Psychiatrist - Outpatient

GOTHAM - East New York - Brooklyn, NY 11207

Salary Range: $ - $ per year

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Job Shift: 1

Category: Physician

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding an Outpatient Psychiatrist to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham-East New York
. The Center of Excellence is part of the Gotham Health Clinics
. The goal of this community-based practice is to provide outpatient services to patients as well as short and long-term follow-up care.

The Mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

As one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the country, Gotham Health is dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable care to everyone regardless of ability to pay or immigration status. At each of our Gotham Health sites, we focus on a person-centered caring culture that values delivering compassionate, quality health care in partnership with our patients, community organizations, and staff.

East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Center proudly hosts two behavioral health specialty teams, our licensed Article 31 Behavioral Health Practice and an Assertive Community Treatment Team. Located in a newly refurbished clinical space, our BH practice treats underserved New Yorkers with complex psychiatric and medical presentations. Our team provides interdisciplinary intensive care to improve individuals’ quality of life, increase community tenure, and reduce the need for inpatient care.

The attending psychiatrist is the clinical lead of the outpatient team and is responsible for all aspects of patient care on the team, including safety and quality. The attending psychiatrist will provide direct patient care, and clinical oversight and supervision to the behavioral health outpatient practice.

Outpatient BH team.

• Provide direct care to patients assigned, including appropriate and timely care and documentation.
• Complete admission assessment, with a focus on comprehensive risk assessment for all new intakes, and re-assessment of patients in a timely fashion consistent with policy.
• Conduct appropriate outreach and relevant documentation as per policy.
• Complete treatment plan documentation consistent with policy and appropriate to patient’s risk level.
• Participate in and conduct inter-disciplinary team meetings as per the standard of work and policy. Participate and conduct tier reviews as per policy.
• Ensure appropriate use of de-escalation, and participate and provide leadership in outpatient behavioral codes.
• Participate in medical codes in the clinic until the Code Team arrives.
• Work with all teams to help patients move through appropriate level of care
  • Appropriate risk stratification and re-assessment of risk level.
  • Consideration of referrals to community resources like AOT, ACT etc.
  • Participate in discharge planning and include referrals to alternative levels of care.
• Collaborate and coordinate with primary care and other medical specialists.

• Provide supervisory oversight to clinical team members, including but not limited to Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and others.

• Participate in Performance, Quality Assurance, and management projects.
• May participate in and/or facilitate collaborative case conference, team meeting, and high-risk patient committees for review of quality of care and guidance towards best-practices.
• May participate in incident review committee and Root Cause Analysis committee.
• Responsible for submitting, reporting,…