Medical Director - Louisville, KY

Onsite Schedule- 7 AM -12 PM (10 hours per week – 5 hours two days) Two days weekly - every other day (Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday) No Weekends

MedMark Treatment Centers provides opiate addiction treatment for individuals in Louisville, KY in a comfortable, outpatient clinic setting. Our evidence-based treatment program offers methadone maintenance with a focus on substance abuse counseling services to provide the highest success rates possible. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.

Job Description:

The Medical Director serves as the Physician for one or more narcotic treatment programs (NTP) in the State of Texas as designated by MedMark and accepted by Physician. This individual provides patient care, medical evaluation, establishes dosing levels, and interacts as necessary with Federal, state, county & other regulatory bodies. The Medical Director trains & manages subordinate physician extenders and provides health care services directly to patients all under the direction and responsibility of the CEO and Medical Director – OTP.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

Interviewing, managing, training, and evaluating physician extenders Implementation and enforcement of medical policies, procedures and training
Assistance as needed with development of clinical policies, procedures and training
Assistance as needed with completion of Federal, state, county and other regulatory applications, permits, licensure, inspections, etc
Correspondence and interaction with key regulatory (DEA, SMA, Medicaid, SAMHSA/CSAT, etc.) personnel and accrediting bodies as necessary
Providing reports & other data as requested to CEO / Medical Director – OTP

Patient Care

Planning and supervising provision of treatment for patients (including regular review and notes in the patient’s record) according to established CSAT and state guidelines with a strong emphasis on quality & customer service.
Signs patient record notes
Oversees patient care provided by physician extender, signs charts, dosing levels, etc., when applicable
Places patients into treatment
Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical examination, documents health history and examination results to meet Federal and state guidelines and refers patient for care elsewhere when indicated (including appropriate follow up)
Initiates, alters and terminates replacement narcotic therapy medications following strict protocols meeting the approval of Federal & state guidelines as well as current medical literature for patient care
Supervises the administration and dispensing of medications
Confers with patient’s private physician as needed
Examines staff after on-the-job accidents or injuries as needed
Serves as a clinic in-service resource
Provides patient education specific to various disease processes within our scope of practice
Oversees the continuum of care process for patients
Maintains strict patient, employee, company and computer confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications

Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and/or a Psychiatrist.
At least 1 year of Addiction Medicine experience.
Current state license
Medicare/Medicaid
Ability to prescribe methadone & buprenorphine
Knowledge of Medical Assisted Treatment is preferred.
Satisfactory drug screen and background check.

COVID-19 considerations:

Everyone will be asked to be in compliance with the most recent COVID guidelines from CDC, State, County and City.

Here is what you can expect from us:

MedMark Treatment Centers, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization, is committed to the highest quality of patient care in a comfortable outpatient clinic setting. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long-term recovery and an improved quality of life.

MedMark Treatment Centers is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws.

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