Job Description
Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:
1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:
The New York City Health Department works every day to protect and promote the health of 8.5 million diverse New Yorkers. This includes making health equity and racial justice a priority in order to address enduring gaps in health between white New Yorkers and communities of color.
We are looking to recruit a Preventive Medicine Residency Director and Senior Population Health Physician. This role demands a combination of roles, including public-facing public health practice, senior clinical advisor on high priority projects, administrative and programmatic leadership of one of the nation’s oldest Preventive Medicine Residency programs, and mentorship and education activities of some of the brightest trainees in public health.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Participate, Guide, and Lead, as a Senior Advisor, to research, policy and intervention projects of high priority for the Agency [30-70% of time]
- Together with leadership, engage as a subject matter expert in roles related to high priority projects, including but not limited to:
o Primary care quality improvement
o Community and neighborhood based chronic disease prevention
o Medicaid payment initiatives
o Health informatics
o Healthcare segregation, pricing, and accountability
o Climate resiliency
o Vaccine equity
- Disseminate key findings for research, policy, and programmatic change and improvement related to healthcare system transformation and accountability
- Engage with partners on implementation of city legislation related to areas of focus
- Advise and assist Chief Medical Officer and other agency executives on areas of focus
- Lead efforts to seek and write grants related to areas of focus
- Mentor medical residents and other trainees in clinical, academic, and research activities related to areas of focus
Practice in community-facing public health roles [10-50% of time]
- Serve as a primary physician in On-Call’ program for the DOHMH, for a few weeks a year.
- As scheduling, interest, and competencies permit, serve as a physician at DOHMH Public Health Clinics
- Participate and teach in other DOHMH programs, educational activities and community events
Serve as the Program Director of the Public Health/Preventive Medicine Residency program [20% of time]
- Revamp, re-imagine, and champion the program
- Integrate the program with Agency and Divisional priorities
- Recruit, interview and select candidates
- Oversee the logistics, management, and coordination of the program; and supervise relevant staff for the program
- Identify grant opportunities for fellowships and other innovative programs for trainees
- Lead Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) advisory committees
- Update and implement policies and procedures to ensure continued compliance with accreditation requirements
- Collaborate with program directors across the country via American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
- Serve as primary liaison for PMR program to DOHMH and external organizations
- Oversee evaluation system of resident activities
- Expand clinical and practicum placements internally and external to the DOHMH
- Lead weekly seminar sessions for residents and visiting trainees on a wide breadth of public health/preventive medicine topics, including preparation for the American Board of Preventive Medicine board exam
- Collaborate with Preventive Medicine Residency programs in NYC/nationally
Oversee Public Health Elective program
- Develop, implement, and coordinate placement of visiting medical students and residents in DOHMH elective rotations with DOHMH preceptors
**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:
- A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.
- Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
- Current Resume
- Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)
Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting’s “Minimum Qualification Requirements” section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
**LOAN FORGIVENESS
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
"FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL”
Qualifications
1. Possession of a valid license to practice medicine in the State of New York plus valid Board Certification issued by the appropriate American Specialty Board in an approved medical specialty; and four years of medical practice including one year of experience in an administrative or supervisory capacity; or
2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to that listed in "1" above. However, all candidates must have a valid license to practice medicine in the State of New York, and one year of medical practice in an administrative or supervisory capacity.
