duties as required.

Board Certified in General Psychiatry

New York State Licensed Physician

 

Other Requirements :

• Board Eligible or Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Computer literacy
• Minimum of 2 years clinical psychiatric experience in a multidisciplinary setting
• Knowledge or interest in caring for the child welfare population
• Ability to travel within the 5 Boroughs

Salary Range $95,000 – $105,000/year

License/Certification Required
Yes

License/Certification
Physician
Master’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution

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