The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai affiliated with NYC Health Hospitals/Queens is seeking a full time Adolescent Medicine Fellowship-trained Pediatrician to join the thriving Department of Pediatrics at Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, New York.
NYC Health Hospitals/Queens is a member of the New York City Health Hospitals public hospital system and is located in one of the most ethnically diverse communities in New York. The Department of Pediatrics is made up of a busy Ambulatory Pediatric Service with many innovative primary care programs – including integrated behavioral health, integrated preventive dentistry, a Pediatric Healthy Lifestyles Program, Healthy Steps, Reach Out & Read and the Video Interaction Project; a Center for Child Development; a Level III NICU and a Mother-Baby Unit with >1200 deliveries a year. The hospital has been designated Baby Friendly since the Spring of 2014.
Responsibilities include direct patient care, quality improvement activities, collaborating with the Chief of Adolescent Medicine to build out patient-centered services around healthy lifestyles and young adult pre-conception health, reproductive health and behavioral health – as well as with the greater team on providing comprehensive pediatric primary care services that promote health and wellness over the life course. We provide long acting reversible contraception as part of our adolescent services. There are a wide variety of opportunities for program development and academic advancement as well as teaching of medical students and adult primary care residents. NYC Health Hospitals/Queens participates in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program as a designated Health Manpower Shortage Area for Primary Care. The hospital is accessible by public transportation and car from all areas of New York City, New Jersey and Long Island.
Position will include a faculty appointment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai commensurate with credentials, experience and qualifications. Candidates should be BC/BE in Pediatrics and possess a valid New York State medical license and DEA.
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.EOE including Veterans and Disabled