Director MICU - Critical Care Physician

Mount Sinai Medical Center is seeking a Pulmonary Hypertension specialist and Critical Care physician to join its Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. This faculty position involves providing state-of-the-art critical care, contributing to research and training programs, and teaching students and trainees. The role offers an opportunity to join a leading Critical Care Organization and advance personalized, cutting-edge approaches for patients with respiratory disease and critical illness.

Practice Info

• The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine has a stellar history in lung disease, clinical care, and research.
• The Institute for Critical Care Medicine (ICCM) at Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation's leading Critical Care Organizations and hosts one of the largest Critical Care Training Programs in North America.
• ICCM oversees all aspects of critical care within the Health System, including clinical, operational, research, and educational endeavors.
• ICCM fosters collaboration to meet the goals of delivering exceptional patient care and advancing critical care as a discipline.
• The role includes an appointment as Professor in the Department of Medicine and membership in the Institute for Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide state-of-the-art, evidence-based critical care at Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) by investigating, diagnosing, and treating acutely ill patients, including performing bedside treatments and procedures.
• Serve as a full-time intensivist with clinical duties, contributing to 24/7 intensivist coverage across Mount Sinai Health System.
• Write detailed medical records for all critical care services and procedures and submit to Charge Capture in a timely manner.
• Achieve an annual work-relative value unit (wRVU) target based on billable critical care services and procedures.
• Participate in clinical continuing education courses and workshops to expand competency in treatment and procedures.
• Provide administrative leadership for the MICU, including faculty development and coverage schedule development.
• Participate in research activities, including clinical trials and drafting manuscripts for academic journals, with initiatives being clinical and data-driven.
• Teach and mentor critical care fellows, attend fellow conferences, and give lectures.

Compensation

• Compensation range from $350,000 to $450,000 (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits).
• May qualify for a productivity bonus if the wRVUs generated exceed your annual target.
• Opportunity to work extra shifts for additional compensation once minimum monthly requirements are achieved.
• Payment for each additional service will be made in a lump sum within 60 days of your service if the faculty attestation form is submitted timely.
• Achieve several individual and team-based metrics for patient care which align with ICCM's quality incentive.

Shift & Schedule

• 0.80 clinical FTE critical care faculty responsible for 10.4 shifts per month with a combination of day and night shifts.
• Monthly shift count will be allocated according to your critical care clinical effort.

Requirements

• Commitment to teaching and mentoring the critical care fellows.
• Engagement in scholarly activities (at least two, within every 3 years), including presentations, publications, grand rounds, serving on professional committees, or creating curricula.
• Participation in ACGME-required faculty development programs, including registration and attendance at the annual Mount Sinai GME meeting and completion of GME snippet.
• Contribute to ongoing fellowship program assessment and improvement by completing fellow rotation evaluations, participating in biannual faculty meetings, and participating in the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC).