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Maine Medical Center

Physician – Addiction Medicine- Assoc Med Dir

Maine Medical Center, Farmington, Maine, us, 04938

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Physician – Addiction Medicine- Assoc Med Dir

MaineHealth Franklin Hospital

Farmington, Maine

Schedule: Full-Time

Req#: 51729

MaineHealth Addiction Medicine - Farmington, a department of Franklin Memorial Hospital, is seeking a full-time BC/BE Addiction Medicine Physician to provide care at our office based in Farmington, Maine.

The successful candidate will join our dynamic team of providers as a primary care-based addiction medicine specialist to support current addiction medicine offerings while expanding the complexity and breadth of addiction issues managed locally. In addition, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in several educational opportunities including site lead for rural tract within MaineHealth’s addiction medicine fellowship, medical students, and Family Medicine residents.

Associate Medical Director Responsibilities (0.1 FTE)

Provide education and training to support primary care physicians managing addiction issues

Lead development or adjustment of clinical and operational workflows for patients with addiction issues

Identify and lead opportunities for innovation in caring for patients with addiction issues

Serve as clinical resource for primary care providers to ask specific questions at any time

Liaison with other clinical services on addiction medicine issues

Clinical – Addiction Medicine (0.85 FTE)

Provide direct patient care for more complex medication assisted therapy patients

Provide direct patient care for patients with other addiction related issues with specific focus on alcohol related addiction

Providing consultation services for treatment of Hepatitis C in patients with concurrent substance use disorder and active Hepatitis C

Provide consultative service for ED and medical inpatients at FMH with concurrent addiction related issues

Educational – Addiction Medicine (0.05 FTE)

Addiction Medicine Fellowship Site Lead

Minimum Qualifications

MD/DO from an accredited medical school

Completion of Family/Internal Medicine Residency program or other applicable residency

Board Certified/Board Eligible in Addiction Medicine

This role offers

Four‑day work week on site

Community‑focused practice serving a close‑knit rural population

Opportunity to grow and develop teaching and research experiences and work with both residents and medical students

Affiliation with Maine Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine

Leadership development opportunities

Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package including relocation assistance

National Health Service Corps site, allowing primary care physicians to participate in additional competitive loan repayment programs through NHSC and qualifying for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF) Program

To learn more about our system please visit www.mainehealth.org and our benefits page.

To learn more, please contact: Donna Lafean, Provider Recruiter, MaineHealth/Franklin Hospital at donna.lafean@mainehealth.org.

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