Employed by PAGNY for NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, Kings County Hospital operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three in Brooklyn, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island. The hospital is academically affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center and trains their medical students and OBGYN residents.

Kings County is located in the East Flatbush/Prospect-Lefferts section of Brooklyn, close to the 2 and 5 subways. Our patients are diverse, with the majority being Afro-Caribbean. Most of our patients are native English speakers. Knowledge of French/Haitian Creole is helpful, but not required.

Provide clinical and administrative supervision to all Attending Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and allied health professionals on the relevant acute inpatient service (child inpatient).

Oversee relevant acute inpatient service functioning including, but not limited to:
• Policies and procedures regulating delivery of patient care on the service
• Coordination of care between disciplines and functioning of interdisciplinary treatment teams.
• Supervision and coordination of inpatient leadership.
• Establishing, monitoring and maintaining professional standards of work in collaboration with other disciplines coordination of professional staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage at all times.
• Monitoring workload and work assignments and effecting staff and program changes to ensure highest quality of patient care.
• Liaises with other departments like the CPEP, medical inpatient and ED, and transfer to other facilities.
• Ensure timely application and court presentation for retention and treatment over-rides.
  
  
• Quality assurance, performance improvement and regulatory affairs:
  
  • Maintains up-to-date knowledge of standards for certification by regulatory agencies.
  • Work with acute inpatient staff to ensure compliance with corrective action plans.
  • Participates in relevant Pl & QA activities and initiatives, both locally and in collaboration with hospital wide quality endeavors.
  • Maintains awareness of performance improvement indicator and leads interventions and initiatives to meet goals for the service.
  • Prepares annual report for the service.
  • In collaboration with risk management reviews major incidents on the service and leads and monitors relevant corrective action when needed.
  • Works with all staff to ensure timely and adequate medical record keeping and monitors the quality of documentation.
  • Provides clinical consultation and supervision as needed to all staff on the acute inpatient service.
  • Conducts and coordinates tier reviews as per policy
  • Maintains focus on key strategic priorities including patient experience, access to care, increased market share, and improving financial stability
    
    
• Education and supervision:
  
  • Maintain an updated and comprehensive set of psychiatric practice guidelines including administration of medication in accordance with generally accepted professional standards that address the indication, contradictions screening and monitoring procedures, dose requirements and expected outcomes.
  • Ensure and monitor that the pharmacological components of treatment plan reflect the exercise of professional judgement for the medication treatment including diagnosis, target symptoms, risk and benefits of particular medication, and consideration of alternate treatments.
  • Ensure that the rationale for each patient's course of treatment is documented by the physician
  • Include all above in standards of work expected of Attending and Nurse Practitioner and monitor and reinforce said standards of work
  • Teach and supervise psychiatry trainees and medical students

• Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Child Psychiatry
• M.D. or D.O. from an accredited school of medicine
• Completed residency training in an accredited program within Psychiatry
• License to practice medicine in the State of New York
• Completed Fellowship training in an accredited program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Board Certified/eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Exceptional Benefits Include:

• Competitive compensation package
• 10% 401K company contribution after one year of service, with 3% company contribution starting day one
• Choice of a three tiered, starting at FREE medical plans starting day one
• Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage starting day one
• Generous paid time off program
• CME days and dollars
• Eligibility for loan forgiveness through the National Student Debt Forgiveness Center
• Visa candidates are considered
• Occurrence-based Medical Malpractice policy coverage
• Salary Amount or Range: $247,200-257,500
  
  

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City. PAGNY is comprised of over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public health system in the United States. Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.

PAGNY has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity and, in that spirit, actively encourages applications from groups underrepresented in healthcare

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V