Medical Director

Fora Health•Portland, OR

About The Position

Do you lie awake at night dreaming of changing the world and transforming dominant paradigms? Are you excited about providing trauma-informed, person-centered care to vulnerable people with substance use disorders? Do you believe a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? Have we got a job for you!! Come join an inspired, curious, innovative multidisciplinary team offering radically kind medical care and loving compassion to patients with substance use disorders. The Medical Director works closely with the Chief Medical Officer to provide vision for and implementation of medical programs and services across Fora Health’s Departments. The Medical Director is an integral part of a collaborative leadership team, which includes the Director of Psychiatric Services, Medical Operations Director and Nurse Manager. This team, in turn, collaborates with Fora-wide leadership, representing other programs in the continuum of care to support Fora Health’s mission of providing excellent care for those with substance use disorders. The Medical Director will provide direct patient care in 3.7 level withdrawal management and medically managed residential programs. Additionally, the MD will direct expansion of both outpatient and residential MAT services. The MD will also direct the development of expanded medical services for patients enrolled in Fora Residential and Outpatient SUD programs. The MD will collaborate with Operations & Admissions leadership to develop and strengthen rapid access pathways from local hospitals into appropriate levels of care at Fora. The Medical Director will join the Chief Medical Officer in nurturing a program culture that centers excellent medical care within a framework of loving kindness, harm reduction, and trauma informed care. Expected allocation of time is approximately 60% administrative and 40% clinical.

Requirements

Must be a licensed MD or DO
Must be board certified in Addiction Medicine; Fellowship training strongly preferred
Experience in prescribing buprenorphine required
At least one year of attending experience in primary care, hospital medicine or urgent care required
Experience in withdrawal management strongly preferred
Supervising experience is a plus
For employees with a history of substance use disorder, Fora Health’s policy requires certification of a minimum of two years of sobriety for this position.
Position will require some amount of regular connection to work via cell phone to answer questions and respond to internal and external contacts.
Ability to pass a pre-employment or for cause drug tests.

Responsibilities

Completing medical intakes on patients admitting to withdrawal management and residential treatment
Formulating treatment plans for those patients and communicating with nurses and case managers as necessary regarding implementation of medical orders and ongoing assessment of patients
Reviewing medical referrals to Medically Managed Residential Program and communicating with referents, including hospitals and outpatient settings.
Continuing expansion of MMR program to include patients on IV antibiotics, with complex wound care needs, and those newly dependent on insulin
Developing curricula & structure for residential medical groups to address PAWS, tobacco cessation, and MAT for AUD
Providing clinical education to nurses
Sharing overnight phone call with Chief Medical Officer and advance practice providers, typically one week per month.
Supervising advanced practice providers
Supervising and mentoring medical learners throughout their rotations at Fora
Providing education to patients about medications and treatment options.
Collaborating with Access Department to develop and expand relationships with community partners and pathways into Fora medical services.
Collaborating with Chief Medical Officer on development and implementation of new programs
Collaborating with Chief Medical Officer & Medical Operations Director on writing and revision of policies & procedures, creating & maintaining EMR order sets, addressing grievances & incident reports.
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

Kaiser medical insurance
Comprehensive dental and vision insurance
Employer-paid basic life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Additional voluntary insurance (short-term disability insurance, supplemental group life insurance, accident & critical illness insurance, and pet insurance)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent care and transportation costs
401K plan with Employer Matching up to 6%
4 weeks paid vacation, one floating holiday & sick leave
10 observed holidays, paid bereavement and paid jury duty days
Flexible schedules
Employee Assistance Program
Discounted 24 Hour Fitness membership from $6.99/month
One free employee meal on days worked at our Cherry Blossom location
Online education tools for CEUs
Critical shift compensation up to double hourly pay rate and shift premiums for certain positions
Employee referral bonus
Education grant program reimbursement for continuing education expenses after 90 days of employment
Loan forgiveness for eligible medical and clinic positions
Free parking at our two facilities
Employees may be eligible for education grants: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) NURSE Corps Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)