Medical Director (Addictionologist)

Family Focused Recovery is Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana’s (VOASELA) evidence-based opioid and substance use disorder treatment and recovery model for pregnant and parenting women and their children. VOASELA’s trauma-informed services keep families together in residential treatment and partner with women in the community on their recovery journey. VOASELA’s holistic and culturally responsive program treats women’s chemical dependency, breaks the cycle of addiction, reunites families, and promotes the birth of healthy, drug-free babies. Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana's Family Focused Recovery is seeking a Medical Director for our Residential Center, opening Summer of 2025. This Medical Director position can be a contract or part-time opportunity. This individual will work closely with the Assistant Vice President of Integrated & Behavioral Health to ensure efficient and high-quality service provision for all persons served by Family Focused Recovery (FFR), especially during the opening and scaling of the Residential Center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review all CARF operating policies and procedures relevant to medical services to ensure best practices are adhered to.
• Review completed incident reports, grievances, satisfaction surveys, audits, fidelity monitoring and other Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) related documentation and provide medical recommendations to ensure quality improvement and compliance with all accreditation and funding sources requirements.
• Support facilitation of tuberculosis (TB) testing of staff and residents by issuing standing orders to allow nursing staff to complete and read TB tests within facility.
• This position is on call 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and on duty as needed for management of psychiatric and medical needs of the residents.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Non-essential)

• Ensure VOASELA and FFR staff create and maintain a recovery-oriented environment based on the principles of Therapeutic Communities.
• FFR is an alcohol and drug-free workplace, with a workforce free of substance use.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES:

• None

KEY CONTACTS

Maintains critical relationships with the following:

• Contractually provided medical services, including Medication Assisted Treatment providers.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

This position requires knowledge, skills and abilities equivalent to:

• Licensed physician who is board-eligible or board certified.
• Board Certified Addictionologist.
• At least two years of qualifying experience in treating addictive disorders.
• Extensive knowledge of harm reduction principles.
• Must be able to pass a criminal history investigation (not all convictions will exclude candidates from being hired).

• Must successfully pass pre-employment drug screening. Pass drug screening tests as required by agency’s policies and procedures.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position is on call 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and on duty as needed for management of psychiatric and medical needs of the residents.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is primarily performed in an office environment while seated at a desk. Dexterity is used while performing work with personal computer keyboard, calculator and other office equipment. Driving to local (occasionally) and some state-wide (rarely) functions. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.