Psychiatrist 2 - ACT Team (NY HELPS),Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, P26240

Duties Description

Pilgrim Psychiatric Center (PPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting a Board-Certified Psychiatrist to serve as the Clinical Lead on their Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team. The ACT team provides comprehensive care that is community-based and occurs in the individual’s home. The goal of the ACT team is to maintain care to the individual in their natural environment and reduce demand on emergency departments and inpatient hospital services. This position is based out of PPC’s Patchogue, NY clinic.

As a Psychiatrist on the ACT Team, you will have an approximate caseload of 68 patients who reside in Patchogue, NY and the surrounding area and will provide comprehensive, patient centered, and recovery focused treatments to individuals, including:

• Meeting with clients daily and participating in ACT Team morning meeting
• Conducting comprehensive psychiatric assessments
• Creating treatment plans including medication management
• Providing crisis response and intervention
• Monitoring Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) patients and responding to AOT orders
• Providing Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment
• Teaching Psychiatry Residents
• Supervising Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners at the Yaphank clinic
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Psychiatrist 2, SG-38:

Salary: $261,361

License and current registration to practice medicine in New York State AND certification in general psychiatry by the ABPN.

Limited Permit Option: You may be eligible for appointment to Psychiatrist 2 if you have licensure in another state or Canada AND a current limited permit to practice medicine in New York State. If appointed, you must obtain your license within one year of the date your limited permit was issued. Failure to do so will result in removal from your position.

Additional Comments

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

• NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Access to tuition assistance programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
• Paid time off – 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs
  
  

Background checks will be required.

Additional Comments:

This position is eligible for a down state adjustment of $4,000.

NOTE:

• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• If appointed you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.
• License and Certification: Loss of license or limited permit to practice medicine in New York State or board certification, if required, may result in removal from your position.