Montefiore Health System

Montefiore Health System ("Montefiore") is an integrated academic delivery system comprising seven campuses, including 10 hospitals, a multi-county ambulatory network, a children’s hospital, a skilled nursing facility, school of nursing, home health agency, and the state’s first freestanding emergency department.  Montefiore and Einstein together constitute a premier academic health system, employing Einstein’s clinical faculty and training over 700 medical students, 1,500 residents, 420 allied health students, 1,600 nursing students, 200 home health aides, and 100 social workers annually. Montefiore’s ambulatory network includes over 180 primary, specialty, and sub-specialty sites providing 3.7 million visits annually.  Its comprehensive primary care sites are certified as patient-centered medical homes, providing team-based, culturally sensitive care that strengthens the doctor-patient relationship.  This innovative model extends to Montefiore’s School Health Program, the largest school-based health center network in the country, annually serving 26,000 children in over 90 schools in the Bronx and Yonkers.

 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is one of the nation’s premier institutions for medical education, basic research, and clinical investigation.  From an original class size of 56, Einstein has evolved into one of the largest medical schools in the country.  Einstein is home to more than 1,900 faculty members who promote research and academic excellence at the College of Medicine.  In addition to conducting research in the institution’s 300 laboratories, these individuals serve as mentors and teachers to the medical school’s 732 M.D. students, 190 Ph.D. students, 120 M.D./Ph.D. students, and 250 postdoctoral research fellows at the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies.  More than 9,000 Einstein alumni are among the nation’s foremost clinicians, biomedical scientists, and medical educators.

 

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.

 

The Department provides ambulatory services for children and adolescents at three Bronx-based campuses (Moses Child Outpatient Psychiatry Division, Wakefield Child Outpatient Psychiatry Division, and Montefiore Behavioral Health Center) and a Westchester-based faculty practice location (Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care).  Attendings and trainees affiliated with the Department also provide pediatric psychiatric services in Montefiore’s School Health Program with locations in public elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the Bronx and through the student mental health service at Fordham University.  Trainees also rotate under faculty supervision through the Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism.  

 

Specialty programs within ambulatory services including the Eating Disorders Program at Montefiore, Anxiety and Mood Program (AMP) Program, Becoming an Emerging Adult (BEAM) Program, Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program, and Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (A-DBT) Program.  Project Rising is an addiction service within the Division of Substance Abuse (DOSA) oriented to youth with problem substance use and their families.  The Department’s first episode psychosis program is based within the Moses Adult Outpatient Psychiatry division as part of the NYC OnTrack Program.  The Department also is one of seven academic centers who participate in NYS Project TEACH providing psychiatric consultation, education, and services to pediatricians and family practitioners throughout New York State.

 

Faculty attendings and Child and Adolescent Fellows also see patients at the New York City Children’s Center -Bronx Campus (NYCCC-Bronx), operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  NYCCC-Bronx serves children between the ages of five and 21 with services including Inpatient Treatment, Day Treatment, Behavioral Health Clinics, Community Residences, and Mobile Integration Teams.  Montefiore’s first dedicated Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Emergency Service, located within the CHAM Emergency Department, debuted in 2019.

 

An Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) opened on the Wakefield campuses in the Fall of 2023. As one of only three Office of Mental Health (OMH) licensed adolescent IOPs in New York State, the program provides a much-needed higher level of care for youth in the region. 

 

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship has a total of eight fellows and provides rich training in all modalities of individual, group, and family therapy, psychopharmacology, consultation-liaison psychiatry, school health, and sub-specialty areas including eating and developmental disorders.  The Fellowship provides inpatient experience through partnership with the New York City Children’s Center– Bronx Campus (formerly Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center) whose teaching attendings have academic appointments through the Montefiore Einstein Psychiatry Department.

KEY 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.

 

 

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 . 

Montefiore is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

 

Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Bargaining Unit: Non Union Campus: EINSTEIN  Employment Status: Regular Full-Time Address: 1825 EASTCHESTER RD
Shift: Day Scheduled Hours: HOURS VARY Req ID: 223187 Salary Range/Pay Rate: $275,000.00 - $350,000.00    

 

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Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values of Montefiore. We are committed to recruiting and creating an environment in which associates feel empowered to thrive and be their authentic selves through our inclusive culture. We welcome your interest and invite you to join us.

 

Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

 

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