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Hegira Health, Inc. (HHI), a private non-profit corporation, is one of the largest freestanding behavioral healthcare agencies in the area. HHI, accredited by the Joint Commission and licensed by the State of Michigan, provides a broad array of mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services to individuals of all ages.

Oakdale Recovery Center is a 55-bed treatment facility for adults with substance use disorders. Oakdale Recovery Center is dedicated to assisting persons with substance use and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders to begin the process of recovery and to regain control over their lives.

Oakdale’s Detoxification and Residential programs provide intensive, structured, 24-hour medically monitored services for adults struggling with a wide range of drug, alcohol and mental health concerns. Oakdale Recovery Center provides a disease-specific, person-centered and multidisciplinary approach to care. We offer comprehensive treatment services and offer each resident follow along supports that begin with the withdrawal/detoxification process and extend through aftercare following residential treatment.

MEDICAL DIRECTOR JOB RESPONSIBLITIES:

Authorization for Admission

• Review medical and psychiatric presentation of patients at admission for LOC appropriateness
• Assign treatment protocol
• Complete admission documentation authorizing LOC placement

Physical Examinations

• Supervise Nurse Practitioner and/or Physician’s Assistant completion of physical exam within 48 hours of patient admission
• Ensure each admitted patient receives medical care consistent with presenting symptoms and/or conditions
• Provide and document direct medical care services, per the clinic's policies and procedures, including, but not limited to Supervision of:
• o patient physical examination
• o determination of need and completion of orders for the procurement of lab specimens
• o prescribing, dispensing and administering medication consistent with the clinic's philosophy

Medication Review

• Perform medication reviews consistent with the intensity and frequency of patient reported/observed symptoms
• Prescribe medication in keeping with accepted current prescribing standards
• Complete Medication Consent for each prescribed medication
• Complete additional Medication Consent each time a new medication is added

Supervision

• Provide direct supervision of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant non-psychiatric medical interventions
• Conduct case conferences with staff therapists, case managers and advocates at a frequency assigned by the clinic Program Manager
• Provide clinical direction/recommendations to staff, addressing all aspects of treatment, including but not limited to, diagnostics, treatment goals, objectives and interventions, discharge criteria, psychiatric evaluation recommendation, level of care change
• Complete review of clinical documents per the request of the clinic Program Manager

Administrative

• Make recommendations for protocol changes
• Advise clinic pharmacist of stock medication requests/changes

The Medical Director shall be available to work part time 20 - 24 hours a week. The work schedule is weekdays and is flexible. The positions works at our Canton location.

MEDICAL DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS:

• Doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy
• Licensed to practice in Michigan
• Completed a residency in the field of internal medicine or emergency medicine
• Board certified or Board eligible
• Registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration
• Two plus years of experience in the treatment of substance abuse problem
• Two plus years of experience in treating mental illness and/or co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders
• Experience utilizing ASAM criteria and DSM
• Bupenorphine certified or eligible

About Hegira Health, Inc.

Hegira Health is a private, non-profit corporation serving persons of all ages with serious mental illness, substance use disorders and developmental disabilities. Hegira has a staff of about 450 employees.The company has been in business for over 50 years. Our locations are in the metro Detroit area: Canton, Westland, Livonia, Taylor and Lincoln Park.

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