Transplant Psychiatrist, Northwell Transplant Institute (New York)

Northwell Health, one of the nations largest academic healthcare systems, is recruiting for a Consultation and Liaison psychiatrist to be a key member of the Northwell Transplant Institute and the Behavioral Health Service Line. This critical role will help implement the vision of comprehensive and multidisciplinary behavioral health for transplant patients at the systems quaternary care center, North Shore University Hospital. This position will require from the ideal candidate a strong clinical and team-based approach following a collaborative care and imbedded model. The successful candidate will:

• provide inpatient psychiatric consultations and follow-up visits to medical/surgical inpatients and donors.
• address the psychological and social challenges associated with organ transplantation, such as anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, and medication side effects.
• perform donor evaluation for suitability of living organ donors.
• engage in multidisciplinary Collaboration: working closely with transplant team - surgeons, nurses, advanced care practitioners, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
• evaluate and treat patients pre- and post-transplant that have behavioral complications from medical illness, complications from medications, psychiatric disorders that are co-morbid with medical and surgical conditions, and medical complications of different psychiatric disorders.
• help with cross coverage needs of the Consultation Liaison Team.

While the Transplant Psychiatrist will be embedded within the Northwell Transplant Institute, this position will have dual reporting responsibility into Northwells Behavioral Health Service Line. The Transplant Psychiatrist will also be a member of the Consultation Liaison team and/or Addiction services.

Northwell Transplant Institute

The Northwell Transplant Institute combines all solid organ transplant programs which include the heart (and mechanical circulatory support), lung, liver, and kidney programs under one umbrella. The Transplant Institute has a strong partnership with the Department of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Northwells Lung Institute. With an integrated network of dedicated interdisciplinary clinical and administrative professionals, Northwell has continued to invest in system-wide organ failure programs across several hospitals, regions, and ambulatory sites. Northwell also has a robust ECMO and ECMO-to-go program, supported by the Northwell Center for Emergency Medicine Services (EMS). Northwell EMS operates one of the largest hospital-based EMS services in the country, an integrated centralized transfer center, as well as a multi-aircraft air-medical transport program. The Northwell Transplant Institutes committed and highly trained team of medical and surgical transplant specialists use innovative and collaborative approaches to improve outcomes and access to transplantation for patients with all stagesof endorgan failure.

Transplant procedures are performed at two top-ranked hospitals with advanced surgical capabilities and specialty trained staff North Shore University Hospital and Cohen Childrens Medical Center.Before and after the transplant procedure, patients may be seen at one of teams 40+ office locations.

Like other Northwell services lines, the BHSL is an umbrella entity that strategically guides and provides services across the health system and the Department of Psychiatry and Zucker Hillside Hospital are critical foundations.Its mission is to improve the behavioral health of the patients and communities Northwell serves through a full continuum of high-quality, comprehensive clinical services in all of Northwells hospitals, outpatient programs, and practices. To improve access, combat stigma, and facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment, the BHSL prioritizes integrating behavioral health into settings where people engage, study, and worship including but not limited to primary care settings (adult, pediatric and OB-GYN), schools, colleges and universities, and places of worship. The BHSL has embedded collaborative care behavioral health specialists in 100+ primary care practices; and has co-located behavioral health in medical specialty settings such as oncology, transplant surgery, bariatric surgery, and obstetrics. The BHSL aims to standardize quality services throughout the health systems urgent care, emergency, outpatient, and inpatient services for people of all ages suffering from psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders. Additionally, the service line supports the next generation of clinicians through four psychiatry residency programs (ZHH, Staten Island University Hospital, JT Mather Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital), multiple psychiatric fellowship programs, and psychology, social work, nursing and NP training programs, while encouraging research in the behavioral health sciences.

Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York States largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners are working to change health care for the better. Were making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Northwell has been named as a Best Workplaces in Healthcare (Fortune, Modern Healthcare, Glassdoor), Americas Most Innovative Companies (Fortune), and the no. 1 health system nationally for advancing diversity and inclusion (DiversityInc).

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following qualifications and experience:

Education and Experience

• Board certified in Psychiatry required with training in Consultation Liaison psychiatry and experience in transplant psychiatry preferred. Candidates may also be fellowship trained in either Consultation Liaison Psychiatry or Addiction by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
• Must have or be eligible for New York State medical licensure.
• Minimum of 2 years of attending-level experience in either C-L Psychiatry or Addiction, preferably with transplant psychiatry focus.
• Clinical experience preferably within a large health system or academic medical center.
• Strong knowledge of transplant Psychiatry evidence-based practices, and quality improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

To learn more and apply, please contact: Matthew Faber, Office of Physician Recruitment, [email protected] or visit our webpage