Addiction Physician - Anchorage Four Directions

Anchorage Four Directions is an adult outpatient substance use treatment center, to include medication for addiction treatment (MAT). The Addiction Medicine Physician will partner closely with a registered nurse to provide collaborative addiction medicine services, to include MAT, for customer-owners receiving treatment at Four Directions. To provide the best care for customer-owners, the Addiction Medicine Physician is responsible for building relationships and collaborating within the Anchorage Four Directions, as well as across Southcentral Foundation programs. This position may also have opportunities to share knowledge about addiction medicine and treatment of substance use disorders through presentations, preceptorship/shadowing by medical learners, and other activities within and outside of the Tribal Health system or when a subject matter expert is requested.

Qualifications:

• Licensed as a Physician in the State of Alaska.
• Current American Board certification specialty appropriate for the service.
• Meets all requirements in order to obtain associate medical staff membership and required privileges of service.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required. ACLS, NRP, ATLS, ALSO and PALS as required for specialty and any certification relating to the scope of practice as required.

Additional Qualifications for Four Directions department:

• Obtain Qualified Addiction Professional (QAP) approval within three (3) years of the Provisional Provider Application approval date with the State of Alaska.
• Fellowship in addiction or similar experience desired.

Employee Health Requirements:

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of SCF employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs designated as a Health Care Personnel (HCP) position, requires that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, and T-dap (Tetanus- Diphtheria- Pertussis), and COVID-19 is required.