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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor (HS) / Associate Clinical Director of Psychiatry at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center. The successful candidate will:

• Work with the Clinical Director to assist in the administration, oversight, evaluation, and continuous improvement of psychiatric care.
• Implement recovery-oriented evidence-based practices that assist clients in improving cognitive functioning, engagement in the community, treating comorbid substance use disorders, etc.
• Assist the Clinical Director in ensuring the delivery of best practices, clinical supervision, and mentorship to the clinical staff; be involved in staff recruitment and help develop initiatives that encourage clinical excellence.
• Work directly and indirectly with trainees from academic affiliates that rotate through Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.
• Help ensure that the facility complies with NYS OMH and external accrediting bodies standards and regulations. 

Required Qualifications:

• MD or DO Degree.
• New York State Medical Licensure.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Psychiatry. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu