Inpatient Addiction Medicine Physician (MAT)

Providence; Portland (OR); Presencial; USD 230.000 - 350.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR seeks a physician to provide addiction-focused consultations for hospitalized patients within an acute-care setting as part of an integrated health system.

Responsibilities include inpatient addiction medicine consultations across units, assessing for substance use disorders, managing withdrawal, initiating MAT/MOUD, and coordinating transitions to community care while collaborating with a wide clinical team and educating staff.

Formación

• MD or DO with board certification in addiction medicine or psychiatry, or a board-certified psychiatrist with addiction expertise.
• Experience treating medically complex hospitalized patients and managing substance use disorders in acute-care settings preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide addiction medicine consultations for hospitalized patients across units (medical/surgical, ED, labor & delivery, inpatient psychiatry).
• Assess patients to evaluate and confirm substance use disorder diagnoses.
• Provide evidence-based medical management of withdrawal syndromes (alcohol, opioid, benzodiazepine, etc.).
• Initiate and manage MAT/MOUD and other evidence-based addiction treatments.
• Provide pain management recommendations for opioid-tolerant patients and complex pain needs.
• Deliver harm reduction counseling and education.
• Develop individualized treatment recommendations aligned with patient goals and readiness for change.
• Assist with transitions of care and linkage to community-based treatment programs.
• Provide timely documentation and maintain clear communication with primary treatment teams.
• Collaborate with hospitalists, emergency medicine physicians, psychiatrists, pharmacists, nurses, case managers, social workers, and recovery mentors.
• Educate residents and staff on best practices in care of patients with substance use disorders.

Conocimientos

Addiction Medicine

Hospital-based care

MAT/MOUD management

Withdrawal management

Educación

Board Certification in Addiction Medicine

Board Certification in Addiction Psychiatry

Board-Certified Psychiatrist with addiction expertise

Descripción del empleo

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR seeks a physician to provide addiction-focused consultations for hospitalized patients within an acute-care setting as part of an integrated health system.

Responsibilities include inpatient addiction medicine consultations across units, assessing for substance use disorders, managing withdrawal, initiating MAT/MOUD, and coordinating transitions to community care while collaborating with a wide clinical team and educating staff.