Physician - Addiction Medicine - Farmington

Maine Health•Farmington, ME

43d•Onsite

About The Position

MaineHealth Addiction Medicine - Farmington, a department of Franklin Memorial Hospital, is seeking a full time BC/BE Addiction Medicine Physician to provide care at our office based in Farmington, Maine. The successful candidate will join our dynamic team of providers as a primary care-based addiction medicine specialist to support current addiction medicine offerings while expanding the complexity and breadth of addiction issues managed locally. In addition will have the opportunity to participate in several educational opportunities including site lead for rural tract within MaineHealth's addiction medicine fellowship, medical students, and Family Medicine residents. Associate Medical Director Responsibilities: (0.1 FTE) Provide education and training to support primary care physicians managing addiction issues Lead development or adjustment of clinical and operational workflows for patients with addiction issues Identify and lead opportunities for innovation in caring for patients with addiction issues Serve as clinical resource for primary care providers to ask specific questions as needed basis Liaison with other clinical services on addiction medicine issues Clinical - Addiction Medicine (0.85 FTE) Provide direct patient care for more complex medication assisted therapy patients Provide direct patient care for patients with other addiction related issues with specific focus on alcohol related addiction Providing consultation services for treatment of Hepatitis C in patients with concurrent substance use disorder and active Hepatitis C. Provide consultative service for ED and medical inpatients at FMH with concurrent addiction related issues Educational - Addiction Medicine (0.05 FTE) Addiction Medicine Fellowship Site Lead

Requirements

MD/DO from an accredited medical school.
Completion of Family/Internal Medicine Residency program or other applicable residency.
Board Certified/Board Eligible in Addiction Medicine.

Responsibilities

Provide education and training to support primary care physicians managing addiction issues
Lead development or adjustment of clinical and operational workflows for patients with addiction issues
Identify and lead opportunities for innovation in caring for patients with addiction issues
Serve as clinical resource for primary care providers to ask specific questions as needed basis
Liaison with other clinical services on addiction medicine issues
Provide direct patient care for more complex medication assisted therapy patients
Provide direct patient care for patients with other addiction related issues with specific focus on alcohol related addiction
Providing consultation services for treatment of Hepatitis C in patients with concurrent substance use disorder and active Hepatitis C.
Provide consultative service for ED and medical inpatients at FMH with concurrent addiction related issues
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Site Lead

Benefits

Four-day work week on site.
Community-focused practice serving a close-knit rural population.
Opportunity to grow and develop teaching and research experiences and work with both residents and medical students.
Affiliation with Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
Leadership development opportunities
Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package including relocation assistance.
We are a designated National Health Service Corps site which allow primary care physicians to participate in additional competitive loan repayment programs through NHSC. We also are a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF) Program.

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