Description
Description
We are recruiting an energetic, clinically-oriented Board Certified Adolescent Medicine Physician to join our team at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) as Associate Medical Director.
Since its establishment in 1968, the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center has grown to become a model of excellence in adolescent health care nationally and worldwide. We provide care to over 8000 youth ages 10-26 years annually through its innovative integrated model. We provide medical, mental health, nutritional, legal, and optical care for all who come to the Center and our six School Based health facilities, at no cost to them. The MSAHC advances adolescent health as a national imperative by serving as a leading center of clinical care, specialized training, innovative research and advocacy.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant should have a strong experience in clinical care and administrative leadership in Adolescent Medicine, including prior Assistant/Associate Medical Director experience. Job responsibilities include outpatient primary and subspecialty adolescent clinical care, inpatient consultative care, HIV treatment and prevention outpatient care, administrative leadership of the HIV treatment and prevention program, and administrative leadership of our outpatient medical program in partnership with the Medical Director. The Associate Medical Director will also engage in medical education of residents and Adolescent Medicine fellows. The Physician will work collaboratively with the MSAHC Medical and Mental Health Directors to ensure that the delivery of primary and subspecialty adolescent and young adult care to young people is developed and managed in accordance with MSAHC’s mission, strategic direction and business position, Mount Sinai’s policies and procedures, New York State regulations and guidelines, funder guidelines, and established best practices in adolescent medicine. In addition, the Physician will be responsible for fulfilling such duties as assessments, planning, teaching and counseling as appropriate.
Responsibilities: (brief version)
- Patient Care: Providing direct care to patients in our busy interdisciplinary Adolescent Health Center, including primary and specialty adolescent and young adult health care, reproductive health services including LARC, LGBTQ care including gender-affirming therapy, care for youth with and affected by HIV, eating disorders, and chronic disease.
- Administrative Leadership: The Associate Medical Director will be responsible for administrative leadership of the primary and subspecialty adolescent medicine clinic, in collaboration with the Medical Director. Duties will include developing and refining clinical protocols, optimizing clinic flow and procedures, and developing and implementing quality improve projects. They may also serve as the administrative director of our HIV treatment and prevention program supporting multidisciplinary service provision to youth living with and at risk of HIV. They will assure program objectives and data are in accordance with our grant funders and with evidence-based care guidelines.
- Teaching: Precepting adolescent medicine fellows, pediatric residents and Icahn School of Medicine medical students in the outpatient setting at the Adolescent Health Center, as well as on serving as attending physician in the inpatient adolescent medicine consultation service at Kravis Children’s Hospital of Mount Sinai Hospital.
MSAHC is looking for team members with the following:
- Commitment to MSAHC’s vision, mission and approach in order to ensure a patient-centric culture which is collaborative and multidisciplinary;
- Knowledge and expertise in HIV treatment and prevention is ideal
- A passion for working with young people and a work ethic in which a commitment to understanding and solving the needs of each patient;
- Prior clinical program leadership experience (e.g. Medical Director, Assistant or Associate Medicine Director)
- Experience leading quality improvement initiatives and familiarity with quality improvement methodology
- Experience leading grant-funded programs
- Exceptional team management skills. Strong commitment to mentoring, recruiting and retaining a multidisciplinary dynamic team in a multi-cultural environment;
- A commitment to, and experience in building systems of care for vulnerable populations, particularly adolescents and young adults;
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, empathy, compassion and patience;
- A multi-tasker with the ability to respond to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment;
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, verbal and writing skills.
Qualifications
- MD Degree with Board Eligible/Certification in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine
- Adolescent Medicine board certification
- New York Medical License
- Committed to Mount Sinai and the communities we serve
- Excellent communication, bedside manner, and organizational skills
- A strong work ethic and desire to participate in a team-oriented, performance-driven health center
Compensation range from 190K to 275K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
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Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Physician Recruitment Department
Mount Sinai Health System
Physician.recruitment@mountsinai.org
Employer Description
Strength through Unity and Inclusion
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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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