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Overview
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is nationally recognized as a leader in innovative models of adult and pediatric mental health care, public and community psychiatry, behavioral health integration, excellence in medical education and research, and an overarching commitment to advancing health equity.
Department Facts
- > 700 staff and faculty including 72 FTE Psychiatrists, 33 FTE Psychologists, and 225 FTE Social Workers and Counselors
- Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein (PRIME): 24 clinical and translational principal investigators
- Over $100 million in annual budgets, across multiple campuses
- Three hospital campuses (Moses, Wakefield, Weiler); two adult inpatient psychiatry units; 15 ambulatory mental health and addiction locations in the Bronx and Westchester, NY
- Adult psychiatry inpatient admissions > 1,050 annually
- Ambulatory mental health visits > 180,000 annually (> 20,000 pediatric, excluding School Health, CERC, and Butler)
- Ambulatory addiction visits > 350,000 annually
- Adult inpatient consultation-liaison visits: > 7,800 annually
- CHAM inpatient consultation-liaison visits: > 1,200 annually
- Emergency psychiatry visits: > 5,800 annually
Education
The Department has a four-year Adult Psychiatry residency program with a total of 48 residents. In addition to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Department’s other ACGME accredited fellowships include Addiction Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Geriatric Psychiatry. The Department also has a fellowship in Public and Community Psychiatry, a highly competitive Psychology Internship with nine interns annually within the Adult, Child, Combined Child/Adult, and Neuropsychology tracks. In recent years, the Department has created five clinical postdoctoral fellowships in health service psychology and three research postdoctoral fellowships in the Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein.
The Department participates actively in undergraduate medical education, including through its involvement in the Nervous System and Human Behavior Course in the second year featuring psychiatry, neurology, and neuroscience, as well as through core clinical rotations, acting internships, and advanced electives in Adult and Child Psychiatry. Interest in psychiatry among medical students is robust with about 10 percent of Einstein’s graduating M.D. and M.D./Ph.D. students choosing to train in psychiatry.
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The Department will launch its first inpatient child and adolescent unit, the Montefiore Einstein Center for Children’s Mental Health (CCMH) in Winter 2025, with 21 beds, to be located across from the Einstein campus on space leased from the OMH within the New York City Children’s Center. This much needed unit will nearly double the number of acute pediatric psychiatry beds in the Bronx, providing state-of-the-art community focused care for youth in the Bronx and region. The new Montefiore Einstein Center for Children’s Mental Health will be a cornerstone within our thriving Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry services and treatments are delivered through a range of Montefiore units, including the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This Division is integral to the Department’s clinical, research, education, and community missions, and benefits from extensive interconnections with the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), Montefiore’s acclaimed School Health Program, the Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP)/Montefiore Medical Group (MMG), the Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Rehabilitation and Evaluation Center (RFK-CERC), the JE and ZB Butler Center for Children and Families, and the New York City Children’s Center (NYCCC) – Bronx Campus.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with departmental leadership, the Director of Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will provide expert and visionary leadership to guide the inaugural launch and development of Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Montefiore Einstein.
- Oversee a multidisciplinary staff including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work and creative arts therapy
- Supervise and work with two board-certified inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry attendings
- Provide direct care to a census of approximately 5-6 patients
- Create a program culture conducive to professional development and well-being
- Work closely with the training program directors, including the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Director, Adult Psychiatry Fellowship Director, and Director of Medical Student Education to support a high quality learning environment
- Work closely with the director of Quality Improvement to advance quality and safety initiatives
- Work with departmental leadership on recruitment and retention of outstanding and diverse clinician staff
- Support a culture that values health equity and excellence in patient care, education, and research, promotes the wellness of staff and trainees, and advances diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Requirements
The position requires a dynamic, passionate, and experienced physician leader who is board certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has a proven track record of effectiveness, collegiality, integrity in leadership roles, and a strong knowledge of the educational, clinical, research, and community missions of a thriving Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership
Administrative and leadership experience in acute pediatric psychiatry care, ideally in multidisciplinary inpatient, intensive outpatient or emergency psychiatry settings. Experience recruiting faculty and staff is also valued.
Academic
A record of outstanding personal accomplishments within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Clinical Expertise
Expertise in the area of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as exemplified through direct patient care, teaching and supervision.
Mentorship
Demonstrated interest in medical education and mentorship, especially for trainees and early-career faculty.
Medical Degree
An M.D. degree and board certifications in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and either licensed or eligible for medical licensure in New York.
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Collaborative Leadership
The successful candidate must possess the requisite leadership skills to foster a collaborative, inter- and multi-disciplinary department in support of the vision of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, and advance the reputation of the department and the quality of the new inpatient program through:
- A track record of working with others to build consensus on key strategic decisions, seeking input, and being an active listener.
- Being visible to multiple constituencies, actively seeking input and feedback and communicating in an open, honest, and direct fashion.
- Being able to effectively process and act on constructive criticism for the betterment of the Division and its key relationships within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and with other departments and programs.
The anticipated range of base salary for this position is $275,000-350,000, as well as signing bonus and leadership bonus opportunities, depending on achievement, experience, and academic rank of the successful candidate.
Inquiries, nominations and/or applications, consisting of a letter of interest and curriculum vitae should be directed in confidence to John C. Pinto, Recruiting Manager at jpinto@montefiore.org .
