Physician - Medical Director of Substance Abuse Treatment Program

1 month ago

Richmond, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

We are looking for a skilled psychiatrist - Medical Director of Substance Abuse Treatment Program who is highly skilled in the management of a patient's mental health needs or subspecialty evaluation and treatment. The physician will carry an inpatient and/or outpatient clinical workload along with assigned administrative and professional responsibilities. SATP provides outpatient and residential treatment of patients with substance use disorders.

The Richmond VA Medical Center, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, intermediate care, acute and sustaining spinal cord injury, skilled nursing home care, and palliative care. The medical center has four community-based outpatient clinics located in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Emporia and Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and a strong and mutually beneficial affiliation with the Medical College of Virginia. Residency programs exist in virtually all general and specialty areas of medicine, rehabilitation, surgery, psychiatry, and dentistry. The medical center is the host site for one of five Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers in the VA system of care, and a Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized to a qualified applicant
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized to a qualified applicant Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Monique Head at monique.head@va.gov OR Mayleka Hicks-Amerson at mayleka.hicksamerson@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The duties and responsibilities of the Physician include, but are not limited to the following:
Completes intake assessments and formulates diagnosis.
Develops and presents treatment plans to the multidisciplinary treatment team using American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria.
Uses methadone and other opioid medications (e.g. buprenorphine products, naloxone, naltrexone) to treat substance use disorders including opioid use disorder.
Receives and responds to consult requests for service. Advises or manages treatment of detoxification and withdrawal.
Orders all necessary laboratory and radiological assessments.
Initiates consults and referrals as indicated.
Maintains effective and up-to-date documentation of patient encounters.
Reports to the Deputy Chief of Mental Health and will be responsible for supervising psychiatrists and nurse practitioners assigned to the program.
Supervisory responsibilities include, but are not limited to: recruiting providers, orienting providers, counseling providers when needed, utilizing performance improvement plans for providers as needed, rating providers, reviewing clinical care of supervisees, performing ongoing and focus professional practice evaluations, and assisting with administrative activities needed by the service.
Provides clinical supervision to trainees (e.g. psychiatry residents/fellows) on rotations within SATP and provides evaluations and feedback to their performance to our academic partners.
Fulfills key leadership duties which includes consideration and development of policies and procedures, participation in site visits by external accreditation and oversight bodies, responsibility for SUD-related performance measures, and strategic planning within the SATP.
May serve as the facility Medical Review Officer (physician over employee drug testing) pending training, certification, and subject to approval.
Weekend/holiday and overnight call is currently optional, but this could change depending on the needs of the mental health service.

Work Schedule:
Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

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