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Addiction Medicine Consultant
2 months ago
The Mental Health and Addictions Program (MHAP) is seeking a part-time Addiction Medicine Consultant to work as part of a new MHAP Addiction Medicine Consult Service. The available position is 0.2 FTE at the Middleton Recovery Support Centre at Soldiers Memorial Hospital.
The Addiction Medicine Consultant will practice within a collaborative inter-professional clinical team, providing evidence-informed withdrawal management and related mental health and addiction care in an outpatient withdrawal management setting.
The Consultant will provide telephone consultative support to primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, emergency department physicians, community pharmacists, and acute care inpatient physicians in recognizing and managing substance use disorders.
Work hours will be Monday to Friday onsite between the hours of 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. There may be an opportunity to provide virtual care, which can be explored with further discussion with Dr. Martell.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide evidence-informed clinical advice and guidance in response to consultation requests from targeted clinicians providing addictions care in Nova Scotia.
- Support knowledge translation to improve clinicians' ability to address patients' needs related to substance use.
- Assess and manage substance use disorders.
- Work with the clinical team to initiate and monitor withdrawal management protocols.
- Assess and manage other medical and psychiatric disorders as indicated.
- Conduct risk assessments and interventions for suicide, self-harm, or harm to others.
- Develop and implement care and discharge plans in collaboration with the client, clinical team, and family.
- Support the facilitation of transitions of care across a variety of settings.
- Provide trauma-informed and culturally safe care.
- Provide brief interventions related to substance use and concurrent disorders.
- Maintain timely, clear, and accurate health records in adherence to Nova Scotia Health documentation policies.
- Complete administrative documentation related to the service.
- Participate in development, planning, and quality improvement activities for the addiction medicine consult service.
- Accountable to the NSHA Mental Health and Addictions Physician Lead: Addiction Medicine.
Qualifications:
- Current medical license issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS).
- Must have current certification in addiction medicine through one of the following professional organizations: the College of Family Physicians Canada's (CFPC) Certificate of Added Competence (CAC) for Addiction Medicine (AM), American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) certification, or International Society of Addiction Medicine (iSAM) certification.
- Must hold, or be willing to obtain, active staff privileges with Nova Scotia Health Authority.
- Must maintain liability insurance through the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA).
- Available to participate in the development, planning, and implementation of quality improvement activities for the Addiction Medicine Consult Service.
- Maintains eligibility for addiction medicine certification relevant to the Addiction Medicine Consultant role and a demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning.
Community Details:
Middleton is a scenic town with a population of approximately 2,000. The community values diversity, opportunity, and partnership while serving as a regional centre for business, education, health, and recreation.
The Annapolis Valley is famous for its beauty, apples, and more recently, its fantastic wines. If you are looking to put down roots, affordable small farms and acreages are plentiful in this area.
