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Odyssey House

Medical Director (New York)

Odyssey House, New York

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TITLE : Medical Director
REPORTS : Executive Management
DEPARTMENT : Medical
FLSA CODE : Exempt
PROGRAM : OASAS Certified Residential and Outpatient Services
LOCATION : George Rosenfield Center for Recovery 13 Hell Gate Circle, Wards Island, NY 10035
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Our Mission
Since 1967, Odyssey House has been providing innovative services and programs to a broad population of individuals and families struggling with substance use and mental health disorders. Odyssey House helps New Yorkers of all agesand across all five boroughsbeat drugs and alcohol with highly individualized treatment programs. Odyssey House provides high quality, holistic treatment impacting all major life spheres, including psychological, physical, social, family, educational and spiritual to support personal rehabilitation, renewal and family restoration.
If that sounds different than other treatment programs, youre right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.
In Addition To Competitive Salaries, Odyssey House Offers

  • A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
  • Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
  • Life Insurance
  • Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
  • Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
  • 403(b) Plan
  • Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
  • Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Educational Assistance Programs
  • Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
  • RUFit?! Fitness Program
  • Legal Assistance through ARAG
  • Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
  • Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher
Major Functions
The Medical Director is a multi-functional position, encompassing responsibilities in medical leadership, oversight and supervision, patient care and program development. The Medical Director is responsible for ensuring a high level of quality care and adherence to all applicable Federal, State and Local laws and regulations governing delivery of substance use disorder treatment services.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
  • Ensure medical policies, procedures and protocols are developed, approved, reviewed and updated in a
timely manner.
  • Ensure supervision and training of medical staff.
  • Monitor care to ensure adherence to medical policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Collaborate with the Program Director in supervision of non-medical staff.
  • Ensure medical care is integrated with other treatment services.
  • Ensure medical care is coordinated with services delivered by providers of collateral care.
  • Ensures medical records of consumer receiving care are reviewed on a regular basis.
  • Ensure all required treatment services are available according to medical necessity.
  • Keeps abreast of new and emerging medical treatments and implements changes as appropriate.
  • Ensures availability general primary care services and specialty care services to patients which include complete medical assessment, diagnosis and treatment and ongoing monitoring and reassessment of health status.
  • Ensure patients are evaluated for medical admittance into the substance use disorder treatment program, ancillary withdrawal is managed, and addiction medications are prescribed where appropriate.
  • Provides direct patient care.
  • Ensures reporting of communicable diseases and infection in accordance with applicable law.
  • Ensures facility adherence to infection control policy.
  • Assists in the development of collaborative relationships with other institutions and agencies such as general or specialty hospitals and nursing homes, health-related facilities, home health agencies, hospital outpatient departments, diagnostic and treatment facilities, laboratories and other healthcare service provider organizations.
  • Participates in the recruitment and hiring of medical personnel.
  • Participates in development and implementation of QA and CQI activities.
  • Advises Senior Management Team on best practices and innovations in the medical treatment of substance use disorders.
  • Assures coverage without gaps in the facility medical staff on-call system as required by applicable regulations.
  • Other duties as required.
REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION/TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND
Abilities
  • Currently licensed and registered as a Physician in the State of New York.
  • Current DEA#, Infection Control Certification and Board Certified.
  • In good standing with New York State Department of Education Professional Licensing Boards and without any outstanding malpractice judgments.
  • At least one year of education, training, and/or experience in substance use disorder services.
  • Holds a federal DATA 2000 waiver (buprenorphine-certified), or must obtain the waiver within six months of employment.
  • Holds a board certification in addiction medicine from a certifying entity appropriate to their primary or specialty board certification if hired after March 29th, 2019; or may be hired as probationary medical directors if not so certified but must obtain certification within four years of employment.
  • Strong interpersonal, leadership and organizational skills.
  • This position will require availability including on call responsibilities
Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Seniority level

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    Director

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

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    Health Care Provider
  • Industries

    Hospitals and Health Care

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