Physician / Medical Director / New York / Locum or Permanent / MD - Director of Substance Use Treatment Job

Director of Substance Use Treatment Services within Psychiatry needed for a top academic hospital in Brooklyn.

Job Function:

• Help create a new substance use treatment division within the framework of a well-established psychiatry department
• Expect 50% administrative, 50% clinical
• Currently have two addiction-psychiatry trained physicians and social workers with addiction training to assist from the start
• Goal to apply for integrative license to add substance abuse programming to the current clinic
• Looking for someone to come in and work collaboratively with the Vice Chairs of Outpatient and Acute Care services to develop all policies and procedures related to this new endeavor
• Expect largely outpatient services to start, with opportunity to build out inpatient or CPEP components of the role
• Large residency program, need an educator willing to work with multiple disciplines
• Procedures - suboxone, injectable naltrexone, vivitrol (NO Methadone)

Employed position with competitive compensation plan and benefits (health, dental, vision, disability), retirement plan, expenses for license/dues/CME, generous PTO plan, paid medical malpractice including tail coverage.