Medical Director WPCC Dayshift

at  Wellpath

Compensation Range: $282,943.86 - $345,820.38 / year

You Matter:

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE UNDERSERVED.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society’s most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:
As the Medical Director, you will be responsible for overseeing all medical services and ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care. You will collaborate with the Program Director to review and recommend changes to treatment plans, while also participating in interdisciplinary treatment planning conferences. Additionally, you will develop and conduct education programs to address drug and alcohol abuse, and advocate for the needs of each patient assigned to the clinicians with specific departments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides oversight and supervision of medical services, ensuring adequacy and quality of care for patients.
• Represents the program clinically, liaising with advocates and families, and advocating for patients.
• Conducts case review, leads peer review, and participates in multidisciplinary teams and clinically based PI projects.
• Manages physician retention, performance evaluation, and provides in-service training as needed.
• Delivers direct psychiatric care to patients and demonstrates knowledge of applicable medical services and related policies and procedures, including compliance with state and federal regulations.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Medical Doctor (MD) or Osteopathic Doctor (DO) from an accredited university.

Experience

• Demonstrates appropriate experience in addiction treatment through either a fellowship in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry for a minimum of one year or possesses minimum of two years’ experience in addiction treatment services or has a plan to develop competency in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry within two years.

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed in state of employment to practice medicine.
• Certification by American Board of Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine, or another specialty recognized by American Board of Medical Specialties.
• Must have DATA 2000 Waiver
• Must have and maintain current CPR certification

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer:
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description

• Provides oversight and supervision of medical services, ensuring adequacy and quality of care for patients.
• Represents the program clinically, liaising with advocates and families, and advocating for patients.
• Conducts case review, leads peer review, and participates in multidisciplinary teams and clinically based PI projects.
• Manages physician retention, performance evaluation, and provides in-service training as needed.
• Delivers direct psychiatric care to patients and demonstrates knowledge of applicable medical services and related policies and procedures, including compliance with state and federal regulations