Medical Director Acute Care - Psychiatry - Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center - Manhattan, NY

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Medical Director of Acute Care Psychiatry for Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center.

The Medical Director of Acute Care Psychiatry provides clinical and administrative leadership for the department’s Inpatient Psychiatry Services. The responsibilities include administrative, clinical, and teaching/supervision. This physician leader partners with nursing, departmental leadership, and multidisciplinary clinical teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality acute care, focusing on evidence-based practices, measurable outcomes, and patient experience. The Medical Director collaborates with the Vice Chair of Clinical Services and MSBI Site Chair for clinical care and quality/safety initiatives.

Located on the Lower East Side, the Center offers opportunities for leadership, career development, teaching, and scholarship within the Department of Psychiatry and the Mount Sinai Health System. In 2025, the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center was named to the list of hospitals and health systems with great psychiatry programs by Becker’s Healthcare.

The Lower East Side in New York County is one of the best places to live in New York. This vibrant downtown neighborhood is a popular nightlife destination—its streets are lined with trendy places to drink, dance and hear live music. Many of the area’s museums and restaurants serve as reminders of its immigrant history.

The Icahn School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is a vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and trainees committed to discovering the causes of, and better treatments for, mental illness and substance use disorders. We are ranked #6 nationally in NIH funding and listed as one of the top regional hospital departments by U.S. News & World Report. The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health service line encompasses the clinical behavioral health services including the Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai South Nassau, and the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center.

Administrative Responsibilities:

Supervises the Inpatient Unit Chiefs and unit attending physicians

Develops and implements clinical practice guidelines and standardizes documentation and workflows for acute care services

Manages acute care clinical operations

Ensures adequate clinical coverage of the acute care services in collaboration with department leadership

Attends behavioral health emergencies on the acute service to support the team.

Assists in revenue cycle and productivity management for acute care services in collaboration with the clinical revenue cycle team and finance

Leads training efforts related to the acute care services, including Grand Rounds or other departmental presentations in collaboration with the Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program

Oversight and development of quality initiatives for acute care services in collaboration with the Director of Quality and Safety, Vice Chair, and Site Chair.

Assists in investigative efforts, creation and implementation of corrective action plans, and consistently attends departmental incident review committee and QI meetings

Provides departmental representation for hospital risk management and other committees

Regulatory compliance oversight including continual accreditation readiness, and adherence to state, federal, and local regulations

Teaching and Supervision:

As an academic center with psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work, and other trainees, teaching and supervision is an important component of the position. The expectation is that the Medical Director of Acute Care Services provides and supports the supervision of clinical staff and the trainees.

Clinical Responsibilities:

The Medical Director participates in providing clinical oversight and supervision of the clinical staff. In addition, the medical director provides clinical care as needed to support the inpatient services. Other hospital-related duties as needed and assigned by the Department Chair

Board Certified/Board Eligible Psychiatrist

Possess a NYS license to practice medicine

Excellent clinical knowledge and communication skills

Outstanding teaching skills

Must possess highly collaborative and proactive approach, and demonstrate commitment to high-quality, cost-effective health care

A strong work ethic and desire to participate in and grow a team-oriented, performance-driven department

Compensation range from 255K to 400K (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 Physician.recruitment@mountsinai.org

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About the Mount Sinai Health System:

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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