Psychiatrist - Addiction Services

About the role

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Psychiatrist – Addiction Services to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi. Jacobi Medical Center is a 457‑bed, Level I Trauma Center with a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital is a respected leader in emergency medicine, trauma surgery, burn care, pediatrics, primary care, and women’s health.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system, dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity, and respect, regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. Its mission is grounded in social and racial equity and the ICARE standards.

Addiction Services at Jacobi comprise the outpatient addiction clinic, opioid treatment program, and addiction consult service. They are led by a multidisciplinary medical team representing addiction expertise from psychiatry, internal medicine, family medicine, and emergency medicine/medical toxicology. The outpatient addiction clinic provides medical, psychiatric, counseling, and recovery support services, featuring a SUD walk‑in clinic with an integrated opioid treatment program underway. Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine fellows, Psychiatry residents, and medical students regularly rotate through the service.

The mission of Jacobi’s Addiction Services is to improve patient access to and engagement in evidence‑based care for substance use disorders, including medications for addiction treatment, treatment of co‑occurring medical and psychiatric conditions, psychosocial counseling, care coordination, harm reduction, and peer advocacy. The Addiction Psychiatrist joining this team will build a diverse outpatient caseload, maintain skills in addiction consults, advance as a clinical educator, and access career growth in quality improvement and medical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care for patients in the outpatient addiction clinic with opioid treatment program.
• Diagnose substance use disorders, behavioral addictions, and co‑occurring mental health disorders, and recommend treatment that considers levels of care criteria.
• Order and manage medications for addiction treatment, including for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
• Order and manage pharmacotherapeutic interventions for co‑occurring disorders as clinically indicated.
• Monitor the progress of individuals in treatment and review the appropriateness of continued treatment and level of care.
• Contribute to the completion of Treatment Plans and Utilization Reviews.
• Teach and train fellows, residents, and medical students rotating on addiction services, and prepare didactic presentations as needed.
• Assist with orientation of new physicians and staff in addiction services.
• Participate in Quality Assurance and Process Improvement projects as needed.

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Addiction Psychiatry.
• Active New York State Medical License.

Compensation and Benefits

Annual Base Salary (40‑hour work week): $289,328 (board eligible); $300,040 (board certified).

Estimated Annual Total Compensation Package Value: $462,260 (board eligible) and $474,044 (board certified), including baseline salary, 401(k) contribution, and other factors.

Additional Sessional/Per Diem Compensation: Estimated $104,000 annually for 10 additional sessional/per diem hours worked per week. In 2023, Psychiatrists worked an average of 14 sessional/per diem hours per week.

Projected Bonus: Up to $40,000 (based on previous year’s average), contingent upon meeting quality and productivity targets.

401(k) Company Contribution (subject to IRS limits): Immediately vested 3% company contribution of base earnings (no employee match required). After one year of service, an additional 7% company contribution of base earnings (no employee match required).

• Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Reimbursement.
• Generous Annual Paid Time Off (PTO): Vacation, Sick, Holiday, and CME days.
• Medical, Prescription, and Dental Coverage: Top‑tier plans with employee contributions significantly below market rates.
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage: Equal to 2× your salary (up to a maximum of $300,000) provided at no cost to you.
• Additional employee‑paid Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage available for you and your family.
• Loan Forgiveness: Position may be eligible for loan forgiveness through certain state or federal programs.
• Medical Malpractice Coverage (equivalent to occurrence‑based): Provided at no cost to the employee.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Pre‑tax employee‑paid contributions for commuting expenses.
• Visa sponsorship will be considered for this position.
• Eligible for the High Needs Specialty Loan Repayment Program (HNSLRP) for physicians meeting eligibility criteria.