Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist at Phelps Memorial Hospital

Northwell Health’s Department of Behavioral Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist to join our Behavioral Health team at Phelps Hospital. We are recruiting for a highly motivated Practitioner who has outstanding clinical and interpersonal skills and is able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team. This position has the possibility of being converted to a leadership opportunity for a qualified candidate.

This is a truly unique opportunity to join the inpatient team at Phelps Hospital – a 22-bed Inpatient Psychiatric Unit which provides acute and around-the-clock care to patients 18 years old and older. Our care team is multidisciplinary, consisting of two psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers and occupational therapists.  General medical care is provided to the patients by the Hospitalist service.   In addition to the usual psychopharmacological therapies, Electroconvulsive Therapy is available at the hospital.

Phelps Memorial is a 238-bed community hospital situated on a scenic 70-acre campus along the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, NY, just 40 minutes to NYC. Phelps offers one of the broadest ranges of community hospital services in Westchester. Patients benefit from distinguished physicians, many of whom are pioneers in their field, offering the most advanced procedures using the latest technology. With over 1,700 employees, we are one of the largest employers in Westchester County.  The hospital has an OMH-licensed 22-bed inpatient psychiatric unit as well as an OASAS-licensed 20-bed inpatient chemical dependence rehabilitation unit.  There is an OMH-licensed outpatient Clinic as well as a Continuing Day Treatment Program.  An OASAS-licensed outpatient chemical dependence unit which provides Day Rehabilitation as well as Clinic level services is co-located at the OMH Clinic site.  The hospital also has a Care Management program which supports our patients.

Benefits at Northwell Health include:

• Nationally competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Four weeks’ vacation plus paid conference/CME time
• Academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• Advanced education opportunities
• College Tuition reimbursement for dependent children

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Experience a career well cared for and make a difference in the lives of our community.

Northwell Health is committed to training, supporting and nurturing physicians from all backgrounds. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being.

Diversity and inclusion permeate our educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make sure every one of our physicians receive training on how to deliver high quality, culturally competent care. Our recent educational areas of focus have been on social determinants of health, community engagement and developing a medical-legal partnership for our physicians-in-training. One of our many strengths is our diverse patient population and our expectation is that our diverse patient populations receive equitable care, irrespective of who they are. As a result, we continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patients.

Qualified candidates should forward their CV to Alice Perkins at  Show Contact Details .