Forensic Psychiatrist needed in New York!

Job description

🧠 Forensic Psychiatrist Opportunity
🕒 Schedule

Monday – Friday

Full-Time | 40 hours per week

🏥 Setting

Large campus environment (significant walking required, including stairs indoors and outdoors)

מגוון of clinical settings including:

ICP (Day Treatment Program)

SMI (Severe Mental Illness) population

🧩 Areas of Coverage

RCTP (Residential Crisis Treatment Program)

Residential Rehabilitation Unit (RRU)

Special Housing Unit (SHU)

⚙️ Responsibilities

Conduct psychiatric evaluations including:

2PC (Two-Physician Certificates)

Competency evaluations

Manage Court-Ordered Psychiatric Medications (COPM)

Provide care across multiple units and acuity levels

📊 Caseload

Typically 50–100 patients

✅ Requirements

Board Certified Psychiatrist (required)

Minimum 1 year forensic experience (preferred)

Teaching/volunteer experience does not count

Ability to work independently with minimal support staff

Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word proficiency required)

Excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary collaboration skills

💼 Ideal Opportunity For:
A self-sufficient psychiatrist with forensic experience who is comfortable working in a high-responsibility, multi-setting environment with a diverse and complex patient population.

• 6 months
• Forensic Setting
• Forensic Population