Associate Director of Psychiatry, Gotham Health: Gouverneur

Time Expectations

Full-Time;
Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 05:00 PM

The Associate Director of Psychiatry will provide direct patient care, clinical guidance, and collaboration with interdisciplinary team members within Behavioral Health and Ambulatory Medicine settings. The position is fully in-person, with provision of services both in-person and via telehealth, for an adult population. The physician is responsible for all aspects of psychiatric patient care, including safety and quality. The physician will engage within a primary clinical site, providing clinical support and at additional Gotham sites, as directed.

The psychiatrist will provide direct patient care, assessment, medication management, therapy and/or consultation and supervision of treatment, for individuals receiving behavioral health and physical health services. The Associate Director will lead a team of prescribers and other clinical or non‑clinical staff as assigned and function as a member of the Behavioral Health leadership team.

• Provide direct care to patients referred to or assigned to behavioral health services, including best practices for medication management, appropriate and timely care, and comprehensive documentation.
• Complete psychiatric admission assessment, with a focus on comprehensive risk assessment for all new patients, and re‑assessment of patients, in a timely fashion consistent with policy.
• Has or is willing to develop experience in the full range of medication assisted treatment (MAT) options.
• Conduct appropriate outreach and relevant documentation as per policy.
• Complete treatment plan documentation consistent with policy and appropriate to patient's risk level. Partner with interdisciplinary team members to review and approve care plans.
• Participate in and conduct inter‑disciplinary team meetings as per the standard of work and policy.
• Provide crisis intervention when needed through appropriate use of de‑escalation. Provide leadership during outpatient behavioral health crises across the facilities.
• Participate in medical codes, in the clinic, until the Code Team arrives.
• Work with all teams to help patients move through appropriate levels of care.
• Appropriate risk stratification and re‑assessment of risk level.
• Consideration of referrals to community resources like AOT, ACT etc.
• Clinical partnerships and referrals within system, to other Gotham sites.
• Participate in discharge planning and include referrals to alternative levels of care.
• Collaborate and coordinate with primary care and other medical specialists, including practice team members to provide clinical guidance and to secure access to care.
• Participate in clinical work within the Integrated‑Behavioral Health and/or Collaborative Care teams across the Gotham System.
• Participate in and conduct clinical tier reviews, as per policy.
• Other clinical tasks as assigned, and appropriate with license to practice.

In addition to the clinical duties, and at the direction of the Director of Mental Health Services, the Associate Director will have 20% of their effort reserved for supervisory activities related to the prescribing provider staff, including but not limited to:

• Provide supervisory oversight to clinical team members, including but not limited to Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, and Psychologists.
• Participation in conducting clinical staff meetings, orienting and mentoring physicians and mid-level providers and ensuring clinical staff is continually trained and supervised and that activities of medical staff are coordinated with other operating units of the organization.
• Supervision of all prescribing provider staff, including performing new hire…