Physician

      Salary Pay Range:$226,851.26-$330,026.39

Essential Functions:

• Provides professional medical screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of Withdrawal Management Admissions including substance use assessments
• Developments and implements individualized detoxification protocols based on ASAM criteria and evidence-based practices.
• Monitors patient stability and withdrawal symptoms daily, adjust medications and treatment plans as needed.
• Addresses co-occurring complications that may arise during detox.
• Screens for safety and rule out any higher-level acuity patients for hospital or other levels of care.
• Recognizes office medical emergencies and coordinates treatment including facilitating EMS transfer when necessary.
• Prescribes both pharmacological agents and non-pharmacological therapy tailored to the individual patients profile upon admission to Withdrawal Management program.
• Promotes counseling services and initiates hand off with care coordination and behavioral health.
•  Leads interdisciplinary rounds and coordinate care with nursing department.
• Supports continuous quality improvement efforts through chart reviews, incident response, and clinical consults.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation.
• Communicates clearly and professionally with patients, families, staff and external partners.
• Delivers trauma-informed and culturally responsive care.
• Treats patients with respect, dignity, supporting autonomy and recovery orientated goals.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a M.D. or D.O. degree, and license in the State of Oregon.
• Requires a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in practice, not including completion of required family practice residency. Experience working with Tribal or Public Health Clinics preferred.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must be certified by the American Board of Family Practice or other physician specialty board for primary care medicine.
• Must be BLS certified.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Must respect all others regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or income level.
• Must be committed to providing comprehensive health care to the individual, family, and community.
• Must possess a strong knowledge base of medical conditions and treatments.
• Must be able to perform office procedures (including both invasive and non-invasive minor surgery).
• Must be able to complete patient visits and documentation in a reasonable amount of time (as determined by team-generated protocols).
• When required, will need to obtain appropriate medical consultation.
• Must maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Adherences to the organization’s policies and procedures covering the privacy, access, and patient health information in compliance with Federal and state laws and the healthcare organization’s information privacy practices.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Continually requires the use of vision, specifically close vision, color identification and depth perception.
• Occasionally requires hearing alarms.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• Continually required to wear