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Bridge Clinic Medical Director SUD MGH PSAS Program in Substance Use & Addiction Services
Mass General BrighamUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Jun 2025
About the role
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General summary:
The MGH Bridge Clinic Medical Director oversees the clinical care and operations for the Bridge Clinic, under the direction of the MGH Program for Substance Use and Addiction Services leadership team. The Medical Director for Bridge Clinic will be a key resource to PSAS goals around the delivery of high-quality, low barrier, and equitable substance use disorder (SUD) care. The scope of this role includes overseeing of all clinical operations in partnership with the nurse manager and practice manager, , supervising the other providers in Bridge Clinic, and providing effective collaboration with Bridge Clinic Behavioral Health providers. . An essential component of the role includes ensuring the patient centered, low threshold care model adheres to the MGH PSAS mission of providing excellent holistic SUD care without exception to all patients by fostering the integration of medical, psychiatric, SUD, and psychosocial care to address the diverse needs of the patients we serve. This role provides essential visionary leadership to guide the ongoing quality improvement efforts essential to drive improvements in care. Critically, this role bears responsibility for ensuring the Bridge Clinic functions as an effective, key component of the system of SUD care at MGH and is tasked with ensuring that all MGB system priorities are executed. The incumbent will also provide direct clinical care to Bridge Clinic patients.
Success in this role will require collaboration with clinical and administrative leaders across MGH and as a representative to MGB, including in the systemwide Bridge Clinic Collaborative. Achieving success will additionally require effective partnership with administrative counterparts to prioritize and effectively advance strategic initiatives, while providing clinical guidance related to processes and data analytics to support care improvement.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
Direct Clinical Care
• Provide clinical addiction care to patients seen within Bridge Clinic, including mobile and community embedded Bridge sessions as appropriate.
• Oversee and participate in Bridge team process of treatment planning for each patient with regular review of outcomes.
• Provide e-consults as needed.
Clinical Consultation/Supervision
• Provide clinical consultation to inpatient Addiction Consult Team, Emergency Department, Primary Care Practices, Palliative Care and other departments within/external to MGH in the referral of patients to Bridge Clinic
• Provide timely consultation and supervision for Bridge Clinic providers.
• Supervise staff including participating in hiring, managing, and assessing performance of staff in written and verbal communication.
• Participate in orientation of new Bridge team members to clinical operations.
• Review and assess core competencies with clinical providers, assist providers to master core competencies as needed.
Administrative
• Oversee clinical operations, in partnership with the nurse manager and practice manager.
• Lead clinical rounds and provider meetings.
• Work with practice manager and nurse manager to manage scheduling, staffing, and space needs.
• Lead the development and implementation of clinical operation workflows and policies. Identify processes to routinely evaluate effectiveness of workflows and policies, take the lead to identify needed adjustments and support staff to enact modifications.
Program Development
• Identify opportunities and lead efforts to further expand and enhance interdisciplinary clinical services, with a particular focus on meeting MGB system SUD goals and improving SUD treatment access, retention, and clinical outcomes.
• Identify and lead efforts in process improvement.
• Build relationships with community partners, MGH, and MGB partners.
• Work with PSAS leadership team to procure resources and participate in grant submission and philanthropic efforts related to the clinic.
• Lead advocacy efforts related to Bridge Clinic on issues critical to the PSAS mission and vision both within and outside of MGH.
• Collaborate with training programs at MGH to develop and sustain effective training opportunities within in Bridge Clinic.
Education/Mentorship:
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General summary:
The MGH Bridge Clinic Medical Director oversees the clinical care and operations for the Bridge Clinic, under the direction of the MGH Program for Substance Use and Addiction Services leadership team. The Medical Director for Bridge Clinic will be a key resource to PSAS goals around the delivery of high-quality, low barrier, and equitable substance use disorder (SUD) care. The scope of this role includes overseeing of all clinical operations in partnership with the nurse manager and practice manager, , supervising the other providers in Bridge Clinic, and providing effective collaboration with Bridge Clinic Behavioral Health providers. . An essential component of the role includes ensuring the patient centered, low threshold care model adheres to the MGH PSAS mission of providing excellent holistic SUD care without exception to all patients by fostering the integration of medical, psychiatric, SUD, and psychosocial care to address the diverse needs of the patients we serve. This role provides essential visionary leadership to guide the ongoing quality improvement efforts essential to drive improvements in care. Critically, this role bears responsibility for ensuring the Bridge Clinic functions as an effective, key component of the system of SUD care at MGH and is tasked with ensuring that all MGB system priorities are executed. The incumbent will also provide direct clinical care to Bridge Clinic patients.
Success in this role will require collaboration with clinical and administrative leaders across MGH and as a representative to MGB, including in the systemwide Bridge Clinic Collaborative. Achieving success will additionally require effective partnership with administrative counterparts to prioritize and effectively advance strategic initiatives, while providing clinical guidance related to processes and data analytics to support care improvement.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
Direct Clinical Care
• Provide clinical addiction care to patients seen within Bridge Clinic, including mobile and community embedded Bridge sessions as appropriate.
• Oversee and participate in Bridge team process of treatment planning for each patient with regular review of outcomes.
• Provide e-consults as needed.
Clinical Consultation/Supervision
• Provide clinical consultation to inpatient Addiction Consult Team, Emergency Department, Primary Care Practices, Palliative Care and other departments within/external to MGH in the referral of patients to Bridge Clinic
• Provide timely consultation and supervision for Bridge Clinic providers.
• Supervise staff including participating in hiring, managing, and assessing performance of staff in written and verbal communication.
• Participate in orientation of new Bridge team members to clinical operations.
• Review and assess core competencies with clinical providers, assist providers to master core competencies as needed.
Administrative
• Oversee clinical operations, in partnership with the nurse manager and practice manager.
• Lead clinical rounds and provider meetings.
• Work with practice manager and nurse manager to manage scheduling, staffing, and space needs.
• Lead the development and implementation of clinical operation workflows and policies. Identify processes to routinely evaluate effectiveness of workflows and policies, take the lead to identify needed adjustments and support staff to enact modifications.
Program Development
• Identify opportunities and lead efforts to further expand and enhance interdisciplinary clinical services, with a particular focus on meeting MGB system SUD goals and improving SUD treatment access, retention, and clinical outcomes.
• Identify and lead efforts in process improvement.
• Build relationships with community partners, MGH, and MGB partners.
• Work with PSAS leadership team to procure resources and participate in grant submission and philanthropic efforts related to the clinic.
• Lead advocacy efforts related to Bridge Clinic on issues critical to the PSAS mission and vision both within and outside of MGH.
• Collaborate with training programs at MGH to develop and sustain effective training opportunities within in Bridge Clinic.
Education/Mentorship:
• Se
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