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Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Attending

Northwell Health – Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT

Northwell Health’s Department of Behavioral Health is seeking an experienced Board-Certified / Board Eligible Inpatient Psychiatrist to join our dynamic Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Danbury Hospital.

In this impactful role, you will be a vital member of a 2-physician-run Adult Psychiatry Unit as part of a hospital based, 4 physician team, leading a dedicated sub-team that includes psychiatry residents, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and nursing staff. This position offers significant opportunities for academic engagement, allowing you to supervise and teach diverse behavioral health trainees, such as residents, and medical students from a variety of American and offshore medical schools.

Danbury Hospital

Danbury Hospital is a 456-bed Hospital with a Level II trauma center.  It has many outstanding health professions training programs and an affiliation with both Northwell, Zucker School of Medicine, Putnam Hospital and Connecticut Institute for Community’s psychiatry residency programs in general adult psychiatry for a total complement of 48 residents. It is also affiliated with Larner College of Medicine,  University of Vermont, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, The American University of the Caribbean, Ross University School of Medicine, and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Danbury Hospital is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospital and Health Systems (COTH) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Of the 1,100 hospitals involved in graduate medical education in this country, the 400 COTH member institutions train about three-quarters of the residents in the United States.

Inpatient services include a dedicated 22 bed adult inpatient unit, a dedicated 7 bed ED crisis unit and an active consultation service with inpatient and outpatient ECT. Treatment specialties include depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, peripartum mood and anxiety disorders, bipolar, personality disorders, dual diagnosis conditions, and medical/neurological illnesses with psychiatric symptoms.

Outpatient services include all ages and encompass the full continuum of care. These services include general child and adult outpatient clinics and specialized intensive outpatient services. Danbury’s outpatient department additionally offers Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).

Benefits at Northwell Health include: 

• Nationally competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Four weeks’ vacation plus paid conference/CME time
• Academic appointment in Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.  Affiliations with Ross, AUC and UMHS medical schools are also available.
• Advanced education opportunities
  
  

Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Northwell has been named as a Best Workplaces in Healthcare (Fortune, Modern Healthcare, Glassdoor), America’s Most Innovative Companies (Fortune), and the no. 1 health system nationally for advancing diversity and inclusion (DiversityInc).

To receive full consideration, interested individuals should electronically submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Letter of Interest to Matthew Faber, Director, Office of Physician Recruitment at MFaber4@northwell.edu