Medical Director (Part Time)

Salary: $193,211.20 - $247,104.00 AnnuallyLocation : Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, WAJob Type: RegularJob Number: 24-00039Division: Strengthening FamiliesProgram: SF - Substance Abuse ServicesOpening Date: 11142024Closing Date: Continuous Job Summary Are you passionate about improving care for substance use disorders? Would you like to work at a clinic integrated into a local health department, with the opportunity to care for individual patients and take a public health approach to substance use in our community? If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply as our new Medical Director for our Substance Use Treatment Services program. This is a Regular, Part-Time (0.50 FTE (20 hours weekly) - FTE may be negotiable) position.Reporting to the Health Officer, this position serves as medical director for opioid use disorder treatment at the Health Department's clinic. Work includes supervision of nurse practitioners who provide direct clinical services, process improvement and quality improvement for the clinic, and the administrative responsibilities required for the provision of methadone. Additionally, the Health Department will soon be launching a street medicine program. If you are interested in street medicine work and looking for increased FTE, there will likely be opportunities to provide direct care as part of the street medicine program as well.**Salary listed is for 1.0 FTE. For 0.5 FTE the annual salary range is: $96,605.60 - $123,552.00**Some of what you'll do:Leads the day-to-day activities of direct reports: prioritizes work, plans, manages, coordinates, and reviews the work of assigned staff and consulting contracts, assigns work activities, and coordinates schedules, projects, and programs. Supervises and manages staff, including hiring, training, timecardtime off approvals, performance management, investigations, and resolution of disciplinary matters. Effectively develops their direct reports. Ensures employees comply with Department policies and procedures, including policies around hours worked, ethics, time off, and harassment, among others.Provide in-person and telephone clinical consultation for nurse practitioners and other clinic staff. Provide training on clinical topics to clinic staff. Monitor patient charts for quality of medical services provided, and work with other administrators to develop or revise medical and other treatment intervention policies and procedures.Oversee all medical care provided within the clinic. Work closely with clinic staff to ensure the delivery of coordinated services to patients.Develop and review clinic policies, procedures, and operational approaches to ensure the provision of high-quality care, improve efficiency, and improve staff experience. Ensure the safety, security and accountability of methadone and other scheduled medications in the teract with the local medical provider community on issues of continuity of care and education about substance use treatment.Provide oversight to ensure the clinic adheres to state and federal laws and policies for the provision of methadone. This work might require you to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid Claiming Program.Performs other duties as assigned.EmergenciesWhen public health responds to an emergency you may be assigned duties and responsibilities that are outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time and reporting to a location other than the department with different working conditions and physical requirements. You are expected to participate in emergency preparedness activities including our emergency notification system, WA SECURES. Drills and real-world events may take place at any time.Click here for a detailed Classification Specification. (See Physician)What you bring to the table Knowledge and skillsIntermediate knowledge of the following software: standard Microsoft Office programs, Electronic Medical Records software.Knowledge of principles, laws, regulations, policies, practices, and guidelines applicable to the body of work, including those governing the prescribing of opioid replacement medications the provision of substance use care.Knowledge of the patient population.Knowledge of supervisory principles and best practices.Familiarity with community, professional, and educational resources for referral services.Knowledge of medication administration, drug interactions, dosages, and effects, specifically regarding opioid replacement medications. Understanding of ethical principles and how they apply to public health work. Diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making skills. Exhibits dynamic leadership and mentorship skills for fostering a strong team environment. Crisis intervention skills.Excellent planning and analytical skillsCompetenciesStaff Management: Manages staff in ways that improve their ability to succeed on the job. Enables staff to grow and succeed by providing guidance, feedback, instructions, and support. Provides productive performance management. Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust.Cultural Competency: Demonstrates knowledge of the implications for public health of increasingly diverse communities (including racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious, gender diversity and more.) Understands the impact of decisions on our diverse workforce and community. Adapts public health education practices to the needs of diverse populations. Accountability: Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Ensures that work is complete and accurate. Independently follows up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled. Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.Adaptability & Flexibility: Adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing circumstances, changing workload demands, or unexpected obstacles. Adapts to a variety of situations, individuals, and groups. Is open to change and new information. Effectively deals with munication: Able to communicate effectively and clearly both verbally and in writing to varied audiences, including communicating information of a technical nature. Listens to others, understands and learns from what others say, and asks questions that enhance the clarity, quality, andor reliability of the information. Grasps the meaning of written information and instructions. Chooses the appropriate method of communication for the given situation.Customer Focus: Provides courteous service to internal and external customers. Works with customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, and resolve their problems, including complex or sensitive issues. Seeks to improve the quality of services. Knowledgeable about available products, resources, and services.Ethics & Integrity: Displays high standards of conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on the organization, self, and others. Is considered trustworthy by peers and managers. Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the terpersonal Relationship: Develops and maintains constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect. Gets along and interacts positively with co-workers and others. Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others. Conflict Management: Diplomatically handles challenging or tense interpersonal situations. Maintains composure in highly stressful or adverse situations and works to de-escalate them. Is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences. Problem Solving & Decision Making: Recognizes and defines problems. Identifies and evaluates alternative solutions before deciding on or proposing a solution. Makes educated, effective, and timely decisions, at times with limited information in a fast-paced environment. Able to utilize technical information to make effective and timely decisions.Confidentiality: Maintains sensitive and confidential data. Demonstrates discretion when sharing information.Safety Focus & Emergency Preparedness: Adheres to all workplace and trade safety laws, regulations, standards, and practices. Understands and properly follows established procedures in preventing and responding to unsafe or emergency situations. Identifies and reports potentially unsafe practices or conditions. Operates equipment, tools, machinery, and vehicles safely and understands processes for reporting an accident or injury. Understands and applies knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform assigned emergency response role during an emergency. Who should apply MD or DO degree. Completion of residency training in psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, or preventive medicine.Experience with substance use care. This experience can be through a dedicated substance use care clinic or as part of primary care or other clinical practice. Addiction medicine fellowship training preferred.We will consider any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the necessary qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position. Professional certifications and licensureWe require the below for this role. Active physician license in the state of Washington. Active Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licenseWorking Conditions & Physical Requirements Work environmentWork is performed almost exclusively indoors in a clinical office environment. Exposure to hazards is limited to those commonly found in medical office environments.Environmental conditions may entail a stressful work climate due to the nature of the job, i.e., work with patients who have experienced sexual abuse and other traumatic events. Clinic hours may start earlier than regular business hours. Work may offer hybrid schedule with one (1) day a week in-person. The potential for dealing with dissatisfied or angry customers exists, requiring skills in conflict resolution.Physical demandsRegularly required to sit or stand continuously.Regularly communicate clearly in-person, over the phone, and via written communication, including communicating with dissatisfied or angry individuals.Capable of reading physical and electronic documents and working for prolonged periods on a computer monitor.Fine motor skills sufficient to grip and manipulate paper and operate a telephone, a computer mouse and keyboard, and use standard medical equipment.Reaching and gross manipulation capabilities sufficient to pick up and use standard office supplies and medical equipment.Frequently move throughout the clinic.This position may require lifting, carrying, pulling, or moving objects up to 10 pounds consistently, 20 pounds frequently, and exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, color and peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. Tools and equipmentDuties require the use of standard office furniture and equipment (e.g., desk, filing cabinet, computer, printer, telephone, copy machine, etc.)Medical and dispensary equipment.TravelSome travel is required, and is typically local or regional, to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend or provide training.BenefitsTacoma-Pierce County Health Department offers an excellent pay and benefits package, combined with the opportunity to provide innovative Public Health services to our community, making this a rewarding place to work!Salary: Salary ranges are listed on the job announcement and are based on the unique skills, education, and experience for the position. Salary offers are typically made at the starting pay step and are reviewed annually. You will get an annual cost-of-living adjustment that increases the salary range as well as an annual step increase on your anniveristy date. All salary offers are subject to administrative approval. Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance: The Department pays a significant portion of these premiums for employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and dependent children, with an FTE of .80 or greater. Employees with an FTE between .50 and .80 pay a pro-rated portion of their premiums. Medical, vision and dental coverage begins the first day of the month following date of hire.*Life Insurance: The Department provides a term Life Insurance policy equal to the employee's annual salary, up to a maximum of $50,000.* Affordable voluntary, spouse, and dependent life insurance is also available.Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD): The Department provides a base LTD policy which provides 40% income replacement for participants who are unable to work due to illness or injury for greater than 180 days. Buy-Up LTD is available at group rates and provides 60% income replacement to participants who are unable to work due to illness or injury for greater than 90 days.Retirement: Eligible employees participate in the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System (TERS). TERS is a defined retirement benefit plan funded by both the employee and the Department. We also have a 457 Deferred Compensation retirement program available which allows individuals to set aside a portion of their income on a tax deferred basis.Additional Benefits include: Generous paid vacation**, sick, personal, and holiday leave**; Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA); Employee Assistance Program; On-site Fitness Center; Commute Trip Reduction program; Donated Leave Program; Direct Deposit; Service Awards; Safety Programs Rewards, and Executive Benefits Plan.*Temporary Employees (hired for greater than 3 months): The Department provides medical, dental, and vision benefits, $12,000 base life insurance effective the first of the month following 3 months of employment. **Paid vacation, sick leave and holiday leave accrual begin following 6 months of temporary employment.Living in Tacoma-Pierce County:Please Note: There may be restrictions to the above benefit programs or policies not listed. The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract. Any provisions contained herein may be modified andor revoked without notice. Employee pay is distributed through Direct Deposit. For this reason, employees are required to have an open checking or savings account, at their choice of banking institutions, upon employment.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For assistance, contact our civil rights coordinator Darlene Mendoza, MJR, Office of Human ResourcesRisk Management at or (253) 649-1660.01 This position requires graduation from an accredited school of medicine with completion of an accredited residency training in psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, or preventative medicine and experience with substance use care. Do you meet this requirement? Yes No 02 Do you have a current license from the Washington State Department of Health under chapter 18.57 RCW or the Washington medical commission under chapter 18.71 RCW to practice medicine, and practices within their scope of practice? Yes No 03 How many years of experience do you have in providing substance use care? 10 or more years of experience 7-9 years of experience 5-6 years of experience 3-4 years of experience 1-2 years of experience Less than 1 year of experience I do not have this experience 04 Please describe your experience with substance use care. If you do not have this experience, please indicate na. 05 Do you have experience monitoring and supervising medical and nursing services? Yes No 06 Please describe your experience monitoring and supervising medical and nursing services. if you do not have this experience, please indicate na. 07 Do you have experience using a "harm reduction approach" in your clinical practice? Yes No 08 Please define "harm reduction" and describe how you used it in your clinical practice. If you do not have this experience, please indicate na. 09 Do you have experience leading andor participating in quality improvement methods or approaches to sustain better performance for a project or program? Yes No 10 Please describe a situation in which you used quality improvement methods or approaches to sustain better performance. What was the purpose and scope of your effort? What quality improvement methods, tools, or approaches did you use? Describe your level of responsibility, the gains achieved, and how the gains were successfully sustained. If you do not have this experience, please indicate na. 11 Patients with behavioral health concerns often face stigma in the course of seeking care. Please describe how you work to reduce stigma in your clinical practice. If you do not have this experience, please indicate na. Required Question

Created: 2025-02-22