Cedar Recovery is a Level I outpatient addiction treatment facility that utilizes an array of evidenced-based treatment modalities to provide an integrated model of care of medical, counseling, and therapeutic interventions to treat every patient’s individual needs and promote long-term sustainable recovery from alcohol and drugs.

This position is for a full-time or part-time physician who will treat patients as part of the medically assisted recovery program. The provider will work with the Cedar Clinical Team to deliver a collaborative model of medical care in conjunction with counseling and therapy interventions.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide initial medical diagnosis

• Identify medical and health risks

• Formulate appropriate differential diagnosis based on history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing

• Perform psychosocial assessments and mental status exams to referred clients and, when indicated, prescribe appropriate medications

• Record and review medication management in accordance with state, agency, and third-party payer standards

• Complete accurate and timely documentation of observations, interventions, plan of care, referrals and follow-up

• Remain current in best practices, motivate staff to provide quality care, and complete documentation in a timely fashion

• Make appropriate referrals to other health professionals and community agencies
• Contribute to continuing education, expert blogs, and ongoing outreach marketing activities

• Medical Degree from accredited college/university
• DEA License and DEA X-Waiver in good standing
• Currently licensed by the Tennessee State Medical Licensure Board and such license is not restricted or willing to obtain Tennessee state license and current license is unrestricted.
• No reportable items to the National Practitioner Data Bank within the last ten (10) years
• One year of experience in treatment of opioid or other substance use disorders'
• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused