Deputy Director of Psychiatry, Correctional Health Services

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, and correctional health services. We are a home care agency and a health plan, Metro Plus. Our health system provides essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs.

Our diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees are uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services is one of the nation’s leading correctional health care systems in quality of and innovations to care, and access from pre-arraignment through compassionate release. In-jail services include medical, nursing, mental health, substance use treatment, social work, dental and vision care, discharge planning, and reentry support. In addition to providing direct patient care in the jails, CHS leverages the resources of the nation’s largest municipal health care system to help discharged patients successfully return to their communities.

CHS is also a pivotal partner in New York City’s criminal justice reform efforts.

This full-time position reports to the Medical Director of Mental Health in the Division of Correctional Health Services and is responsible for the clinical oversight, management, supervision, and innovative development of the clinical staff in the jail facilities in New York City. The Deputy Director of Psychiatry will focus on the daily operations of the Psychiatric service and assist the Medical Director in supporting the professional development of the Senior and Supervising Psychiatrists and Psychiatric providers in each of the facilities.

The Deputy Director of Psychiatry will also work in close collaboration with other managers of the Mental Health service to ensure that a mission-driven, high quality, and innovative standard of psychiatric care is provided to patients with varying levels of mental health needs. A team-based approach to care that incorporates all relevant mental health and medical disciplines as well as security staff is critical to this role.

A major component of this position is training, recruitment, and retention of high-quality staff and provision of strong leadership and mentorship for existing staff.

• Promote the highest possible quality of Psychiatric care for incarcerated patients through supervision and education of staff, participation in quality improvement and safety initiatives, development of workflows and policies, and management of psychiatric personnel.
• Collaborate with the Medical Director, Senior and Supervising Psychiatrists, and other Mental Health managers to assist in the design, implementation, ongoing review, and monitoring of relevant clinical procedures, policies, and operating manuals.
• Assist the Medical Director with clinical supervision of relevant psychiatric providers, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and psychiatric physician assistants.
• Develop and utilize tools of clinical surveillance to ensure consistent high-quality psychiatric care by psychiatric providers across facilities.
• Develop and implement staff trainings and other educational measures to promote consistent performance and standards of clinical excellence among psychiatric staff.
• Assist the Medical Director with personnel management of clinical staff, including setting quality standards, establishing effective recruitment and retention strategies, monitoring and ensuring staff efficiency, and managing workforce complaints.
• When necessary, implement performance improvement plans and disciplinary action for staff, including assisting Senior and Supervising Psychiatrists with this process.
• Educate clinical staff about new developments regarding best practices in all aspects of psychiatric care, with specific attention to the challenges and issues facing jail settings (e.g., influence of legal case, dual loyalty, medication diversion).
• Ensure service-wide compliance with all regulatory…