Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Full Time Faculty Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist to join the Icahn School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. In this role, you will serve as an Attending Physician providing outpatient and inpatient consultative services for the Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute and general inpatient psychiatric consultations at The Mount Sinai Hospital. You will work within a vibrant academic community committed to outstanding patient care, cutting-edge research, and medical education.

Practice Info

• Mount Sinai Health System behavioral health service line encompassing clinical psychiatric services at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Queens
• Psychiatry Consultation Liaison service

Shift & Schedule

• Full time

Responsibilities

• Communication with medical team members to discuss questions/concerns raising need for psychiatric consultation
• 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
• Communicate recommendations and/or other psychiatric interventions to primary treatment team, nursing staff, and/or other care providers
• Write notes in EPIC in a timely manner to document history, mental status, recommendations and psychiatric interventions
• Participate in initial psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis of patients across inpatient, Emergency room and outpatient teams as needed
• Participate in ongoing psychiatric management of patients including but not limited to medication management, psychotherapy, family/couples therapy crisis intervention
• Supervise and collaborate with the social workers and care coordinators in Primary Care practices and be the consultant psychiatrist for Collaborative Care programs

Compensation

• $250,000 to $315,000

Qualifications

• MD/DO degree
• Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Board certified in Psychiatry
• Valid New York State License, DEA and Medicaid number