The Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services (CASES) provides programs for individuals involved in or at high risk for involvement in the criminal legal system and operates one of only two outpatient mental health clinics (Nathaniel Clinic) in New York City specializing in the psychiatric care of this population. The Nathaniel Clinic also operates as a critical community provider in Central Harlem, where the rates of resident incarceration and psychiatric hospitalization are 300% and 47% higher than respective rates citywide. A core mission of the clinic and CASES is to address racial, economic, and health inequities in order to optimize every individual’s chance for their own success.

The Nathaniel Clinic offers a range of mental health care services, including individual and group psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, an in-house Health Home Care Management team, and a collaborative primary care relationship with the Institute for Family Health. These services will be expanded to include family, peer, crisis intervention and more robust substance use services as the result of CASES’ receipt in May of 2020 of a substantial grant from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to operate the city’s only forensic certified community behavioral health clinic. The clinic is certified to care for patients ages 13 years of age and older regardless of ability to pay. Many of the patients are referred to the clinic as part of an alternative to detention (supervised release) or alternative to incarceration program, or upon institutional release from a jail, prison or hospital.

The Medical Director of the Nathaniel Clinic will be responsible for the management, supervision and quality oversight of psychiatric care; developing a robust set of policies and procedures for psychiatric staff; collaborating with other clinical and administrative clinic leadership to optimize patient care, staff competence, and staff morale; direct patient care; and, along with the Chief Medical Officer, building a strong psychiatric training program. The position comes with excellent benefits, malpractice insurance, competitive salary, the opportunity for remote work, and flexible hours. The position is currently anticipated to be a part-time (0.8 FTE) position, however the opportunity exists for full-time.

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elizabeth Ford

• Supervision of psychiatric providers (psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners) in the clinic
• Recruitment and retention of high quality, mission-driven psychiatric providers
• Create, implement and monitor adherence to policies related to psychiatric services such as medication prescribing, monitoring for side effects, integration with other medical services, and psychotherapy for those interested in that modality
• Review and revise the psychiatric documentation in the clinic’s electronic medical record
• Partnership with clinic leadership to enhance direct and collaborative primary care services
• Management/oversight of the implementation of buprenorphine/naloxone prescribing
• In collaboration with clinic leadership, implementation of telepsychiatry for select patient encounters
• Participation and leadership in regular clinic meetings, including high risk rounds, staff meetings, budget and operational meetings, and clinic leadership meetings
• Serve as the clinic liaison to the city’s psychiatric hospitals (both acute and state) and CPEP/emergency rooms.
• Participate in regular supervision and strategic planning sessions with the Chief Medical Officer
• In collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer, design, build, implement and supervise psychiatric and psychiatric NP training programs
• Serve as the clinical lead for the Incident Review Committee
• At least half of time dedicated to direct patient care

• M.D. or D.O. degree with active New York State license in good standing
• Graduate of ACGME-accredited psychiatry training program
• ABPN Board-certified or equivalent certification of competence
• At least two years of experience working with individuals with serious mental illness
• Excellent diagnostic, clinical formulation and treatment skills
• Strong leadership abilities and flexibility to work successfully with a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff
• MAT-waivered or ability to receive waiver within 3 months of hire
• Experience working with individuals involved in the criminal justice system preferred

Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system.Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.