Physician Asst

The Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. • Part-time • New London, Connecticut, United States • 1m ago

Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (SCADD) is an award-winning organization, and a leading provider of substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment that recognizes our employees as our biggest asset. Join us to find a supportive community dedicated to helping you achieve your fullest potential, and you’ll have an opportunity to make a significant and positive impact on the quality of lives and the community.

We currently have an exceptional career opportunity for a Physician Assistant to join our team and work 1-2 days/week monitoring and treating substance-depending clients in our various programs. Requires a CT PA license, DEA registration and CPR certification.

We are an agency that believes in second changes and the ability of people to find recovery. Our empathetic, compassionate staff are dedicated to supporting people on their pathway to recovery. We provide High-Intensive Residential Treatment, Low-Intensity Residential treatment, Outpatient & Intensive Outpatient, Withdrawal Management, Medication Management, and Recovery Housing:

SCADDS Lebanon Pines program offers long term treatment for men with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders on a 56-acre campus in southeastern region of Connecticut. “The Pines” provides a structured recovery environment with a focus on psychosocial aspects of treatment. Residents work on recovery skills, managing the signs and symptoms of relapse and making meaningful lifestyle changes. Under the direction of our skilled and experienced staff, residents learn to recognize their disease, prevent relapse, and develop skills for reintegration into the community.

SCADD’s Transitional Housing is a residential treatment program with locations in Norwich and New London, Connecticut. The program is designed to assist and support men and women in their sobriety. This program affords individuals the opportunity to apply learned recovery skills, precent relapse and promote personal responsibility. Residents can integrate into educational, vocational, familial, and social structures.

SCADD’s Withdrawal Management program is a medically monitored withdrawal management and evaluation program delivered by medical and nursing professionals and enhanced by skilled clinicians and technicians. The services are delivered under a defined set of physicians monitored protocols. Twenty-four-hour nursing observation, medical monitoring and treatment are available on site. Counseling and case management services are available on site seven days per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

Perform psychiatric assessments, formulate differential diagnoses, select and initiate appropriate treatment modalities, and order and monitor selected laboratory or routine diagnostic tests.
Prescribe psychopharmacological agents, administer psychotropic medications, and provide ongoing medication management and related treatments to assigned patients.
Work to ensure patient’s progress relative to established goals, reviewing and modifying treatment as necessary changes occur in conjunction with the patient and/or family.
Strive to provide patients with a full range of required treatment services including rehabilitative and support services with an emphasis on patient self-direction.
Collaborate with psychiatrist as needed to develop the most appropriate and effective psychotropic medication regimen according to the patient’s psychiatric history and active symptoms.
Collaborate with physician as needed to develop the most appropriate and effective Medication Assisted Treatment regimen according to the patient’s history and active symptoms.
Assist Clinic staff in coordinating activities of provider and nursing staff relative to medications and the provision of medical and treatment support services.
Collaborate as needed with staff from other clinical teams and other programs to facilitate continuity of care and appropriate services for eligible consumers.
Comply with practice standards, policies and procedures and all local, state, and federal laws governing patient care and the rendering of services.
Maintain responsibility for safe and effective patient care using evidence-based interventions and keeping current with new and proven treatment strategies.

SCADD is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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