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Clinical Psychologist Faculty Position Available at the World Trade Center Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai.

The World Trade Center (WTC) Mental Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai is recruiting a full-time clinical psychologist to treat 9/11 responders. We are seeking a skilled clinical psychologist to join our team of dedicated professionals who treat responders with enduring psychological symptoms related to their WTC traumatic exposure. The relatively high prevalence of psychiatric conditions and associated medical comorbidities many years after September 11th underscores the pressing need to address responders' increasingly complex healthcare needs. In October of 2022, the CDC awarded $340 million in new funding to Mt. Sinai's WTC Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence to support expanded services.   

Our interdisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers are committed to caring for police officers, construction workers, utilities workers, and volunteers who participated in the rescue, recovery and restoration efforts following 9/11. We offer evidence-based mental health treatment using a variety of modalities including cognitive-behavioral, dialectic behavioral, and psychodynamic treatments. Responsibilities of the position include individual and group psychotherapy, psychological assessments, diagnostic evaluations, supervision of psychology trainees, and participation in didactics, case conferences, and program development initiatives.  This position is fully outpatient with no night or weekend work.

The Mount Sinai Health System is internationally acclaimed for its excellence in research, patient care, and education. The position includes faculty appointment commensurate with experience in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. There are opportunities to participate in clinical research and medical school teaching. 

The candidate will work at the WTC Mental Health Program for 40 hours per week or 1.0 FTE. 

Responsibilities

• Meeting with patients to conduct intake assessments and to provide individual and group psychotherapy. 
• Conducting psychological testing and extended psychological assessments. 
• Collaborating with other members of the World Trade Center Mental Health team, including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers as needed for patient care.
• Participating in clinical outcomes projects and program development initiatives at the WTC Mental Health Program as as requested by the Medical Director.
• Providing clinical supervision
• Carrying out administrative tasks for patient clinical care mangement and to support program development.
• Attending supervision own clinical activities, weekly team conference meetings and staff meetings

Specific Responsibilities:

• Meeting with WTC Program members to conduct psychiatric diagnostic intake evaluations of incoming prospective patients to program. 
• Providing individual and group psychotherapy using multiple modalities
• Conducting specific psychological testing and extended psychological assessments for patients who require diagnostic clarification, a determination whether current presentation is related to WTC exposure, and to aid in treatment recommendations.  Testing process includes conducting a psychiatric interview, administering various psychological measures, scoring and interpreting measures, and writing an integrated final report.
• Collaborating with other members of the World Trade Center Mental Health team, including psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers as needed for patient care.
• Discussing and evaluating symptoms and treatment course, writing notes documenting treatment, meeting with other care providers on the team for care coordination. 
• Providing clinical supervision and teaching on evidence based treatments as needed.
• Supervising psychology trainees and early career social workers in diagnostic assessment and psychotherapy as needed.
• Participating in clinical outcomes projects and program development initiatives at the WTC Mental Health Program as as requested by the Medical Director.
• Carrying out administrative tasks such as documentation, clinical care management, communication with staff/trainees, literature review related to clinical, teaching, and administrative duties as needed.
• Attending program wide meetings such as weekly intake conference and staff meetings.
• Attending supervision for clinical activities

These duties may be modified from time to time by your Chair/Director based on Institutional needs

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) from an accredited program in clinical, counseling, or combined clinical & school psychology program
• New York State Licensure

Compensation range from 120K to 145K (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

[email protected]

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 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 more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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