Full-Time Inpatient Psychiatrist at South Oaks Hospital

Company: Northwell Health Physician Partners
Location: Amityville
Posted on: January 5, 2026

Job Description:

The Department of Psychiatry at South Oaks Hospital is seeking a full-time inpatient psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership and direct care for our busy unit at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, NY. The ideal candidate is an energetic leader with excellent clinical, teaching, supervisory, and interpersonal skills who is comfortable leading a multidisciplinary team of clinicians. Ideal candidates also possess a skillset appropriate for the management of acute psychiatric patients with attention to service excellence. Candidate must be BC/BE in Psychiatry, with ACGME approved residency training, and eligible for a NYS medical license. Excellent communication skills required. Experience preferred but new graduates with the appropriate combination of experience and skills are encouraged to apply. South Oaks Hospital is a 202-bed behavioral health hospital located on the Nassau/Suffolk border on Long Island. For well over a century, we have established a local and national reputation for delivering high quality and compassionate care, crisis management, treatment, and recovery services. Our extensive range of inpatient and outpatient services for children, teens, adults, and seniors focuses on improving our patients’ functioning at home, work, and school, and in their relationships with family, friends, and others. Our inpatient services include child and adolescent, adult and senior units, as well as substance use or opioid use disorder treatment, including services tailored for healthcare professionals dealing with addiction. Our outpatient services include comprehensive behavioral services for young people ages 5 to 21, an adolescent partial hospitalization program, and treatment for substance use disorder. South Oaks is a key part of the Northwell Health System, New York State’s largest private employer and healthcare provider and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® with 23 hospitals, eight of which are Magnet®-designated, more than 750 outpatient facilities, laboratories, world-class research facilities and more. We are located across Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester, and beyond. Our 74,000 clinical and non-clinical professionals are redefining the way health care is delivered. Experience a career well cared for and make a difference in the lives of the people in the communities in which we live, love, and belong. Benefits at Northwell Health include: Nationally competitive salaries Comprehensive benefits package Four weeks’ vacation plus paid conference/CME time Academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Advanced education opportunities College Tuition reimbursement for dependent children Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, 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. Experience a career well cared for and make a difference in the lives of our community. Northwell Health is committed to training, supporting and nurturing physicians from all backgrounds. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. Diversity and inclusion permeate our educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make sure every one of our physicians receives training on how to deliver high quality, culturally competent care. Our recent educational areas of focus have been on social determinants of health, community engagement and developing a medical-legal partnership for our physicians-in-training. One of our many strengths is our diverse patient population and our expectation is that our diverse patient populations receive equitable care, irrespective of who they are. As a result, we continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patients. Qualified candidates should forward their CV to: tmartin18@northwell.edu

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