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Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

Peer Counselor - Psychiatry Dr. Habersham

Peer Support SpecialistFull-Time

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

The Peer Counselor provides support through listening, encouraging, coaching, empowering, and connecting peers to resources that suit their individual recovery needs.

Responsibilities include respectful treatment of others, modeling self-responsibility, developing relationships, advocating, team participation, and outreach within the community. The Peer Recovery Specialist will take responsibility for personal recovery at all times and will complete training requirements.

This role also involves peer navigation—assisting patients in making necessary appointments for health and recovery—and outreach to community.

Strength Through Unity and Inclusion

The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care.

When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare.

We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization.

Our leaders are expected to challenge outdated practices, promote a culture of respect, and work toward meaningful improvements that enhance patient care and workplace experiences.

We are dedicated to building a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and advance professionally. Explore this opportunity and be part of the next chapter in our history.

About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment.

The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers.

We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws.

We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported.

Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.

Key Responsibilities

The Peer Counselor provides emotional support, coaching, and empowerment to peers while connecting them to recovery resources. Responsibilities include patient navigation for health appointments and conducting community outreach.

Requirements

Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and hold the New York Certification Board (NYCB) Peer Recovery Advocate Certification. Affiliations with groups like NAMI, DBSA, AA, or NA are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Peer CounselingPatient AdvocacyRecovery CoachingCrisis SupportRelationship BuildingResource Connection

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Peer Counselor - Psychiatry Dr. Habersham at Mount Sinai Health System a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Peer Support roles — ranked against 96 active Peer Support roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychiatry Career Context

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).

Psychiatry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 5% in peer support rolesranked against 96 Peer Support roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingNew York index 107.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All psychiatry listings in New York22 active98 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 0% state a sign-on bonus · 6% offer loan repayment98 active listings, Nov 2026
New Psychiatry listings1,299 in the last 30 days882 the 30 days before (+47%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (96 Peer Support roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. New York figures use all psychiatrys: too few New York Psychiatry postings state pay.

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Peer Support roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 96 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$875k
Typical market rent
$4,089/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.