Job Title: MHSC Consulting Psychiatrist, Women's Mental Health
PVN ID: HC-1709-002085
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The New York City Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC) is a key initiative of Thrive NYC: A Mental Health Roadmap for All– a comprehensive public health approach to mental health designed to promote and protect the wellbeing of all New Yorkers. The MHSC fills the too long neglected gaps in mental health and substance use services throughout NYC by creating a corps of approximately 400 mental health clinicians placed in high-need communities. Through best practices and a better design of care, the initiative will increase the diversity of behavioral health clinicians in the workforce and strengthen care where it is needed the most.

MHSC focuses on the recruitment, training, and support of early career social workers and licensed mental health counselors to become fully licensed behavioral health clinicians with a specific focus on incorporating evidence-based practices in primary care and behavioral health settings throughout New York City. Through a structured supervision system and task-shifting model, clinicians are able to obtain advanced licensure through the MHSC and strengthen their own capacity to be able to provide sound behavioral health services in marginalized communities and populations. MHSC is a city-funded program housed under Hunter College, CUNY and the Research Foundation of CUNY.  All MHSC staff are employees of the Research Foundation of CUNY.

MHSC is seeking a Consulting Psychiatrist for Maternal Depression who has experience working with perinatal psychiatry and women’s health issues to help address the gaps in expertise in the public mental health system for serving this population. The consulting psychiatrist will be integral in developing a strategic plan for tackling the maternal depression burden in NYC and to participate in current initiatives and networks through the DOHMH and other stakeholders. 

The psychiatrist will consult, guide, advise, train, build capabilities and inform the practice of clinicians in the MHSC in addition to working strategically to enhance systems of care in NYC using his/her clinical expertise and knowledge of the literature and current clinical standard of care in women’s mental health. 

Other Duties

 

  • Address public health impact of maternal depression, women’s mental and behavioral health conditions, and preventive factors
  • Provide collaborative and integrated care models for maternal depression assessment and treatment in general health care, pediatric, and OB-GYN practices.
  • Develop strategic plans for training and consultation with goal of spreading best practices in assessment, treatment planning, and treatment delivery in women’s mental health within the MHSC as well as to a broader clinical audience in NYC. This would also include dissemination of information about pharmacologic best practices in the perinatal timeframe.
  • Provide clinical consultation - This might include some direct consultation but also would involve strategic planning for a phone consultation model in NYC similar to the MC-CAP for Moms program in Massachusetts.

 

Qualifications

  • Completion of a Reproductive Psychiatry Fellowship or at least 5 years of clinical work with a focus in Women’s Mental Health/Maternal Depression.
  • Training or work experience includes a public health focus or orientation. Strong organizational skills are a must and experience working in administrative level positions strongly recommended.
  • History of effective clinical practice serving diverse populations.
  • Strong commitment to work in a high-risk, underserved need community with limited access to care
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
  • Experience consulting to or training clinical and non-clinical staff.
  • Experience critically reviewing and summarizing research literature and clinical guidelines for the purposes of dissemination to varied audiences.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) and demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
  • Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude.
  • Commitment to at least 3 years of work with program.
  • Licensed to practice in New York State.
  • ABPN board certified or board eligible in Adult Psychiatry by start date.

 

PREFERENCES:

  • Knowledge of New York City community resources and mental health systems

 

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Mental Health Service Corps
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Feb 28, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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