Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant, Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison P

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Location:

Stony Brook, New York

Open Date:
Jan 15, 2026

at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The clinician will serve as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant on our Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry clinical and teaching service. The NP/PA will conduct psychiatric evaluations, psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and level-of-care recommendations for individuals admitted to our medical and surgical units with psychiatric and substance use comorbidity. The NP/PA will involve families, obtain collateral history for accurate assessments, and collaborate with other psychiatry and medical staff, nurses, and social workers in clinical management and discharge planning.

The NP/PA will also provide education to staff and trainees. Common conditions addressed may include but are not limited to delirium, behavioral symptoms associated with dementia, impairments in medical decision making capacity, depression and anxiety, elevated suicide risk, and substance use disorders.

Note:

Full-Time Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry.

• Required Qualifications
  :
  • Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree in Nursing (foreign equivalent or higher). ANCC Board Certification. New York State PMHNP license.
  • Physician Assistant: Master's Degree from ARC-PA accredited program. NYS Physician Assistant license. NCCPA certification by start date.
• Preferred Qualifications
  :
  • Minimum one year of full‑time work experience as a licensed Psychiatric NP or PA in a hospital setting.
  • Experience working with medically ill patients and providing psychiatric consultations.

 All application materials must be submitted online.

Long Island's premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine, represents Stony Brook University's entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook's health‑related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools – Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare – as well as major centers, programs and more than 50 community‑based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County.

With 624 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children's, with more than 180 pediatric specialists, offers advanced pediatric specialty care in the region. The Medical and Research Translation building hosts Stony Brook University Cancer Center outpatient services and research. Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential core values at Stony Brook Medicine, and we are proud to recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Non‑Tenure Track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

As soon as possible.