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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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Full Time

Director of CPEP

The Director of the CPEP is responsible for: Oversight of all clinical care provided in the CPEP, including assignment and supervision of clinical evaluations, treatment decisions and dispositions seen by Attendings and trainees in the CPEP, and the Extended Observation Unit.

  • Oversight of clinical staffing patterns for CPEP, in particular to assure 24/7 coverage with psychiatrists.
  •  Direction of inter-disciplinary clinical teams and collaboration with the leadership for each discipline including nursing, social work, and psychology.
  •  Management of Emergency Psychiatry related teaching and training components of the Fellowship Training Program, the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, and medical student teaching in addition training needs of Nurse Practitioners or other disciplines training in CPEP.
  •  Oversight and leadership for performance improvement and regulatory activities in the CPEP.
  • Coordination with Family Medicine and Medical ED for patient’s medical care.

 

Very Competitive Salaries Based NY Metro Market

Excellent Benefits

CME Programs, Education and Reimbursement.

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Retirement Plans

Malpractice Insurance

 

 

Requirements

BC/BE

NYSMD License

The Department of Psychiatry at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center offers a wide range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services for those with mental health needs.

Our services include:

Psychiatric Emergency Department( CPEP) is a 6 bed unit and  provides acute evaluation and treatment, including crisis intervention for adults who are experiencing psychiatric symptoms.

Inpatient Psychiatry Services

Patients are treated on one of our two 28-bed adult inpatient units.  We provide psychiatric services by a staff of caring professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, creative arts therapists, nurse practitioners and nurses

Outpatient Psychiatry Services offer group, individual, family, and couples therapy, medication management, and specialty services for children, adolescents, and adults.

Mobile Crisis Services

We operate two community mobile crisis teams as part of our comprehensive emergency psychiatric services.

Consultation / Liaison Service

The Department of Psychiatry provides 24-hour consultation and liaison services to other departments in the hospital, such as emergency room, internal medicine,family medicine, surgery, geriatric, pediatric, and obstetrics  & gynecology departments.

 

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