Psychiatry - Consult Liaison Opportunity

St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates has excellent full time employment opportunities for a Board Certified Consult- Liaison Psychiatry physician to join the department of Psychiatry at St. Peter s Hospital located in Albany, New York.

The selected provider will provide inpatient consultation coverage for the St. Peter s Hospital campus and will work collaboratively with the Hospitalist program.

This behavioral health service line is the largest program of its type in the region, St. Peter's Health Partners offers a broad spectrum of services from emergency care to outpatient care. Clinic care is available and three inpatient units offering 60 beds for inpatient care with mental health, MICA, and Gero-psychiatry units. The service line also has a robust addiction treatment delivery system that includes inpatient and ambulatory detox programs. The program offers a robust continuum of care across a comprehensive health system. Additionally, we are advancing the use of technology and telepsychiatry.

Candidates interested in this opportunity should possess Board Certification in Psychiatry. They should have experience treating an adult psychiatric patient population, and experience in an inpatient setting is preferred. Call for this opportunity is 1:4.

New and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

This opportunity is unable to sponsor H-1B visa and J-1 waiver candidates.

This an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Psychiatry physician to join a team with excellent colleagues, strong system practice support, wonderful offices and facilities, and a physician friendly environment.

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

St. Peter s Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C. offers a comprehensive salary and compensation package that includes:

• Competitive base salary to start with eventual move into a comprehensive program with productivity and quality incentives built right in
• Excellent benefits; including health/vision/dental insurances
• Paid malpractice, including post-SPHP employment tail coverage
• CME time & expense allowance
• Paid time away from the practice
• Two part retirement savings program with employer matching program
• Relocation assistance is available
• Starting bonus may be available

ABOUT THE FACILITY

St. Peter s Health Partners Medical Associates, (SPHPMA) is one of the Capital Region s largest multi-specialty physician groups with more than 350 physicians and advanced practitioners, in more than 80 practice locations. SPHPMA is a full affiliate corporation of St. Peter s Health Partners the region s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit network of high quality, advanced medical care, primary care, rehabilitation and senior services. Our practices and staff are dedicated to bringing together the best possible care and experience for our patients through improved coordination of care among their primary care providers, specialists, hospital and other health care providers. We work with our patients and their loved ones to provide high-quality, compassionate care and advanced treatment options in a supportive, healing environment.

St. Peter s Health Partners, the region s largest private-sector employer, with more than 12,500 employees, has more than 125 locations across seven counties. The system has an annual budget of nearly $1.1 billion. St. Peter s Health Partners was created on October 1, 2011 by the merger of Northeast Health, St. Peter s Health Care Services, and Seton Health. The merger created the region s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit network of high-quality and advanced medical care, primary care, rehabilitation, and senior services.

These state-of-the-art services and programs are provided through Albany Memorial and St. Peter s Hospitals in Albany, NY; Samaritan and St. Mary s Hospitals in Troy, NY; Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, NY; and The Eddy system of continuing care and The Community Hospice.

St. Peter's Hospital is the largest Catholic acute care community hospital in northeastern New York state. Located in Albany, New York, the hospital was founded in 1869 by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. A voluntary, not-for-profit community tertiary hospital, St. Peter s provides 442 beds and has more than 900 staff physicians and nearly 6,000 employees.

The hospital offers a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services and

diverse outreach programs in the areas of medicine, surgery, ambulatory care, women s and children services, neonatal intensive care, rehabilitation, outpatient medical imaging, and care for the elderly.

The facilities at St. Peter s Hospital are among the nation s most advanced clinical

environments for care of patients with complex heart and vascular disease. St. Peter s Hospital is the only hospital in New York state and the northeastern United States to earn designation from an independent ratings agency as a Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital for 10 years. The hospital s Hybrid Operating Room, a high-tech catheterization lab within a sterile operating environment, is only one of just a handful of such installations worldwide. The Cardiac & Vascular Center at St. Peter s Hospital has also been named a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care because of its consistent commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for cardiac patients.

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION

Albany, New York located in the heart of New York s Capital District, is a medium sized area with an approximate population of 98,000, offering all the amenities of a larger urban area in a beautiful, scenic, and affordable setting. A stable economic setting, Albany has a strong and expanding presence in healthcare, higher education and enjoys the unique position as Capital of the Empire State.