Medical Director - Donna Cornell Enterprises, Inc.

Our client is seeking a Medical Director to oversee all medical treatment and treatment planning for individuals who have substance use disorders in a NY State OASAS certified Part 816 Medically Supervised Inpatient Detoxification program and/or Part 818 Inpatient Rehabilitation Program.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Medical degree
• Working towards Board Certification in Addiction Medicine
• Qualified Health Provider (QHP) with a valid MD license and registration certificate to practice in New York State
• DEA license
• Current basic life support for health providers (BLS) and CPR certification
• Five (5) years working with a substance abuse population
• Prior medical administration experience

The Medical Director will have the overall responsibility for medical services provided, which includes medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients while adhering to associated policies and procedures and regulatory standards. Assist with ensuring that standard of patient care is maintained; these standards are based in 'best practice approaches”. Adhere to standards of organizational values, vision, mission, and service to the recovery community. All core duties and responsibilities are subject to periodic revision.

CLIENT WOULD LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS: The candidate is a board-certified addictionologist currently, which is an OASAS requirement.
Seek someone who has had experience with detox order sets (taper protocols). They use Methadone which is prescribed to 90 percent of our detox admissions. And thus, would want someone knowledgeable in that.

Responsibilities: 

• Address any medical problems reported by the staff or patients
• Work in conjunction with the psychiatric staff to ensure medication compliance of patients receiving psychiatric care.
• Act as a consultant to oversee medical issues pertaining to agency policy.
• Monitor and/or prescribe medication assisted therapies.
• Administer/read tuberculosis (TB) tests, when needed.
• Oversee the review of adverse lab results findings.
• Update and abide by all required health department regulations
• Administrative 
• Oversee the development and revision of medical policies, procedures and ongoing training for matters such as routine medical care, specialized services, and medical and psychiatric emergency care.
• Advise the medical staff regarding medical-related challenges
• Assist in the development of necessary referral and linkage relationships with other institutions and agencies
• Attending case conferences; provide feedback to counseling staff whenever relevant
• Approve and sign all OASAS required documents in accordance with OASAS and agency policy 
• Oversee the establishment of policies and procedures for public health education and screening for all patients regarding tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis and HIV and AIDS prevention and harm reduction
• Identify medical concerns and create medical policies and procedures for the 816 and 818 substance use disorder programs
• Supervision of Staff Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physicians Assistants
• Attending staff meetings and training as required, as well as individual and group supervision

Skills:

• Quality improvement, and managed care program and information systems, as well as medical records and point-of-interview technology
• Staff management, supervision, teaching and instruction skills
• Clear and professional verbal and written communication skills 
• Experience working with targeted population and knowledge of related issues
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and function as a team member.
• Attention to detail
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills

Schedule: Full time-  Monday - Friday, five 8-hour shifts  (weekend coverage as needed)