Physician Addiction Medicine
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Job Location:
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Physician Addiction Medicine (Full or Part-Time)
East Liberty Family Health Care Center (ELFHCC) is a compassionate missionfocused Federally Qualified Health Center serving diverse communities across four Pittsburgh locations. We are seeking a dedicated Addiction Medicine Physician to join our integrated primary care and behavioral health team. This provider will play a central role in delivering evidencebased treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) including MedicationAssisted Treatment (MAT) within a wholeperson care model.
Position Summary
The Addiction Medicine Physician will provide comprehensive patientcentered evaluation and treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. This role works within a multidisciplinary team-including behavioral health case management community health workers primary care and nursing-to ensure coordinated traumainformed recoveryfocused care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical evaluation diagnosis and treatment planning for patients with substance use disorders
- Deliver MedicationAssisted Treatment (MAT) including buprenorphine and other evidencebased modalities
- Conduct followup visits withdrawal management and ongoing recovery support
- Provide compassionate traumainformed care and promote harm reduction practices
- Collaborate closely with Behavioral Health Primary Care and Community Health Workers to integrate medical and psychosocial care
- Participate in team case reviews care coordination meetings and quality improvement initiatives
- Maintain accurate timely documentation in the electronic health record
- Support ELFHCCs mission to serve all patients with dignity respect and comprehensive wholeperson care
Qualifications
Required:
- MD or DO with active Pennsylvania medical license (or ability to obtain)
- Boardcertified or boardeligible in Addiction Medicine Family Medicine Internal Medicine Psychiatry or related specialty
- DEA registration with authorization for buprenorphine (or eligibility)
- Experience working with MAT SUD treatment or behavioral health integration
- Commitment to underserved populations and communitybased care
Preferred:
- Prior work in an FQHC or safetynet setting
- Experience with traumainformed care harm reduction or cooccurring mental health conditions
- Interest in teaching teambased care or program development
- Bilingual skills are a plus
What ELFHCC Offers
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Missiondriven work with meaningful community impact
- Interdisciplinary supportive clinical environment
- Opportunities for professional development leadership and specialty training
- Work aligned with ELFHCCs Christian mission and long-standing commitment to wholeperson communitycentered care
How to Apply
Submit your resume/CV and a brief letter of interest to or apply through our Careers page.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Post Residency Experience
- Occupational Health Experience
- Pain Management
- SOAP
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Management
- Suturing
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Pharmacy Residency
- Botox Experience
- Epic
