Academic Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Attending

Job Title: Academic Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Attending Company: WMC Advanced Physician Services PC City/State: Valhalla, NY Category: Physicians Department: Mental Health Union: No Position: Full-Time Hours: M-F 8a-4p Shift: Day Req #: 43044 Posted Date: Jun 27, 2025 Hiring Range: $214,000-$250,000 Job Summary: Westchester Medical Center is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist with expertise in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry to join our academic faculty as an attending psychiatrist.
This individual will provide inpatient psychiatric consultation services to medically ill patients and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams in a general hospital setting.
The position also includes opportunities for teaching, supervision, and scholarly work.
The successful candidate will provide inpatient psychiatric consultations and follow-up visits to medical/surgical inpatients, which include burn, geriatrics, high-risk OB/GYN, transplant, trauma, and substance abuse patients.
Responsibilities include evaluating and treating patients that have behavioral complications from medical illness, complications from medications, psychiatric disorders that are comorbid with medical conditions and medical complications of different psychiatric disorders.
Teaching opportunities include working with medical students, neurology and psychiatry residents and fellows. Responsibilities: Clinical Duties/Academic and Teaching Duties/Administrative and Leadership Provide psychiatric consultation and treatment to medically hospitalized patients at Westchester Medical Center.Manage acute psychiatric symptoms in medically complex patients across units such as internal medicine, including the Burn Unit and Transplant Service; surgery, including the trauma service; multiple ICUs; and OB-GYN.Collaborate closely with medical and surgical teams to ensure integrated patient care.Provide brief interventions, medication management, and risk assessments.Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and case discussions.Qualifications / Requirements: MD or DO with completion of an accredited psychiatry residency.Fellowship training in consultation-liaison psychiatry (preferred).Board eligible or board certified in psychiatry; subspecialty certification in C-L psychiatry (preferred).Licensed or eligible for medical licensure in New York.Demonstrated commitment to teaching and scholarly activity.Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.Prior academic faculty experience (preferred).Experience with integrated behavioral health models (preferred).Track record of scholarly productivity or quality improvement work (preferred).Facility Info: Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley.
WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians.
From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state-of-the-art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, home care services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. Other: WMCHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Advanced Physician Services (APS) is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
This position is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Benefits: We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes: Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirement Savings PlanFlexible Savings AccountPaid Time OffHolidaysTuition ReimbursementWMCHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
It is the policy of Westchester Medical Center Health Network to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 or older), marital status, genetic information or carrier status, disability (mental or physical), citizenship status, pregnancy, military service or veteran status, arrest or criminal accusation, domestic violence victim status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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