Psychiatrist Weekend

Pilgrim Psychiatric Center (PPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting Board Certified or Board Eligible Psychiatrists to serve as the Clinical Leads of multidisciplinary treatment teams. Positions are available in PPC’s inpatient units located on the main campus in West Brentwood, NY.

As a Psychiatrist at PPC, you will provide comprehensive, patient centered, and recovery focused treatments to individuals with mental illness 18 year of age or older; including:

Conducting comprehensive psychiatric assessments and patient admissions

Creating treatment plans including medication management

Obtaining and reviewing appropriate laboratory tests and consulting with members of treatment team as needed

Providing individual and group psychotherapy

Supervising Psychiatric Residents and Fellows

About PPC

PPC serves the complex psychiatric needs of persons with mental illness in Nassau and Suffolk County. PPC has a recovery-oriented treatment philosophy and provides a wide array of services including behavioral modalities, animal assisted therapy, and ECT. PPC is affiliated with several academic institutions and provides clinical training to Psychiatric Residents and Fellows.

If you would like to join PPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, the following benefits and opportunities are offered:

Psychiatrist Loan Repayment Program offering up to $120,000

Supplemental income of up to 50% of salary by volunteering to provide evening, night, and weekend coverage

Defense and Indemnification Protection- broader in scope than typical medical malpractice coverage

OMH sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program

Professional leave for additional learning activities

Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth

Generous paid time off

NYS Retirement programs – NYS Pension and Deferred Compensation

Minimum Qualifications

Psychiatrist 1: License and current registration to practice medicine in New York State, and completion of a training program in psychiatry approved by the ABPN.

Psychiatrist 2: License and current registration to practice medicine in New York State, and certification in psychiatry approved by the ABPN.

Additional Comments

Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply.

OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

In order to be hired and to maintain your employment, candidates cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists. If appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists, you may be terminated from your employment.

Background checks are required.

This position is eligible for a Downstate Adjustment of $4,000.

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