Bridge Clinic Medical Director SUD MGH PSAS Program in Substance Use & Addiction Services
Bridge Clinic Medical Director SUD MGH PSAS Program in Substance Use & Addiction Services
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Site: The General Hospital Corporation
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:
Serve as a core clinical supervisor and educator for addiction medicine fellows.
Support medical education through planning and direct supervision of residents fellows students.
Prepare and deliver addiction medicine educational talk for addiction medicine fellow didactic series.
Attend continuing education conferences and trainings as per licensure.
Quality:
Regularly review MGH Bridge Clinic metrics and progress on MGB SUD performance measures identifying and working to improve any quality gaps.
Share quality metrics and goals with the Bridge team and lead efforts to strategically extend gains or address gaps.
Participate in SUD quality and safety meetings to ensure quality improvement effortsHybrid100 Blossom Street40RegularDay (United States of America)The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at .
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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:
Serve as a core clinical supervisor and educator for addiction medicine fellows.
Support medical education through planning and direct supervision of residents fellows students.
Prepare and deliver addiction medicine educational talk for addiction medicine fellow didactic series.
Attend continuing education conferences and trainings as per licensure.
Quality:
Regularly review MGH Bridge Clinic metrics and progress on MGB SUD performance measures identifying and working to improve any quality gaps.
Share quality metrics and goals with the Bridge team and lead efforts to strategically extend gains or address gaps.
Participate in SUD quality and safety meetings to ensure quality improvement efforts
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