Addiction Medicine Physician Fellowship Program Director

Position Overview

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is growing to serve our community.  If you are looking for more than a job, then the Department of Family Medicine at LVHN is a great place to start or continue your career. Career growth opportunities are numerous and our focus is on working as a collaborative team.   Join a department that is patient-centered, progressive and committed to finding joy in the practice of family medicine. 

The Department of Family Medicine at the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) seeks an outstanding candidate to serve as fellowship director for their newly approved Addiction Medicine Fellowship. This role will be responsible for the continued development and oversight of the addiction medicine fellowship within a community-based academic setting. The individual will work closely with the program faculty and staff to ensure the program delivers high-quality training and education in addiction medicine.   

The LVHN Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program is founded on a common commitment to advance the health of communities we have the honor of serving. The care delivery to do this must be culturally proficient, trauma-informed, and patient and community-centered. Furthermore, the learning environment to develop the addiction medicine physician leaders that will innovate future systems in this care delivery must maintain these same principles.

The LVHN Addiction Medicine Fellowship seeks to recruit of a diverse group of fellows committed to training in an innovative training program with an interconnected learning environment. Situated within LVHN, the fellowship provides training that bridges both academia as well as community. Community partnerships and programming enhances the broad training of fellows to create the future leaders in community health.

Our fellowship offers strong experiences across inpatient, outpatient, and community-based settings, preparing graduates to manage advanced disease with confidence. Through partnerships with LVHN’s strong specialty departments, fellows will gain the experience to manage substance use disorders and its comorbidities across the lifespan.

We seek motivated, engaged applicants to train in a unique setting that establishes the foundation to build their tomorrows.

The fellowship director will collaborate with leaders within, and external to, the Department of Family Medicine to advance the education of fellows in the field of addiction medicine

In a family medicine career with LVHN, you’ll experience:

• Free scribe services
• Flexible Monday – Friday schedules
• Full time clinicians are scheduled for 36 patient care hours/week
• Call is shared with other practices in the region.
• Onsite and remote care team to support clinicians
• Career development opportunities in teaching, research and physician leadership

Benefits & Perks

As a nationally certified Great Place to Work™, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career.  Explore our benefits.

• Starting and Retention Bonus Package
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Resident and Fellow Educational Stipends
• Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
• CME Time and Allowance
• Relocation (if applicable)

Qualifications

• Must be Board Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine
• A current PA Medical License or ability to obtain one is required

About LVHN

LVHN hospitals in the Lehigh Valley are the only hospitals in the region to have received Magnet® recognition five consecutive times since 2002. This prestigious recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center demonstrates our commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. LVHN is home to five clinical institutes. Each serve as a hub for innovation, collaboration and education. Our institutes include Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute and Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. LVHN is also home to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, which is the only children's hospital in the region. This hospital gives our community access to more than 30 pediatric specialties, Children's ExpressCARE locations and a dedicated Children's ER.

We've been consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospital in the region and among the best in the state. We're also Great Place to Work-Certified™, which means an overwhelming majority of our colleagues have a positive experience at LVHN.

These designations tell you that LVHN is a great place to work from hire to retire. If you are someone who aligns with LVHN's core values - Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration and Excellence – you will have a rewarding and successful career here.

Vaccination Requirements

Individuals are required to adhere to all LVHN vaccination policies in effect at the time of hire. Employees will be subject to pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. Please note that safety sensitive positions cannot test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, medical or otherwise.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.