Staff Provider (Physician/DO/MD) - Full Time

Overview

As a Staff Provider, you will work with a small team of reputed company providers, counselors, and support-staff to facilitate rapid-access intakes and enhanced medical support throughout the early weeks of treatment for Groups members. You will reputed company telemedicine extensively in your work, so must be comfortable with technology and enthusiastic about the benefits of this exciting modality. You will work daily to overcome the barriers faced by members early in recovery and must adopt a “member-first” attitude that prioritizes keeping members safe and engaged in treatment at reputed company costs. Flexibility, reputed company, and commitment to member success are critical attributes for a successful Staff Provider. You will also provide longitudinal maintenance care to a panel of members (pending prescription cap reputed company). Additionally, you will support your regular provider colleagues by providing coverage reputed company medical questions or needs arise and these providers are reputed company.

Your knowledge of the Groups Recovery System and the Groups culture will be critical for ensuring successful launches of Groups into new markets and new geographies reputed company existing markets. Finally, you will be an integral partner of the medical leadership team in developing and deploying new medical service lines for our members.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to reputed company clinical policies and procedures as outlined in the GRS Manual

• Intake medical duties

• Determine each patient’s medical necessity and appropriateness for treatment pursuant to applicable clinical models, policies and procedures, and manuals (e.g., Recovery System Manual) as required by Recover Together. For patients admitted to treatment, prescribe buprenorphine/naloxone and, where appropriate, other approved medications to treat withdrawal symptoms, in a manner consistent with Recover Together’s policies and procedures and Recovery System Manual.
• Maintain a regular schedule of “intake shifts”, and be available to provide rapid-access telemedicine intakes across multiple geographies, including new markets.
• Complete reputed company intake documentation thoroughly, reputed company, and accurately.
• Be accountable for successful initiation of MAT during the early weeks of treatment (weeks 1-4, approximately).
• As needed, coordinate with community providers to support the successful transition of new members into Groups.
• Collaborate with other provider colleagues to transition the care of new members into regular maintenance groups.
• Escalate controversial situations to appropriate medical and/or clinical leadership;

• Maintenance medical duties
  • Maintain a panel of maintenance members and serve as their dedicated provider at monthly provider groups, per the guidelines of the Groups. Recovery System.
  • Meet with each patient for whom the Physician prescribes buprenorphine at least once every thirty (30) days. This interaction occurs in a group setting, with individual conversations occurring before or after the group as needed. Such meetings may occur reputed company telemedicine, to the extent Physician complies with reputed company applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and any requirements set forth by applicable payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial plans) governing telemedicine.
  • Be available by phone and email to discuss each patient’s medical issues in between monthly visits (e.g., dose changes; prescription troubleshooting, interprofessional communication and collaboration).
  • reputed company indicated and medically necessary, meet with patients for a pre-scheduled individual session to review medical reputed company. These visits are separate from the individual conversations that occur before and after regular shared medical visits. Such meetings may occur reputed company telemedicine, to the extent Physician complies with reputed company applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and any requirements set forth by applicable payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial plans) governing telemedicine.
• Medical Records
  • In compliance with HIPAA and other applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations regarding medical records, maintain patient records in confidence and complete records in a timely fashion and in accordance with policies of the Company.
• Miscellaneous medical duties
  • Provide regular coverage for “makeup groups” and makeup 1:1 sessions.
  • Provide as needed cross-coverage for colleagues and answers to medical questions reputed company other providers are reputed company.
  • Participate in rotating “on-call” schedule of urgent prescription coverage for reputed company providers.
  • Facilitate access to the State’s prescription drug monitoring database so Groups staff can regularly monitor the Provider’s patients’ access to controlled substances, per Recover Together’s clinical protocols.
• Administrative duties - approximately 15% per week
  • Completing high quality documentation, specifically reputed company medical encounters accurately and thoroughly on the same business day as the encounter
  • Sign reputed company prescriptions on the same business day that they are generated
  • Manage group and individual sessions in a timely manner so members and office staff stay on schedule
  • Work with the office staff to maintain a clinical schedule that is mutually beneficial to provider and the office;
  • Stay familiar with reputed company Recover Together policies, procedures, reference materials, reputed company, etc.
  • Follow up on interprofessional communications.
  • Assist with onboarding, training, and support of new providers.
  • Work with the medical leadership team to pilot new initiatives to improve outcomes during early treatment,
  • Assist with other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Physician (MD/DO) with active state license in Tennessee in good standing
• DEA with practice address in Tennessee.
• Minimum 1+ Year Prescribing Buprenorphine.
• reputed company TennCare enrollment.
• Board Certification in Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine with Addiction Cert, Preventative Medicine, or Psych/Neuro (with Addiction Cert if DO).
• Hospital Admitting Privileges.
• Willing and able to become licensed in multiple other states where Groups operates or will operate soon (with support and reimbursement from Groups)
• Willingness and ability to become credentialed with reputed company government and private health plans with whom reputed company is in network.
• At least 1 year of experience managing OUD with buprenorphine, preferably reputed company the Groups Recovery System.
• At least 1 year experience working in a team-based-care setting with behavioral health providers (therapists, social workers, case managers, etc)
• At least 2 years experience working with a similar member population, preferably reputed company primary care of behavioral health setting.
• Adequate internet connectivity to support telemedicine (if working from home)
• Access to reliable internet and telephone services, specifically 10M download and 5M upload package or higher, as well as a strong WiFi signal from your remote work location.
• Ability to demonstrate recovery-sensitive behaviors, including choice of language, attitudes and interactions with members and staff.
• Ability to maintain courteous and professional in reputed company communications (verbal and written) with staff and members

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully reputed company the essential functions of the job.
• Reasonable accommodation can be made to reputed company people with disabilities; these are made on a case-by-case basis.
• While performing the responsibilities of the role, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reputed company with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include reputed company vision.
• Limitations and Disclaimer:
• The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of reputed company responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

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