Addiction Medicine Physician (30710)

Physician Affiliate Group of New York•Bronx, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is seeking an Addiction Medicine Physician to join the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx. This facility is a 213-bed community hospital known for its quality care and strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital's mission is to provide comprehensive health services to all New Yorkers with compassion and respect, regardless of their ability to pay. Addiction Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx include an outpatient addiction clinic, an opioid treatment program, and an addiction consult service. The Addiction Consult Service is a multidisciplinary team that provides acute substance use disorder (SUD) care to patients in the Emergency Department (ED), Inpatient (IP) Units, SUD Walk-in Clinics, and throughout the hospital. The team aims to improve patient access to evidence-based SUD care, including medications for addiction treatment, SUD screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment (SBIRT), care coordination, harm reduction, and peer advocacy.

Requirements

Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
Board Eligible or Board Certified in Addiction Medicine (ABAM).
Active New York State Medical License.
Active DEA Registration, including waiver to prescribe buprenorphine.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of education, training, and/or experience in substance use disorder services preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide addiction care and harm reduction services to patients in the ED, IP units, and SUD Walk-In Clinic.
Provide supervision of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on the Addiction Consult Service.
Collaborate with the Addiction Consult Service Clinical Supervisor and other staff to facilitate interconnection from the acute care setting to outpatient follow-up and ongoing care.
Participate in daily team huddles, regularly scheduled Addiction Consult Service staff meetings and case conferences, and departmental Grand Rounds.
Evaluate and treat patients in acute withdrawal from substances, including alcohol and/or opioids.
Provide ongoing medical treatment for patients with SUDs, including Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and/or Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
Review labs, EKGs, and other tests as clinically indicated and initiate referrals for follow-up care.
Collaborate with hospitalists and subspecialists, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other medical disciplines within the hospital.
Conduct suicide risk assessments (SAFE-T evaluations) in the SUD Walk-In Clinic.
Participate in medical and behavioral codes, as needed.
Provide opioid overdose education, naloxone training, and distribution of other harm reduction resources to patients and their friends and families.
Teach and train fellows, residents, and medical students rotating on the Addiction Consult Service, as well as preparing didactic presentations, as needed.
Assist medical leadership with Quality Assurance and Process Improvement projects, as needed.

Benefits

Annual Base Salary: $246,000 (board eligible); $256,000 (board certified) based on 40-hour work week.
Additional compensation available for extra call or sessional/per diem hours.
Estimated annual compensation for 10 additional sessional/per diem hours worked per week is $55,520.
Projected bonus of up to $40,000 (based on previous year’s average), contingent upon meeting quality and productivity targets.
401(k) Company Contribution: Employees are immediately vested in a 3% company contribution of base earnings. No employee match is required.
After one year of service, employees receive an additional 7% company contribution of base earnings. No employee match is required.
Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) Reimbursement.
Generous Annual Paid Time Off (PTO): Vacation, Sick, Holiday, and CME days.
Medical, Prescription, and Dental Coverage: Top-tier plans with employee contributions significantly below market rates.
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage: Equal to 2x your salary (up to a maximum of $300,000) provided at no cost to you.
Additional employee-paid Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage is available for you and your family.
Loan Forgiveness: Position may be eligible for loan forgiveness through certain state or federal programs.
Medical Malpractice Coverage (equivalent to occurrence-based): Provided at no cost to the employee.
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
Pre-tax employee-paid contributions for commuting expenses.
Visa sponsorship will be considered for this position.