Addiction Medicine Physician (30710)

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding an Addiction Medicine Physician to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx. NCB is a 213-bed community hospital providing quality care in a friendly setting. This facility provides a range of services, and is known for its outstanding Behavioral Health, Women’s Health, Primary Care, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Specialty Ambulatory services. North Central Bronx has a reputation for its devotion to the needs of its patients and has created programs tailored to provide dedicated care to the community it serves. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.

The Mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Addiction Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx consist of the outpatient addiction clinic, opioid treatment program, and addiction consult service. Specifically, the Addiction Consult Service is a multidisciplinary service that provides acute substance use disorder (SUD) care to patients in Emergency Departments (EDs), Inpatient (IP) Units, SUD Walk-in Clinics, and throughout the hospital. The team is led by the Medical Directors of Addiction Services and includes physicians and nurse practitioners with addiction training, social workers, mental health clinicians, addiction counselors, peer counselors, and community health workers. The mission of the Addiction Consult Service is to improve patient access to and experience of evidence-based practices for SUD care, including medications for addiction treatment, SUD screening, brief intervention, referral to ongoing treatment (SBIRT), care coordination, harm reduction, and peer advocacy.

Opportunity Details:

• Provide addiction care and harm reduction services to patients in the ED, IP units, and SUD Walk-In Clinic.
• Provide supervision of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on the Addiction Consult Service.
• Collaborate with the Addiction Consult Service Clinical Supervisor and other Addiction Consult Service staff to facilitate interconnection from the acute care setting to outpatient follow-up and ongoing care.
• Participate in daily team huddles, regularly scheduled Addiction Consult Service staff meetings and case conferences, and departmental Grand Rounds.
• Evaluate and treat patients in acute withdrawal from substances, including alcohol and/or opioids.
• Provide ongoing medical treatment for patients with SUDs, including Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and/or Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
• Review labs, EKGs, and other tests as clinically indicated and initiate referrals for follow-up care.
• Collaborate with hospitalists and subspecialists, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other medical disciplines within the hospital.
• Conduct suicide risk assessments (SAFE-T evaluations) in the SUD Walk-In Clinic.
• Participate in medical and behavioral codes, as needed.
• Provide opioid overdose education, naloxone training, and distribution of other harm reduction resources to patients and their friends and families.
• Teach and train fellows, residents, and medical students rotating on the Addiction Consult Service, as well as preparing didactic presentations, as needed.
• Assist medical leadership with Quality Assurance and Process Improvement projects, as needed.