JOB DESCRIPTION

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Medical Director for its Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs)!

The Icahn School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is a vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and trainees committed to discovering the causes and identifying better treatments for mental illness and substance use disorders. We are ranked #6 nationally in NIH funding, and listed as one of the top regional hospital departments by U.S. News & World Report. The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health service line encompasses the clinical behavioral health services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Queens.  We have over 350 inpatient behavioral health beds and 4 psychiatric emergency locations (CPEP/Psych ED), and had over 1 million ambulatory behavioral health visits in 2017.  We have one of the largest addiction services in the country, with a full continuum of inpatient, crisis, residential, and ambulatory addiction services, including seven Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) locations.  

MSBI has a total of 5 clinics in 7 locations across the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Together, our clinics have capacity to treat 4,500 patients. The Medical Director position includes 50% administrative and 50% direct clinical care. Administrative responsibilities include oversight and development of quality initiatives, management of clinical operations, regulatory compliance oversight, clinical supervision of counselors, nurses, physician assistants and physicians, revenue cycle and productivity management, and cultivating positive relationships with the communities in which we work. Stewardship and ongoing cultivation of a culture of respect and an outstanding patient experience are central to performance in this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will also provide medical evaluation and treatment services, including providing all evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorders. Candidates should have fellowship training in Addiction Medicine/Addiction Psychiatry, and/or be graduates of internal medicine or family medicine training programs with previous clinical experience in providing medication-assisted treatment for people with opioid use disorders.   

Our compensation plan includes consideration to your experience as well as specialty and sub-specialty board certifications.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine or Psychiatry residency training program

• Completed fellowship in Addiction Medicine or Addiction Psychiatry preferred

• Active New York State Medical License

• Active federal DEA buprenorphine waiver 

• Qualifications for Clinical Instructor or higher level faculty appointment

• Collaborative, proactive, and dedicated work ethic 

• Commitment to high-quality, cost-effective health care

• Desire to grow professionally within a team-oriented, performance-driven department

Compensation range from 250K to 300K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits).

Salary Disclosure Information:

Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits.

Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:

Alex Cano

Executive Director Physician Recruitment

Mount Sinai Health System

Alex.cano@mountsinai.org

ABOUT US

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

" About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2023-2024.

For more information, visit https://www.mountsinai.org or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Requisition ID : 180000RG