Addiction Medicine Hospital Based job located in California
Job Description
Better Health for All
County of Santa Clara Health System (CSCHS), a large public teaching healthcare system, affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine, is seeking a mission-driven full-time BC/BE addiction medicine physician to join our dynamic practice in our Department of Behavioral Health Service Department (BHSD), Substance Use Treatment Services (SUTS)
We offer the unparalleled opportunity to gain the long-term personal and professional satisfaction of serving our patients and our diverse community, while participating in the education of the next generation of health care providers, in one of the best places to live in the United States.
About Our Organization
(Login for Information)CSCHS includes Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) which comprises of four hospitals: (Login for Information) (SCVMC - a 731-bed central hospital), O’Connor Hospital (OCH - 358 licensed beds), Saint Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH – 93 licensed beds) and Regional Medical Center (RMC - 258 licensed beds). In addition, SCVH includes a network of primary care clinics comprised of eleven health centers throughout the County, several urgent care clinics, dental services, primary care behavioral health services, and a broad range of specialty services in our Valley Specialty Center.
SCVMC hosts four residency programs and one fellowship training program, and partners with Stanford University SOM and Stanford Healthcare for the clinical training of medical students, residents, and fellows. SCVMC is an ACS-verified Level 1 Trauma Center, a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, an ABA-verified Burn Center, a Primary Stroke Center, a Level 4 NICU, and a nationally recognized CARF-accredited Rehabilitation Center. Owing to its geographic location and specialty offerings, SCVMC not only serves the County, but also the larger region.
Providers in our health system also have the opportunity to use our integrated electronic health record (Epic), which brings together systemwide patient information. The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recognized SCVMC for achieving its highest level of success (Stage 7), based on our continuous innovation and optimization of our inpatient and outpatient EHR.
About the Community
About the Department
The clinical setting for this position would be within Santa Clara County’s Behavioral Health Services Department, Substance Use Treatment Services Addiction Medicine and Therapy Clinics, which operate licensed narcotic treatment programs (NTPs) as well as clinics that provide medications for addiction treatment (MAT). Future opportunities may include working with Santa Clara Valley Health System’s Addiction Medicine inpatient consult service and teaching medical residents and fellows.
As the largest public health care system in northern California, we proudly offer comprehensive healthcare resources to a large and diverse patient population. Addiction Medicine physicians are part of a robust team of staff that work in collaboration with a diverse clinical team to provide integrated health care to patients.
About the Position
This physician will play a key part in delivering medications for addiction treatment (MAT) service through a new mobile narcotic treatment program (NTP) clinic and in spearheading expansion of MAT through the behavioral health system and the County of Santa Clara. This is a unique opportunity for a forward-thinking physician who thrives in non-traditional settings, values collaborative care, and is passionate about low-barrier access to treatment of substance use disorders.
We offer competitive compensation; a generous comprehensive benefit package (including 36 days of leave per year; 13 holidays; 5 CME days; comprehensive, medical, dental, and vision coverage; long term disability insurance; AD&D insurance; life insurance; and retirement plans); paid malpractice (with tail coverage); and possible relocation reimbursement (pre-approval required).
If you are interested in joining a practice with unparalleled personal and professional advantages, then please submit your letter of interest and CV to Roya Rousta at (Login for Information).