Addiction Medicine Attending Physician

Cooper University Health Care; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper University Health Care is seeking an academic addiction medicine physician to join our growing addiction medicine division, with a focus on urban underserved care and harm reduction.

The successful candidate would report to the division head of addiction medicine and hold an academic appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, contributing to inpatient and outpatient programs and innovative community initiatives.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited institution.
• Preferred: fellowship in addiction medicine.
• Board certified or board eligible in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry.
• Active medical license in NJ.

Responsibilities

• Shape the delivery of substance use disorder care in urban underserved settings.
• Provide inpatient and outpatient addiction medicine services as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Report to the division head of addiction medicine and hold an academic appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
• Serve in collaborative programs across hospital and community settings.

Skills

Urban underserved care

Harm reduction

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Academic medicine

Education

MD or DO

Fellowship in addiction medicine (preferred)

Job description

Unit Overview

Cooper University Health Care (CUHC) is seeking an academic addiction medicine physician to join our growing addiction medicine division.

Short Description

Cooper addiction medicine division is an interdisciplinary, medical specialty program within our university healthcare setting. Our division provides both inpatient and outpatient specialty care for individuals struggling with substance use disorders through a variety of programs including:

• Hospital consultation service
• Inpatient detoxification/stabilization and residential programs
• Emergency department and hospital bridge programs
• Community paramedicine and field buprenorphine initiation
• Jail transition care
• Outpatient group and specialty medical visits
• A low barrier walk-in clinic
• A wrap-around perinatal SUD program
• Dual diagnosis psychiatric and addiction medical care
• Integrated addiction and infectious disease care including HIV and hepatitis C treatment
• Other innovative community work

The successful candidate should have a strong desire to shape the delivery of substance use disorder care and be versed in urban underserved care and harm reduction. This physician would report to the division head of addiction medicine and would have an academic appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

Education Requirements

MD or DO from an accredited institution.

Preferred: completed fellowship in addiction medicine.

License / Certification Requirements

Board certified or board eligible in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry.

Active medical license in NJ.

Special Requirements

Innovative spirit in the clinical setting, superior teamwork with interdisciplinary collaborative approach, desire to work with underserved populations.