Addiction Medicine, option to combine with other services, Brown University academic appointment

Are you a board certified or board eligible physician with experience working with addiction? Do you enjoy working with a strong, academically oriented team that believes each patient presents with a unique set of circumstances and treatment should be tailored to meet their particular needs? Are you interested in living and working in Rhode Island? If so, let’s talk!

The Lifespan Recovery Center is a comprehensive, outpatient substance use recovery program and a division of the Lifespan Physician Group. The clinic is affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and serves as a precepting site for residents, medical students, and fellows. Our multidisciplinary providers consist of physicians, advanced practice providers, therapists, and are supported by an outstanding administrative team. We embrace a comprehensive approach that includes medications for substance use disorders, cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy/mindfulness-based interventions.

More about the job:

• Work with a broad range of patients while embracing a harm-reduction model
• You will draw from a range of treatments to address substance use disorders accompanied by other common mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression
• 32 hours/week of patient care with 8 hours/week of administrative time.
• Position can be full or part time and combined with other services such as CL, general outpatient psychiatry, inpatient or integrated care
• Potential for intensive outpatient program (IOP) work and program development
• Opportunity to teach residents and fellows with an academic appointment at Brown University
• PSLF eligible
• J1 & H1B visa friendly
• Call is approximately 1:8 weeks
• Research and educational opportunities for those interested

About the benefits:
•    Competitive Compensation
•    EMR is EPIC
•    Diverse patient population
•    Dynamic leadership team that values work-life balance
•    $3500 CME/Practice allowance
•    Excellent benefits
•    4 weeks PTO, 4 flexible holidays, 5 CME days
•    401K: traditional or Roth
•    Additional moonlighting shifts available

About you:

• Board certified or eligible psychiatry, internal or family medicine
• Fellowship or proven experience working in Addiction Medicine
• Desire to live and work in Rhode Island

About us
With 840+ providers Lifespan Physician Group offers a multitude of services. We are proud of our Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services which offer our community a full range of assessment and treatment options to address the mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that occur throughout life. Our programs encompass a comprehensive view of mental health that includes and integrates the biological, psychological, and social dimensions of care. Lifespan is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty.

A not-for-profit organization, Lifespan is overseen by a board of volunteer community leaders who are guided by its mission: Delivering health with care.  

As Rhode Island's largest healthcare system and private employer, our employees represent a broad spectrum of experience, occupations and cultural backgrounds who are guided by our shared values of C.A.R.E.:

Compassion: Delivering care and comfort with empathy and kindness.
Accountability: Taking ownership of actions and their consequences.
Respect: Placing the highest value on every individual’s well-being regardless of personal professional differences.
Excellence: Always providing safe, high quality, innovative care and service.

Formed in 1994, Lifespan is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprised of three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's Hospital; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, a community hospital offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; Lifespan Physician Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island; and Coastal Medical, a primary care driven medical practice.

Lifespan teaching hospitals are among the country’s top recipients of research funding from the US National Institutes of Health. The hospitals received $92 million in external research funding in fiscal 2019. All Lifespan-affiliated partners are charitable organizations that depend on support from the community to provide programs and services. 

Lifespan, Rhode Island's first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A not-for-profit comprehensive, integrated, academic health system with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan's present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital's pediatric division, Hasbro Children's Hospital; Bradley Hospital; Newport Hospital; Gateway Healthcare; and Coastal Medical. 

Lifespan is committed to investing in our dedicated and talented workforce, improving the health of our local economy, and providing job and advancement opportunities at all levels for employees at our facilities. We value the cultural richness of our workforce and are committed to diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices.

Across our affiliates , we promote a culture of well-being, offering a holistic package of benefits to our employees and their families, while always keeping the patient at the center of our work. Put simply, we embrace our mission of Delivering health with care.

Across our state and region, we extend our expertise and services into the communities where people live, learn, work, play and pray. Lifespan coordinates hundreds of programs, events, and community service activities every year, benefiting as many as 30,000 Southern New Englanders.