Medical Director of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program – Physician - NYC Health + Hospitals - Queens Hospital Center

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai affiliated with New York City H+H Queens Hospital Center has an exciting opportunity for a Director of CPEP. 

The CPEP of New York City H+H Queens is a high-volume psychiatric emergency room with over 5,000 patient visits per year, serving a multicultural population of adults and families. We offer a full array of crisis services including; Mobile Crisis Team services, consultations to the Medical ED and Follow up Crisis Services for discharged CPEP patients. H+H Queens/Mt. Sinai is also proud to begin a new Psychiatry Residency Program launching July 2025. The CPEP Director will join this leadership team and play an important role in resident education. 

• Responsible for the administration, planning, organizing and overall general management of the CPEP. 
• Oversight will include: recruitment, training, supervision and evaluation of staff.
• Participation in BH committees including Quality Assurance, Incident Review and Residency Training. 

• Must have a MD/DO degree.
• Board Certified with a valid New York State License, DEA and Medicaid number. 
• Should have strong clinical abilities, teaching experience, communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Prior management/leadership positions and experience with academic medical center and/or public health systems is preferred.

We offer a faculty appointment with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai commensurate with credentials, experience and qualifications. Compensation ranges from $250K to $280K.

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Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits. 

Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
Alex.cano@mountsinai.org

 

 

 

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