Clinical Psychologist Faculty - World Trade Center Health Program - New York NY
Clinical Psychologist Faculty - World Trade Center Health Program - New York NY
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Clinical Psychologist Faculty Position Available at theWorld 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 fulltime clinical psychologist to treat 9/11 responders. We are seeking a skilled clinical psychologist to join our team of dedicated professionals who treatresponders with enduring psychological symptoms related to their WTC traumatic exposure. Therelatively high prevalence of psychiatric conditions andassociated medical comorbiditiesmany years after September 11thunderscoresthe pressing need to address responders increasingly complex healthcare needs October of 2022 theCDC awarded$340 million in new funding to Mt. Sinais WTC Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence to supportexpanded services.
Our interdisciplinary team of psychologists psychiatrists and social workers are committed to caring forpolice officers construction workers utilities workers and volunteers who participated in the rescue recovery and restoration efforts following 9/11. We offerevidencebased mental health treatment using a variety of modalities including cognitivebehavioral 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 fulltime 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
Employment Type
Full Time
