Physician - Primary Care - Addiction Medicine

About the role

The Facility PACT Pain Champion works with the VISN PACT Pain Champion to assist and share strong practices and implementation strategies within the Pain Management, Opioid Safety, and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMOP) Coordinator, Mental Health/Addiction Medicine POC, and Facility Pain Committee.

Responsibilities

• Supports suicide prevention efforts and awareness in Veterans experiencing pain.
• Serves as a liaison for PACT Pain related issues, patient advocacy, Facility-related congressional inquiries, items requiring PACT Pain engagement, and/or information around national initiatives and tools (Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train-the-Trainer (SCOUTT), opioid safety, Facility pain teams).
• Assesses for and diagnoses Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
• Provides Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) when indicated.
• Liaises with SUD special care as indicated.
• Provides various treatment options including brief interventions such as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).
• Diagnoses opioid use disorder (OUD) and prescribes MOUD when indicated.

Requirements

Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, 50-55 days of paid time off per year, traditional federal pension (5 years vesting), federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance, Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care, possible $1,000 per year reimbursement for CME, free liability protection with tail coverage, no Physician Employment Contract, and no significant restriction on moonlighting.