Addiction Medicine Medical Director Opportunity

Trinity Health Of New England – the region’s largest nonprofit health system – is seeking a Board-Certified Addiction Medicine physician to be our next Medical Director of the Addiction Consult Service at Mercy Medical Center located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This is an excellent opportunity to bring your experience and skills to a team providing high-quality, multidisciplinary care and leadership in the treatment of addiction.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Maintains active understanding of all applicable SAMHSA regulations.
• Maintains active understanding of all applicable DPH regulations.
• Maintains active understanding of all other involved regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
• Provides appropriate interactions with persons employed or contracted with various regulatory agencies.
• Collaborates with other members of leadership teams in strategy planning, determination if resource distribution, and assuring quality care.
• Maintains compliance with all Medical Staff Bylaws.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Either through oversight or direct services, ensures that complete and comprehensive addiction medicine focused consultations, including appropriate histories and exams, follow-up notes and orders, are provided for each patient consulted on the addiction consult service that are consistent with regulatory requirements and clinical need.
• If a psychiatrist, provides direct care and coverage for the psychiatric consultation-liaison service as assigned, and if not a psychiatrist, works collaboratively with the psychiatric consultation-liaison and pain management/palliative care consultation team to ensure coordinated care for relevant patients.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the practice of addiction medicine, including formulation of diagnosis, determining service and level of care needs, initiating, and revising medication treatment for substance use disorders as appropriate, and coordination of care.
• Communicates effectively with inpatient hospitalists and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to discuss assessments, and coordinates and implements the treatment and discharge plans as it relates to substance use disorders.
• Develops or maintains relevant training or clinical protocols for the addiction consult or related services. Provides education to, collaborates with, and maintains relationships with hospital departments regarding the addiction consult or related services.
• Performs or participates in activities that ensure quality care and evaluation of services.
• Participates in telephone or other on-call schedules or activities for Addiction Consult or other Addiction Services as assigned.
• Provides supervision to PAs or NPs assigned to Addiction Consult or other assigned services.
• Provides appropriate training and supervision to medical students, residents, or other trainees.
• Assures completion of chart entries and signatures by medical staff consistent with regulatory guidelines and medical staff bylaws.
• Collaborates and maintains effective relationships with other care providers in the community as appropriate.
• Assures clinical care delivered is consistent with evidence-based guidelines.

Requirements

• Psychiatrist, Internal Medicine, or Family Medicine physician, licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with board certification in Addiction Psychiatry or Addiction Medicine preferred. Alternatively at a minimum, must have at least one year of clinical substance use disorder treatment experience and 40 hours of CME in treating addicted persons within the past year, or within the first twelve months of employment.
• Graduate of an accredited Medical School or School of Osteopathy. Completed residency training.
• Licensed by the Board of Registration of Medicine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Must hold valid DEA and DEA-X certificate and Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registration number.
• Must meet requirements for membership on the Medical Staff of Mercy Medical Center with appropriate credentialing.  Must maintain recredentialing per Medical Staff Bylaws.

Practicing in the Springfield, Massachusetts metro area puts you in the heart of New England. This small city environment of 700,000 residents offers a tremendous selection of welcoming neighborhoods in which to live, excellent public and private schools and colleges, great restaurants, shopping, music, museums, and historical areas. The central New England location is within a commutable distance from Hartford, New York City, and Boston with easy access to dependable air and rail services.

As part of Trinity Health Of New England—the region’s largest nonprofit health system—you will experience a culture of provider collaboration. Our practice model empowers physicians to work at their highest level, while allowing time for professional development and family life. If you are focused on providing outstanding patient-centered care, you will thrive within Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group. 

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

Trinity Health Of New England offers a competitive compensation and benefits plan.

Mercy Medical Center is a 251-bed, acute care medical surgical hospital located in Springfield, Massachusetts and is part of Trinity Health Of New England, the region's largest health system. Providing a wide range of inpatient and ambulatory care services, Mercy Medical Center gives patients big-city medical expertise in an intimate, hometown setting. In fact, in 2016, Mercy Medical Center’s Care Connect initiative received a first-place Accountable Care Compass Award from the Massachusetts Hospital Association. This patient-centered care delivery model focuses on transitions in care, quality and service improvement as well as hospital and facility-wide coordination, which results in shorter lengths of stay. Mercy has a long-standing commitment to delivering the safest, highest-quality health care.

Trinity Health Of New England is just beginning its story. Formed in 2015, the regional ministry's roots date back more than 100 years. The region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit Catholic health system is a strategic partnership that includes Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut; Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, Connecticut; Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut; and Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Trinity Health Of New England serves a population of 3 million people with a singular patient focus: providing the best possible care, for the best possible outcomes. Focused on provider collaboration and rapidly growing, there are over 13,000 physicians, advanced practitioners and caregivers who, like you, put their patients above all else. This duality of progressive caregiving, combined with a deep commitment to meeting the needs of the most underserved in our communities, is a formula that resonates deeply with the legacies of our clinical partners in this region.

Trinity Health Of New England’s collaborative practice model empowers physicians to work at their highest level—and allows time for professional development and family life. Whether focused on providing outstanding patient-centered care, teaching the next generation of care providers or growing into a leadership role, it’s time to join Trinity Health Of New England.

As a member of Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan, one of the nation's largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems, Trinity Health Of New England is uniquely positioned to advance health care through alliances with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, and through its own research institutions dedicated to the development of primary care, new treatments for cancer and MS, and much more.

Springfield, Massachusetts sits on the Connecticut River, and its metro-area population is approximately 700,000. The city is home to major employers, including MassMutual Insurance, Smith & Wesson and General Dynamics, and also boasts many museums, the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, its own zoo and symphony hall, and the iconic Forest Park Historic District. Rural, suburban and urban locales offer a variety of residential options, including 17 neighborhoods, such as South End, known for its rich Italian heritage, and Forest Park Heights, featuring more than 600 Victorian Painted Lady mansions. There’s an excellent selection of private and public schools, as well as colleges, including Mount Holyoke, Smith and Amherst.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.