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Provide addiction medicine services for clients with substance use disorders within a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. Responsibilities include patient assessment, diagnosis, management of complex substance use, and providing teaching to medical students and residents.
Requirements
Candidates must be qualified to practice as a Family or General Practitioner and be able to provide consults 5 days per week. A clinical faculty appointment at UBC is required, and the candidate must be capable of supervising medical students and residents.
Working hours
40 hours per week
Skills
- Addiction Medicine
- Opioid Agonist Therapy
- Anti-craving Medications
- Clinical Documentation
- Discharge Planning
- Medical Teaching
- Patient Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Patient Management
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Keywords
- Addiction Medicine
- Substance Use Disorders
- Opioid Use Disorder
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Opioid Agonist Therapy
- Anti-craving Medications
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Outpatient Care
- Clinical Faculty
- UBC Faculty of Medicine
- Medical Education
- Nanaimo
- Island Health
- General Practitioner
- Family Medicine
Original job description
Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Role and Facility Information
The successful candidate will provide Addiction Medicine services to clients requiring care for substance use disorders, including opioid and alcohol use disorders. This medical clinic serves the Nanaimo area and provides walk-in or referral service.
Services at the clinic are provided as part of a multidisciplinary team to outpatients. Physicians agree to provide consults by phone and in person for patients associated with the clinic 5 days per week. Assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with moderate to severe and complex substance use along with the initiation of opioid agonist therapy or anti-craving medications are expected as part of this role. Thorough documentation, robust discharge planning, and connecting patients to longer term services is the goal of the clinic.
Island Health is affiliated with the UBC Faculty of Medicine Island Medical Program, and the successful candidate will be required to provide teaching and training to medical students and residents. A clinical faculty appointment at UBC will be required, and assistance in applying for a faculty appointment can be provided.
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