Psychiatrist, Opioid Treatment Program - NYC Suburbs
- Employer
- Northwell Health
- Location
- Glen Oaks, New York
- Posted Date
- Apr 25, 2017
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- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Psychiatrist, Opioid Treatment Program - NYC Suburbs
Zucker Hillside Hospital – Northwell Health
The Behavioral Health Service Line at Northwell Health is seeking a Psychiatrist to join our Addiction Treatment Services Program at Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island. The ideal candidate will be Board Certified/Board Eligible in General Psychiatry and in addition, either Addiction Psychiatry or Addiction Medicine.
Highlights include:
- Oversee the psychiatric care of patients undergoing Medication Assisted Treatment
- Provide direct care to patients including psychiatric assessments and medication management
- Lead the clinical team in coordinating patient’s progress and adjusting treatment plans
- Collaborate with the clinic’s medical team around dosing issues and other health concerns
- Consult with inpatient psychiatric units and Emergency Departments around possible referrals
- Assist in training medical students, psychiatric residents, and addiction psychiatry fellows
Zucker Hillside Hospital is a 225-bed not-for-profit behavioral health facility which is one of the leading inpatient and outpatient behavioral health organizations in the nation. The Addiction Treatment Services of The Zucker Hillside Hospital offer the latest innovations in addiction services including evidence based treatments for substance use disorders at multiple community locations. Our Opiate Treatment Program (OTP) provides comprehensive assessments, group therapy, individual therapy, medical services, medication management, medication assisted treatments (including methadone maintenance, buprenorphine, naltrexone, and Vivitrol), nursing services, pharmacological services, psychiatric assessment, medication management, and vocational services. The OTP is a Certified Opiate Overdose Prevention Program and has a recently developed ambulatory detoxification track as well. With a commitment to training medical students, residents, and fellows, research engagement, standardized diagnostic assessment, and measurement-based outcomes, as well as the use of new technologies, the environment at Zucker Hillside is one of the most sophisticated in the nation.
The Zucker Hillside Hospital is conveniently located just minutes from NYC via private or public transportation, and a short distance from beaches, wineries, waterfront towns, villages, and parks. The regions surrounding the hospital also boast some of nation’s top school districts.
We offer an exceptional compensation and benefits package. Academic appointment is commensurate with credentials and experience at our exciting new medical school, the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.
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About Northwell Health
Northwell Health includes 21 award-winning hospitals and more than 750 community based practice locations throughout Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Westchester. Northwell is the most awarded health system in all of New York, and home to the #1 hospital in the state – North Shore University Hospital* (NSUH) – according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Hospital Rankings survey. Additionally, six Northwell hospitals earned top 50 national rankings across 39 medical specialties, with nine hospitals ranked among the best in the state.
We have access to the wide range of resources that Northwell Health has to offer, and we are also affiliated with a number of other excellent organizations. Northwell Health Physician Partners provides exceptional, comprehensive and quality clinical care to patients, families and communities through an integrated approach and with a commitment to exceeding customer expectations. At Northwell Health, we define tomorrow’s health care through clinical care, community health, education, research and entrepreneurship.
At Northwell Health, we seek innovation and excellence in everything we do. This passion can be observed throughout our system of 21 hospitals and more than 700 ambulatory and physician practices. We are NYS largest health care provider and private employer. Our mission is to redefine patient care and the way it is provided. Are you Made for this?
Diversity and Health Equity
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 permeates our educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make sure every one of our physicians receives 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.
Salary Disclosure
Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125K to $750K, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience and productivity. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
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