Clinical Director - Psychiatrist
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Job Description
Job Description for Clinical Director, WP BHC
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, a division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center, has a full-time position for a Clinical Director for our White Plains Behavioral Health Center serving the White Plains area of Westchester.
The candidate would be responsible for the following: establishing and maintaining treatment approach and quality improvement activities for the program, ensuring that patients are treated in accordance with the highest best-practice standards, providing clinical leadership and teaching to the interdisciplinary staff and trainees of the program, supervising direct-care medical staff consisting of PNPs and other psychiatrists, organizing program rounds and staff meetings, performing diagnostic assessments and evaluations of patients’ treatment needs, providing direct psychiatric care that is responsive to the needs of the patient and reflects the expertise in the physician's specialty area, collaborates with family members and other individuals or agencies involved in the patient's treatment.
In close collaboration with the administrative Program Director, the Clinical Director helps to ensure effective oversight of clinic operations and program requirements, including meeting the program's budgetary goals, and fostering an integrated, mutually supportive multidisciplinary team, both within the clinic as well with fellow psychiatric staff throughout the larger St.
Vincent's/St. Joseph's hospital system. The candidate will also work closely with the White Plains Hospital Primary Care clinic housed in the same building, and other White Plains Hospital affiliated medical services in treating mutual patients.
Faculty appointment at New York Medical College is possible if interested in teaching in our newly accredited psychiatry residency training program. We offer a competitive salary and a benefits package depending on the number of hours worked. Board certification is preferred but will consider board eligible.
Hours: 35 hours
For Consideration, Please Submit Your CV To
GPerrotta@SaintJosephs.org
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Director is responsible for establishing treatment approaches, ensuring high-quality patient care, and providing clinical leadership to the interdisciplinary staff. They also oversee clinic operations, manage budgetary goals, and collaborate with medical services within the hospital system.
Requirements
The candidate must be a psychiatrist, with board certification preferred but board eligible candidates considered. The role requires experience in clinical leadership, staff supervision, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 50% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Psychiatry median $274k (middle half $210k–$322k)380 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | New York index 107.9 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in New York | 107 active | 1,861 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 56% remote · 50% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New York Physician listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 16% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #27 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 28% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 728 postings, 654 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,316 in the last 30 days | 1,034 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | −2.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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