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About the Role

Cornerstone Family Healthcare is seeking a Psychiatrist to provide quality, evidence-based psychiatric care to patients across the lifespan in an outpatient setting. This role emphasizes collaborative, integrated care within the Behavioral Health department and with primary care and medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluations to individuals, families, and groups, assessing mental health needs across the lifespan.
• Offers comprehensive psychiatric services, conducting thorough assessments, establishing diagnoses, and treating individuals and families with psychiatric disorders.
• Develops and maintains individualized treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families/guardians, and the multidisciplinary care team.
• Provides high quality, patient-centered psychiatric care in both in-person and virtual care settings.
• Provides culturally competent care to diverse and underserved populations.
• Carries a panel of patients for ongoing care, monitoring, and clinical evaluations.
• Meets regularly with patients to establish diagnosis of mental disorders, assess response to treatment, and adjust treatment plans.
• Prescribes psychotropic medications and/or recommends evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions.
• Conducts comprehensive risk assessments including suicide, self-harm, violence, and abuse/neglect potential.
• Documents and implements evidence-based safety plans when indicated.
• Arranges appropriate higher levels of care when clinically indicated and ensures continuity of care.
• Responds to urgent clinical situations within the clinic setting.
• Participates actively in the interdisciplinary Behavioral Health team, collaborating with other professionals.
• Participates in weekly high-risk case review meetings.
• Provides clinical consultation and guidance to primary care providers and medical staff.
• Offers expertise and recommendations regarding psychotropic prescribing, monitoring for medication side effects, and clinical decision-making.
• Coordinates care with external providers and agencies.
• Supports integrated care initiatives within the health center.
• Ensures appropriate follow-up care following psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency department visits, or crisis episodes.
• Provides timely, clear documentation and communication to referring providers.
• Completes all patient medical and administrative forms on a timely basis.
• Provides psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment via approved telehealth platforms.
• Ensures patient privacy and confidentiality in all telehealth encounters.
• Documents telehealth visits thoroughly in the electronic health record.
• Maintains timely, accurate, and complete documentation in the electronic health record.
• Participates actively in Cornerstone Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement programs.
• Meets defined productivity expectations and panel management goals.
• Maintains knowledge of and adheres to all clinical, administrative, and general policies and procedures.
• Maintains confidentiality of all aspects of Cornerstone.
• Provides clinical consultation to psychiatric nurse practitioners and behavioral health therapists.
• Provides leadership opportunities for students, interns, and/or new hires.
• Attends and actively participates in monthly departmental meetings, all-staff meetings, and other required organizational meetings.
• Maintains current knowledge of evidence-based psychiatric practice, clinical guidelines, and best practices in outpatient psychiatry.
• Performs other clinically or administratively relevant duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited medical school with a New York State license to practice medicine.
• Must be Board eligible with the expectation that will become Board Certified in given specialty within five (5) years of hire.
• Group practice experience a plus.
• Experience in collaborative or integrated care settings a plus.

Skills

• Psychiatric evaluations
• Psychiatric services
• Treatment planning
• Patient-centered care
• Culturally competent care
• Risk assessment
• Safety planning
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Clinical consultation
• Care coordination
• Telehealth
• Electronic health record documentation
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Improvement
• Medication management
• Psychotherapy

Location

• Binghamton, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Outpatient

Experience Level

• Board eligible
• Board Certified (within 5 years)

Education Level

• Medical school graduation
• New York State license to practice medicine
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Certificate

Salary/Compensations

• $300,000 annually

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Health Benefits
• Retirement plan
• Paid Time Off
• Sick Time
• Flexible Spending
• Dependent Care
• Paid Holidays

About the Company

• Cornerstone Family Healthcare is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center.
• Mission: To provide high quality, comprehensive, primary and preventative health care services in an environment of caring, dignity and respect to all people regardless of their ability to pay.
• For more than fifty years, Cornerstone has been responsive to meeting the needs of the communities in which we serve with a continued emphasis on the underserved and those without access to health care regardless of race, economic status, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability.