Associate Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

At NYU Langone Health, we are at the forefront of clinical care, education, research, and systems innovation. The Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to advancing mental health care through compassionate, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary approaches.

About the role

The Associate Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service will help lead the clinical, educational, administrative, and quality/safety missions of the CL Psychiatry Service at NYU Langone Health. The role includes direct clinical consultation, supervision of trainees and faculty, interdisciplinary collaboration with medical and surgical services, and development of hospital-wide approaches to the psychiatric and behavioral care of medically ill patients. This position reports to the Chief of Psychiatry through the Director of the CL Psychiatry service, who both provide mentoring and support to ensure optimal professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert psychiatric consultation for hospitalized medically complex patients across various hospital settings, including Intensive Care Units, Transplant, RUSK Rehabilitation, Langone Orthopedic Hospital, and the state-of-the-art Kimmel Hospital Pavilion.
• Participate in administrative meetings with Hospital Leadership alongside the Director.
• Assist in the day-to-day leadership of the CL Psychiatry Service by supporting clinical workflow, triage, consultation standards, attending coverage, case review, and escalation of complex clinical and systems issues.
• Oversee service volume and target metrics with the Director.
• Lead and participate in hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives related to psychiatric care in the medical setting.
• Foster strong partnerships with medical and surgical teams to develop patient-centered, clinically sound, and operationally feasible approaches to complex cases.
• Lead and support educational initiatives, including weekly didactics, for psychiatry residents, Psychiatry fellows (CL, Geriatric & Reproductive), medical students, faculty, and interdisciplinary colleagues on core CL Psychiatry topics.
• Direct training and supervision of trainees of all levels rotating with the service.
• Support the professional development of early-career CL Psychiatry faculty and trainees through mentorship, clinical supervision, scholarly guidance, feedback, and role modeling of thoughtful, systems-oriented CL practice.
• Promote academic productivity within the CL Psychiatry Service through case reports, quality improvement projects, educational scholarship, policy-related scholarship, and research related to hospital psychiatry, behavioral emergencies, medical-psychiatric complexity, and innovations in consultation-liaison care.

Requirements

• Board Certified or board-eligible in Psychiatry required.
• Board certification or fellowship training in CL Psychiatry or (Psychosomatic Medicine) is strongly preferred.
• Valid and unrestricted medical license in New York State.
• At least 3 years of experience working in the area of CL Psychiatry as an attending.
• Prior leadership, educational, quality improvement, or systems-development experience is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Expertise in the assessment and management of complex psychiatric presentations in medical and surgical settings.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary environments.
• Demonstrated interest in education, mentorship, quality improvement, clinical operations, and academic scholarship.
• Ability to lead across disciplines, navigate complex systems, and develop practical, patient-centered solutions.

Pay

Salary for this 1.0 FTE role will range $275,000-$300,000 and will depend on experience, specialty training, academic rank, departmental needs, and other relevant factors. The salary range does not include bonuses, incentive compensation, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.