Psychology - Pediatrics and Adolescent - Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery - Manhattan, NY - New York, United States - Mount Sinai Hospital

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Job Description

The Mount Sinai Health System seeks a Pediatric and Adolescent Psychologist for its Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.

The Department of Psychiatry at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City is pleased to announce a full-time psychologist position at the pediatric and adolescent program of the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS). The pediatric and adolescent program is comprised of an interdisciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work, endocrinology and fertility preservation specialists. We provide specialty consultations and care to youth and young adults up through age 22. Responsibilities include providing comprehensive consultations to transgender and gender diverse youth, young adults and their families. Often, the focus of these consultations is to help youth and families make decisions related to gender affirming medical care, including puberty suppression, gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery. In addition, the psychologist will have the opportunity to provide brief, family-based interventions and group therapy for transgender and gender diverse youth. This position is an exciting opportunity to join a growing interdisciplinary team and has the potential to involve making significant contributions to program development.

The position includes faculty appointment commensurate with experience in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Additional opportunities for faculty practice, teaching, and/or clinical research exist. Salary is competitive. Qualified candidates will be licensed psychologists in the state of New York. Bilingual, English & Spanish speaking applicants are desired.

There are opportunities to participate in QI projects, hospital committees and to engage in academic endeavors such as research and presentations as well as instruction and supervision of residents and psychologytrainees.
The Icahn School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry is a vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and trainees committed to discovering the causes of, and better treatments for, mental disorders. We are ranked #6 nationally in NIH funding, and listed as one of the top regional hospital departments by U.S. News & World Report. The Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System encompasses the clinical psychiatric services at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West. This combined entity has over 400 inpatient behavioral health beds and a robust clinical ambulatory platform with over 1 million visits in 2014. Our vision is to be the premier provider of behavioral health services through the development and delivery of evidence-based, integrated, and cost-effective models of care across populations with mental health/substance use disorders.

Position Qualifications:
- PhD or PsyD from APA accredited program
- APA accredited internship
- New York State Psychology License
- Experience preferred, but early career psychologists will also be considered
- Bilingual candidates are desired
- Strong teaching and leadership skills
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Must possess highly collaborative and proactive approach, and demonstrate commitment to high-quality, cost-effective health care
- A strong work ethic and desire to participate in and grow a team-oriented, performance-driven department

- Compensation range from 95K to 110K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

Salary Disclosure Information:
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


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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 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 approximately 7,400 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 and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, 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. 14 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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