Associate Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Job ID: 191651

Facility: Psychiatry

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About Us:

At NYU Langone Health, we are at the forefront of clinical care, education, research, and systems innovation. The Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to advancing mental health care through compassionate, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary approaches. We are seeking an experienced consultation-liaison psychiatrist for the role of Associate Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service at NYU Langone Health.

Position Overview:

The Associate Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service will help lead the clinical, educational, administrative, and quality/safety missions of the CL Psychiatry Service at NYU Langone Health. The role includes direct clinical consultation, supervision of trainees and faculty, interdisciplinary collaboration with medical and surgical services, and development of hospital-wide approaches to the psychiatric and behavioral care of medically ill patients. Our CL Psychiatry team provides a supportive and engaging working environment. This position reports to the Chief of Psychiatry through the Director of the CL Psychiatry service who both provide mentoring and support to ensure optimal professional development.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Clinical Leadership & Consultation-Liaison Care: Provide expert psychiatric consultation for hospitalized medically complex patients across various hospital settings, including Intensive Care Units, Transplant, RUSK Rehabilitation, Langone Orthopedic Hospital, and the state-of-the-art Kimmel Hospital Pavilion. Together with the Director, participate in administrative meetings with Hospital Leadership.  

·       Service Operations & Clinical Supervision: Assist in the day-to-day leadership of the CL Psychiatry Service by supporting clinical workflow, triage, consultation standards, attending coverage, case review, and escalation of complex clinical and systems issues. Together with the Director, oversees service volume and target metrics.

·       Quality, Safety & Systems Improvement: Lead and participate in hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives related to psychiatric care in the medical setting.

·        Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Foster strong partnerships with medical and surgical teams to develop patient-centered, clinically sound, and operationally feasible approaches to complex cases. 

·        Education & Training: Lead and support educational initiatives, including weekly didactics, for psychiatry residents, Psychiatry fellows (CL, Geriatric & Reproductive), medical students, faculty, and interdisciplinary colleagues on core CL Psychiatry topics. Direct training and supervision of trainees of all levels rotating with the service.

  

·        Faculty Development & Mentorship: Support the professional development of early-career CL Psychiatry faculty and trainees through mentorship, clinical supervision, scholarly guidance, feedback, and role modeling of thoughtful, systems-oriented CL practice.

 

·       Academic Scholarship & Innovation: Promote academic productivity within the CL Psychiatry Service through case reports, quality improvement projects, educational scholarship, policy-related scholarship, and research related to hospital psychiatry, behavioral emergencies, medical-psychiatric complexity, and innovations in consultation-liaison care.

 

 

Board Certification: Board Certified or board-eligible in Psychiatry required. Board certification or fellowship training in CL Psychiatry or (Psychosomatic Medicine) is strongly preferred.

Licensure: Valid and unrestricted medical license in New York State.

Experience: At least 3 years of experience working in the area of CL Psychiatry as an attending. Prior leadership, educational, quality improvement, or systems-development experience is strongly preferred.

Skills: Expertise in the assessment and management of complex psychiatric presentations in medical and surgical settings. Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary environments. Demonstrated interest in education, mentorship, quality improvement, clinical operations, and academic scholarship. Ability to lead across disciplines, navigate complex systems, and develop practical, patient-centered solutions.

Salary: NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York State Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Salary for this 1.0 FTE role will range $275,000-$300,000 and will depend on experience, specialty training, academic rank, departmental needs, and other relevant factors. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses, incentive compensation, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

Salaries shown on independent jobs related websites reflect market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from NYU Langone. We invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.


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