Doctors & Lawyers for a Drug Free Youth is looking for a doctor to serve as a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician. As a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician, you will see patients who are being treated for various types of substance abuse, particularly opioid addiction. Your services as a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician will be on a part time basis.

The Substance Abuse Treatment Physician position will involve:
 


Interviewing patients

Evaluating patient medication needs




Substance Abuse Treatment Physician – Part Time Medical Staff


 


Job Responsibilities

As a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician, you will see patients after they have been evaluated by our staff. We interview and administer urine tests to every patient in order to evaluate their progress and to recommend the next step in our treatment protocol. You will then see the patient to provide further services. All of our patients are currently on Soboxone/Subutex medication.

Your specific duties as a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician will include:


Reviewing patient records

Taking notes during patient interviews

Prescribing medication to patients



Substance Abuse Treatment Physician – Part Time Medical Staff


 Requirements

As a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician, any medical specialty is acceptable. Our treatment facility has a full staff that handles all prior authorizations, scheduling, patient calls, collections and insurance billing, which leaves you free to focus on patient care. You will be required to work in our offices for 6-10 hours one day every four weeks. Specific requirements for the Substance Abuse Treatment Physician position include:

 


Medical degree and board certification

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Ability to work onsite one day every four weeks




Substance Abuse Treatment Physician – Part Time Medical Staff




Benefits
 

As a Substance Abuse Treatment Physician, you will be generously compensated for your services, and may choose which day you work for us each month.

Benefits for the Substance Abuse Treatment Physician will include:


Immediate payment on the day of service

Malpractice insurance if the work you do for us is not already covered by your current malpractice




Substance Abuse Treatment Physician – Part Time Medical Staff


  


Company Overview


Doctors & Lawyers for a Drug Free Youth has a rapidly growing outpatient Suboxone/Subutex treatment program in Oil City/Clarion/DuBois Pennsylvania and are in need of more physicians to help to provide care to opioid dependent patients. Our treatment protocol is aimed at weaning patients off of Suboxone and all drugs including tobacco within a 2-3 year period of time. We currently have six physician consultants assisting our double-boarded psychiatrist and addiction medicine doctor in providing care. We also have a nurse practitioner and substance abuse counselor on staff.