Addiction Medicine Attending

REACH PROJECT INC•City of Ithaca, NY

3d•$110 - $125

About The Position

REACH Medical providers deliver low-threshold, harm reduction-oriented medical care in a multidisciplinary, integrated practice to further REACH’s mission of ensuring health equity for people who commonly face stigma in the healthcare system. This role expands access to care for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in the Southern Tier. REACH receives referrals from a local teaching hospital and community-based organizations, including the 211 system. The Addiction Medicine Attending provides collaborative primary care and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), along with screening and treatment for substance use disorders, mild to moderate behavioral health conditions, hepatitis C, and other viral illnesses associated with drug use. The role may also include acute primary care, patient care and education for students, residents, and fellows, and shared after-hours and signing-provider responsibilities. The position works closely with medical providers and a broad multidisciplinary team, maintains required credentials and timely clinical documentation, and completes approximately three to four unique patient encounters per hour.

Requirements

Physician board certified in Addiction Medicine.
New York State medical license.
Significant experience in and commitment to providing care to underserved populations.
Solid communication skills and ability to work well within a multidisciplinary agency.
Deep understanding of and belief in harm reduction, health equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

Deliver collaborative, accessible, high-quality primary care and MOUD to patients without stigma.
Screen for substance use disorders and use medications for addiction treatment (MAT) in patient care.
Provide acute primary care for issues typically addressed in urgent care when appropriate to the patient’s presentation and available resources.
Screen for and treat mild to moderate behavioral health diagnoses, primarily using antidepressants such as SSRIs.
Screen for and treat hepatitis C and other viral illnesses commonly associated with drug use.
As needed, provide medical care and education to students, residents, and fellows.
Attend quarterly provider meetings via Zoom and all mandatory staff trainings.
Work collaboratively with REACH contracted and employed medical providers and program staff, including primary care and behavioral health providers, peer staff, community health workers, outreach staff, MAT providers, nursing, front desk, care management, and management teams.
Maintain required state and federal credentials and work with REACH and credentialing team members to maintain necessary credentials; physicians must also maintain credentialing with the clinically integrated network affiliated with Cayuga Health System.
Complete timely, high-quality EMR documentation with appropriate medical billing.
Complete three to four unique patient encounters per hour, with flexibility to see more patients or add-ons as needed.
Share after-hours call responsibilities, averaging less than once weekly; calls are screened through a triage system and typically require signing prescriptions for patients who missed visits.
Share signing-provider responsibilities, averaging less than once weekly; calls are screened and typically require signing bridge prescriptions.
Share after-hours call responsibilities with at least four other providers, divided in proportion to hours worked.