Are you looking to find personal and professional fulfillment, and align your career with your values?
At Gateway Foundation, our employees have an opportunity to make a difference every day by helping people with substance abuse issues gain control of their lives.
Gateway Foundation is a recognized non-profit leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine—including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses—deliver care that never stops. Throughout Gateway’s proud history of helping others, dedicated and professional employees have been vital to accomplishing our life-saving mission.
If you are a collaborative professional who shares our commitment to helping people with substance abuse and mental health issues turn their lives around – GATEWAY IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!
Physicians are responsible for:

• Supervising the medical services and general health care of clients at the Center. Providing medical expertise in the development of new or revised treatment techniques and procedure. Ensuring the medical care practices and documentation comply with all applicable licensing and accreditation standards. Reviews medical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with licensing and associated standards. Develops goals and objectives for improving client medical care and related services to improve overall program quality and effectiveness.
• Oversees services received from registered nurses or other state licensed staff to ensure appropriateness of treatment. Reviews documentation to ensure medical records meet established guidelines for sound medical practice.
• Acts as attending physician for clients admitted to his/her services, reviewing admission records and discharge plans and authorizing client medical treatment or issuing referrals to local hospitals for additional treatment. Provides on-site medical clinic services in accordance with established schedule. Confers with Director, Clinical Director and other medical advisory staff to identify and/or resolve client treatment issues.
• Develops and provides training on general medical issues and specific updates related to addictions or substance abuse treatment for clinical staff as appropriate. Participates in performance improvement activities
• Performs other duties as they might be assigned including ordering laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluating the data, and occasional travel to various locations and Centers for reviews and/or audits and advisory committee meetings.

Job Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and residence in primary specialty required. Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• Current professional license to practice medicine in the state of Illinois and Board Certification, with established medical privileges at one or more local hospitals. Certification or eligibility and recognition by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) as a qualified medical practitioner in addictions medicine for Gateway Foundation accredited programs.
• Other duties as assigned Successful completion of residency in primary specialty. Working knowledge of medical standards and practices as related to substance abuse or addictive disorder treatment.
• Advanced communication skills necessary to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with clinical staff, center managers, and agency representatives. Excellent problem solving and analytical abilities necessary to oversee and provide medical and overall health care advice in the treatment of substance abuse clients; and review program standards to ensure compliance with state, contract, regulatory, accreditation, or other applicable agency standards.
• Analytical ability to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data in order to solve problems or design relatively complex systems and programs. Plan and oversee the medical treatment and evaluate the effectiveness and abilities of other medical professionals’ treatment. Assess and interpret client data and identify individual needs; provide health related care appropriate to the developmental stage and client population served.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person or by telephone in order to gather and exchange information
• Ability to record, proofread and check documents and files for accuracy, to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, read
• Ability to use a keyboard and video display terminal to receive, retrieve, and/or audit information and data
• Ability to respond to telephones, and to hear and detect alarms and unusual noises

Competitive Compensation and Benefits: Gateway Foundation values its employees and provides an inclusive and diverse work environment where dedicated employees can make a difference. We are committed to engaging and rewarding our employees in meaningful ways. For eligible employees, we provide a Total Rewards Package that includes:

• Gateway is a qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Health Insurance - Including a wellness premium incentive opportunity
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off - Including 18 days of PTO and 9 paid holidays in the first year
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Saving Account
• Commuter Accounts
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Training & Development Programs

Gateway Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.