Staff Physician - Correctional Health Services (Float) (29953)

Staff Physician - Correctional Health Services (Float)

CHS - Astoria, NY Start Date 05/12/2026

Overview

Salary Range $103.37 - $103.37 Hourly Position Type Regular Full-Time Category Physician

Description

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY) for The Division of Correctional Health Services (CHS) of New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) is responsible for the delivery of medical care, mental health care, and discharge planning in the jail system. Approximately 25% of new admissions per year to the NYC jail system will receive care on the mental health service. This service strives to provide safe, holistic and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for the diverse range of mental health issues that face the population, from serious mental illness to the natural struggles that accompany incarceration. The service provides some of the most comprehensive and unique treatment modalities in the country, including specialty housing units for individuals with serious mental illness, a 24-hour on-call psychiatric service, robust creative arts programming, a strong DBT training program, clinics in each of the facilities, substance use treatment, integrated re-entry services, and relationships with multiple training institutions throughout the city.

Staff physicians provide primary care to patients in jail-based clinics, perform intake evaluation and treatment and provide emergency care with the support of Emergency Medicine physicians.

The healthcare system is a single-payer system that requires no physician time dedicated to billing. No administrative work is expected outside of work hours, promoting career/life balance.

Physicians work as part of a care delivery team with strong administrative support staff, integrated nursing and mental health.

Responsibilities:

• Completes comprehensive histories and physicals on all new admissions.
• Diagnoses and treats acute and chronic illness.
• Evaluates the need for consult services and submitting the prioritized consult when indicated.
• Reviews all on island/off-island specialty consult clinic and hospital returns.
• Evaluates the recommendations to ensure that the standard of care is met and implements the recommendations of the consultant.
• Responds to emergencies and fire drills on a priority basis and in a timely and professional manner.
• Be familiar with performance indicators (P.I.) and taking appropriate measures to comply with these standards.
• Requests radiology exams, lab-tests, and EKG's when indicated and interpreting these results in conjunction with the patient's clinical status.
• Notifying Urgicare for 3 hour/EMS runs.
• Generates medical modifications as needed.
• Maintains clinical competency by reviewing CHS protocols, current medical literature and C.M.E.'s.
• Provides clinical supervision for P.A.'s/N.P.'s which includes co-signing of notes and medication orders.
• Ensures that standard of care is maintained.
• Adheres to policies and procedures of CHS and be familiar with them by reviewing them as needed.
• Attends all mandatory in-services.
• Complies with and maintaining Employee Health requirements.

This position will be on various locations on Rikers Island

Schedule: Full-time, Float

Qualifications

• Registered to practice medicine in the State of New York and have Federal DEA, BCLS or ACLS, and Infection Control Certification.
• Medical Specialty License or Certification.
• Board certified or Board Eligible in Specified Area of Medical Specialty.
• 3 to 5 years of directly related experience, which include residency in a directly related medical specialty.
• Familiar with EHR.

Wage and Benefits include:

• Competitive compensation package.
• Medical, Prescription, and Dental Coverage starting day one: Top-tier plans with employee contributions significantly below market rates.
• Generous Annual Paid Time Off (PTO): Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Personal and CME days.
• Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Reimbursement.
• Eligibility for loan forgiveness through the National Student Debt Forgiveness Center.
• Medical Malpractice Coverage (equivalent to occurrence-based): Provided at no cost to the employee.
• Visa candidates are considered.

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY) mission is to provide accountable, responsive, quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of the diverse population that lives in our New York community. PAGNY is one of the largest physician groups in the country and directly employs nearly 4,000 physicians and allied health professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal health care system in the nation serving more than a million New Yorkers annually. Our providers are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and equitable hiring practices. We are dedicated to fostering a respectful and supportive workplace where everyone is valued. All candidates are considered based on their individual qualifications, potential, and experience.

To learn more about our culture and ongoing workplace practices, please visit our Workplace Culture | PAGNY page.

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