Zucker Hillside Hospital/Northwell Health is seeking two full-time attending psychiatrists for its expanding Division of Interventional Psychiatry: an Associate Director and a Staff Psychiatrist. These roles offer the opportunity to work within one of the country's largest ECT programs, with services also including ketamine/esketamine administration and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). The positions involve clinical care, teaching, and research opportunities within a renowned academic behavioral health facility.
Practice Info
- The Division of Interventional Psychiatry oversees one of the largest ECT programs in the country.
- Services include ketamine/esketamine administration and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
- Zucker Hillside Hospital is a 236-bed behavioral health facility.
- Inpatient services include units dedicated to adolescent, college-aged, adult, geriatric, and women's (perinatal psychiatry) populations.
- Outpatient programs serve all ages and encompass a full continuum of care, including specialized centers for bipolar, peripartum depression, OCD, early onset psychosis, college-aged patients, clozapine, long-acting injectables, children and adolescents, adolescent eating disorders, and geriatric patients.
Responsibilities
- Oversee, co-direct, and manage all activities of a well-established ECT service (Associate Director).
- Participate in diverse aspects of other interventional psychiatry modalities.
- Evaluate inpatients and outpatients with complex psychiatric diagnoses.
- Communicate with referring providers.
- Assess patient appropriateness for different interventions.
- Formulate treatment plans and deliver assigned interventional treatment.
- Supervise trainees (residents, medical students, and others).
- Collaborate in research initiatives.
Shift & Schedule
- Full Time
Requirements
- MD/DO (or foreign equivalent) with Board Eligibility or Board Certification in Adult Psychiatry.
- Eligibility for New York State medical license.
- For the Associate Director, a minimum of two years of demonstrated experience and expertise in ECT service delivery is ideal.
- Experience with additional interventional psychiatry modalities is preferred.