Medical Director (Addiction Medicine) (Part-Time)
About The Position
Spero Health is seeking a part-time Addiction Medicine Medical Director in Morehead, Kentucky. The role supports the organization’s mission of saving lives, instilling hope, and restoring relationships for people experiencing substance use disorder. Spero Health provides local, affordable outpatient care, primarily for people with opioid addiction, and is one of the country’s largest Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) providers. Spero Health’s evidence-based integrated care model combines physical and behavioral healthcare. Services include medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and case management, delivered in facilities through a community-based approach that enables patients to continue working and caring for their families while receiving treatment. The Medical Director must be able to prescribe buprenorphine and will provide clinical oversight, patient care, and supervision of providers as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Requirements
- Active, unrestricted physician medical license in the applicable state.
- Experience providing addiction medicine services to medically and socially complex populations.
- Experience managing complex substance use disorders.
- Ability to develop relationships with network and community physicians and other providers.
- Current, active DEA licensure and prescriptive authority in applicable state(s).
- Ability to prescribe buprenorphine.
- Ability to work onsite with diverse care teams in a variety of settings.
- Effective time-management and communication skills.
- Computer literacy and experience with electronic medical records.
Responsibilities
- Provide supervision and clinical oversight to providers.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat individuals with complex addiction and substance-related health conditions, and provide ongoing support.
- Complete appropriate documentation to support professional billing for services.
- Educate patients and families about illness and prognosis to clarify care goals and support development of comprehensive care plans.
- Provide oversight and supervision for clinical initiatives and processes.
- Interpret test results to diagnose health issues and provide feedback to patients.
- Educate and counsel patients regarding medication compliance.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team to provide medical and behavioral health services.
- Conduct patient follow-up visits regarding progress with medication and treatment.
- Contact patients’ primary care physicians and/or specialists when necessary.
- Maintain required licensure, certifications, and continuing medical education credits.
- Review and oversee progress and treatment plans, make adjustments as needed, and review 10% of charts.
- Be physically present onsite for 25% of the time the facility is open to the public.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
