Emergency Dept. Psychiatrist

Emergency Department Psychiatrist

MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) serving the Dutchess and Ulster County region, is seeking a compassionate, collaborative, and clinically skilled Emergency Department Psychiatrist to join our growing behavioral health services team. In this critical role, you will provide rapid psychiatric assessment, crisis intervention, and treatment planning for patients presenting evenings, overnight and weekends with behavioral health, substance use, and psychiatric emergencies in a fast-paced emergency department environment. You will also respond as needed to behavioral crises on the hospital's inpatient psychiatry service.

As an integral member of the emergency care team, you will work alongside emergency physicians, nurses, and behavioral health clinicians to ensure safe, timely, and effective care for some of our community's most vulnerable patients.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct emergency psychiatric evaluations and risk assessments.
• Manage patients experiencing psychiatric, substance use, and behavioral health crises.
• Provide crisis stabilization, medication management, and treatment recommendations, including for inpatient psychiatric behavioral codes.
• Determine appropriate levels of care, including inpatient admission, observation, outpatient treatment, and community-based services.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe discharge and continuity of care.
• Support quality improvement, patient safety, and behavioral health initiatives.
• Participate in the development of innovative psychiatric emergency services.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO from an accredited institution.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
• Unrestricted New York State medical license (or eligibility).
• Completion of an accredited Psychiatry Residency Program.
• Experience in emergency psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, crisis services, or related behavioral health settings preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment, collaboration skills, and commitment to patient-centered care.

Facility Info:

WMCHealth has been a leading provider of comprehensive behavioral health services for the Hudson Valley for more than 90 years. As the region's leading provider of Mental Health and Addictions Treatment Services, we offer a full spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, community, and emergency care for individuals and families. World-renowned medical services provided by Westchester Medical Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, and its other affiliated hospitals, combined with strong clinical leadership from the Department of Psychiatry at New York Medical College, keep WMCHealth's behavioral health programs at the forefront of meeting the needs of those affected by mental illness and substance use disorder.

About Us:

Poughkeepsie is located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, an area surrounded by beautiful mountains as well as the Hudson River, offering an abundance of outdoor activities for residents and visitors alike. Designated as a National Heritage Area, the valley is steeped in history, natural beauty, culture and a burgeoning food and farmer's market scene. The Hudson Valley also boasts excellent public and private schools with a vibrant higher education culture, as the home to several notable institutions such as Vassar College, Marist College, SUNY New Paltz, Bard College and the Culinary Institute of America, among others.

WMCHealth is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits, including paid vacation time, CME, and malpractice insurance
• An academic appointment to New York Medical College, if appropriate
• Collaboration with and support of an integrated team of Behavioral Health professionals

Other:

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Savings Account
• Paid Time Off