Physician

Outreach is seeking a Part time Physician to work in our Outpatient Opioid Treatment program located in Brentwood, Long Island. The schedule for this position is 20 hours a week; Monday, Friday, Sunday.

What You Will Do:

1.Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of all medical policies and procedures throughout the agency.

2. Provide leadership for the agency’s MAT services, developing and updating appropriate policies and procedures and educating other doctors and staff about MAT.

3. Assist in developing and monitoring telehealth capacity of the agency.

4. Represent Outreach to the Medical Community.

5. Provide and/or supervise the provision of physicals for all adolescents entering our residential facilities.

6. Provide psychiatric evaluations, as well as ongoing care for those clients requiring it.

7. Appropriately prescribe and monitor all clients prescribed medications.

8. As appropriate, review and/or consult on psychiatric evaluations performed by other treating psychiatrists/MDs assisting within the outpatient facilities.

9. Appropriately interact with outpatient clinical staff and communicates information related to the diagnosis and care of clients including the effects of any medication on client functioning and participate in case conferences as appropriate.

10. Document all activities on agency forms and/or where applicable, within the agency’s electronic health record.

11. Review, provide feedback and sign off on treatment plans, as requested.

12. Supervise all medical staff on medical procedures and practices and provide appropriate health related updates and training.

13. Seek opportunities to enhance health services through outside affiliations that can benefit clients in care.

14. Provide on call assistance regarding consultations related to client care.

15. Participate in Dr. to Dr. Reviews with MMC and/or other insurance providers, as required.

16. Utilize and/or ensure appropriate use of the I-Stop Look up.

17. Oversee appropriate Bureau of Narcotics Licensure for the residences.

18. Monitor and sign off on agency’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Training Certificate.

19. Monitor and sign off on agency’s CLIA license that allows for the administration of specific waived tests.

20. Attend agency Leadership meetings, as needed.

21. Participate and/or attend external conferences as appropriate to benefit the organization and patients served.

22. Provide collaborative oversight on medical trainings provided by Outreach Training Institute.

Who You Are:

Maintain appropriate licensure to perform the functions required. ?

Maintain professional liability coverage in the amount of $1M per wrongful act/$3M aggregate. ?

Assist with the provision of psychiatric assessments and care at other agency locations across the agency in the absence of consulting medical personnel. ?

Will provide a minimum of one-month notice prior to any foreseeable leave ?

Will provide 90-day notice prior to resignation of position. ?

Commit to the use of electronic prescribing and the use of the agency’s electronic health record. ?

Appropriately use/update the Health Commerce System. ?

Follow all other applicable laws and regulations.

At Outreach, we enjoy a strong work-life balance, excellent benefits, and ongoing professional training. Our enthusiastic employees love what they do and the positive impact they make every day.
Our employees are the reason Outreach ranks among the most respected health and human services providers in New York City and Long Island. In fact, we have been named one of the “Best Companies to Work for in New York” a total of nine times since 2010.
Communities throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island turn to Outreach for a vast array of treatment and training needs. We customize our services to increase our access to a wide range of individuals and groups including Families, Justice System, Aspiring Professionals, EAPs/MAPs and Community Members. Outreach’s treatment services are licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and employ best practices in line with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’ (SAMHSA) indicators of quality treatment.
An EEO employer, we enjoy exceptional workforce retention – many of our employees have been with Outreach for 10 years or more, some starting as part-timers and now working in full-time senior management.
Adding to our outstanding benefits, some members of Outreach’s clinical and professional staff may be eligible for student loan forgiveness and repayment plans for persons working in public service, education, and health care, including the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan, or the New York State Licensed Social Worker Loan Forgiveness (LSWLF) Program. Outreach’s NYC outpatient programs are also approved for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Substance Use Disorder Loan Repayment program, for eligible clinicians.