Addiction Medicine Physician (Part Time) Job at HealthRIGHT 360 in Los Angeles

Sunday, August 4, 2024

HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.

HealthRIGHT 360 offers residential treatment services designed to serve individuals and families with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our program helps clients address addiction and related issues, increase skills, manage stressors, connect to supportive services, and build a foundation for lasting recovery. Residential programs run 24/7 and include individual and group therapy, family therapy, individualized case management, treatment planning, drug and alcohol counseling, medication support services, and crisis intervention.

Benefits and perks:

• HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
• Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Work with mission-driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.

Prototypes, a program of HealthRIGHT 360’s residential substance use disorder (SUD) program, is contracted with the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) program for residential drug Medi-Cal (DMC) services for up to 99 adult men and women: 33 for men who are judicially involved, 33 for men, and 33 for women. The residential DMC program will employ 100 people and works closely with the other BHC programs to provide a continuum of services for the low-income/Medi-Cal population. The program is located on the campus of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in the Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles and will serve all LA County residents.

The Addiction Medicine Physician will work collaboratively with the healthcare team, which includes medical assistants, primary care, mental health and psychiatric providers, patient care coordinators, and registered nurses, to provide patients with comprehensive quality healthcare that addresses both biomedical and psychosocial needs. The core responsibilities include a high degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and patients and evidence-based approaches to routine psychiatric and addiction care, medication management, chronic care support, and medication-assisted therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders. Participates in Quality Improvement activities, and may contribute to the practice and program development. Patient population will include clients in residential treatment for substance use disorders at MLK BHC.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversight and delivery of care for patients suffering from substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disease, including other duties.
• Collect a comprehensive history on all continuity patients.
• Perform ongoing assessments of patients suffering from substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disease.
• Providers will be expected to initiate and oversee curative medical treatment for patients with uncomplicated HCV under the guidance of the associate medical director.
• Utilize all the above information in formulating and documenting healthcare plans which include treatment, health maintenance, education, counseling, and follow-up.
• Provide Medication Assisted Treatment services for patients with substance use disorders, individually or in combination with medical psychiatric services if necessary.
• Foster collaboration and client referrals between Substance Abuse Treatment Services and support the care team in the psychiatric treatment of the patient.
• Maintain open communication with the Associate Medical Director/Medical Director and BH Program Directors concerning needs and seek consultation when needed.
• Support site medical staff to triage client’s medical concerns, collaborating/coordinating with community medical partners.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring that all treatment service plans and activities are executed in keeping with the organization’s values, mission, vision, and strategy.
• In collaboration with management and program leadership, responsible for ensuring compliance with all programmatic or project contractual requirements.

Direct Service Responsibilities:

• Direct Service as necessary and within scope of practice, which may include crisis intervention, assessments, individual services, group services, case conferences, and treatment plans as assigned by the Associate Medical Director/Medical Director.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

In compliance with the California Department of Public Health's mandate, all employees must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Medical and religious exemptions are available.

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