Physician, Addiction Medicine

#### **Part-Time** ##### **Renascent Paul J. Sullivan Centre** ### **About Renascent** Renascent has a legacy of serving people impacted by substance addiction for over 55 years. As a community non-profit organization, Renascent is committed to its mission of helping save lives through compassionate, transformative, evidence-based addiction and mental health programs, and is guided by values of compassion, integrity, community, diversity and inclusion, and lived experience. Renascent’s accredited treatment programs provide person-centered care within an abstinence-based model, integrating 12-step facilitation with current best practice clinical and medical approaches. A diversity of treatment program options are offered, including community inpatient intensive treatment, virtual intensive treatment, and outpatient continuing care and alumni programs. Due to the impact of addiction on families, specialized programs and support are offered for loved ones and family members, including children. ### **About the Position** **Renascent, accredited leader in addiction and mental health treatment, is building its medical team, and has a part-time opportunity for an Addiction Medicine Physician at Renascent’s Whitby, Ontario, site.** **Opportunity:** Fee-for Service, plus stipend; on-site office space provided. **Compensation:** $5,000 Monthly As a physician with experience in addiction and mental health treatment, you will have an integral role in the delivery of Renascent’s comprehensive, evidence-based addiction and mental health programs. The individual will contribute to the truly remarkable therapeutic environment at Renascent, founded in compassion and behavioural, social, spiritual and medical best practices. ### **Key Responsibilities** Responsibilities include: * Providing trauma-informed, recovery supportive medical care to substance use disorder clients in treatment at Renascent live-in Centre in Brooklin, Ontario. * Provision of medical assessments, continued medical care throughout clients’ treatment, supporting transition of care upon discharge from program. * Applying evidence based medical interventions including opioid agonist therapy and other medication management to meet the needs of clients with varied presentation of substance use disorder and concurrent mental health challenges. * Overseeing withdrawal management protocols or referral to medical withdrawal management centres as appropriate. * Provide basic primary care in order to bridge patient stay in live-in care. * Support stabilization of client mental health through evidence-based interventions and/or referral to psychiatric specific medical care. ### **Qualifications** * Membership with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the Canadian Medical Protective Association * Demonstrated knowledge and experience in addiction treatment and medical practice **Submitting an Application** ----------------------------- Including a cover letter in your app