Psychiatrist

Psychiatric Provider

Project Renewal is a leading non-profit organization with the mission of building supportive communities where people achieve dignity and independence, renewing their lives with health, homes, and jobs. Our comprehensive and integrated 24/7 programs are designed to offer the holistic care our clients need. With a staff of 950+ and an annual budget of $140 million, Project Renewal is one of the larger social service nonprofits in New York City.

Program: Support and Connection Center

Salary: $200,000 - $210,000

Schedule: 5 Days/week. 35 hours

Program Overview:

The Support and Connection Center (SCC) is a short-term center for individuals, termed guests, referred by NYPD, BHEARD, OnPointNY, and other outside referral sources to be able to meet with social services, behavioral health, and peer support staff. A psychiatric provider at SCC provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and interdisciplinary collaboration for outside referrals for guests staying at the center. A psychiatric provider at SCC is either an MD or DO who reports to the Medical Director and Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services. They also collaborate with the Program Director and Assistant Program Director, as well as the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine and Drug User Health, to provide clinical leadership in interdisciplinary care.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The essential duties of a Psychiatric Provider, Support and Connection Center include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Provides direct clinical support and psychiatric care at SCC through psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Be available for interdisciplinary meetings on the days that they are scheduled clinically at SCC, particularly at the beginning and end of the shift
• Participate in one's own engagement of the guests on site to be able to build a daily caseload
• Collaborates specifically with nurses onsite, providing oversight for help with admissions, as well as triaging medical questions
• Collaborates with other onsite psychiatric providers for ongoing management of guests

• Participates in SCC's ongoing quality assurance and audit processes through SCC's quality assurance coordinator
• Participates in agency-wide Quality Assurance processes, including Incident Review processes, community engagement, Crisis Management and Verbal De-escalation, etc.
• Collaborates and meets regularly with senior management and clinical staff to review relevant changes and policies within SCC

• Provides liaison to regulatory agencies, academic institutions, and to other medical/service agencies when appropriate

Qualifications:

• Medical Doctor Degree
• New York State medical license and registration
• DEA license with buprenorphine training
• BLS Certification
• Experience working with community services, homeless adults preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong team orientation

Project Renewal is an equal opportunity employer. Its long-standing policy has been to embrace the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail), physical or mental disability, age (18 and over), military status, arrest record, marital status, domestic partnership status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.