Part-time Medical Provider

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers

Location: Recovery Campus - Massena, NY

Position: Part-time Medical Provider

Shift/schedule: 6 hours per week based on program need 

Pay Rate: $100/hour

Position Summary: Health promotion and maintenance, thoroughness, clinical skills, informing others, medical teamwork, physiological knowledge, bedside manner, infection control, administering medication, addiction treatment and recovery, self-development.

Education and Training: Current medical License, CPR/First Aide Instructor. Narcan trained. Experience working with individuals with substance abuse and trauma disorders. 

Qualifications and Requirements: Minimum of three years of behavioral health care experience or five years in the behavioral health field with a concentration in chemical dependency.

Essential Duties:

• Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.


• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.


• Determines abnormal conditions by ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results and recommending a course of care to the RN Health Coordinator.


• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.


• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; promoting wellness and health maintenance.


• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans with RN Health Coordinator.


• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.


• Provides medical counsel during the admission process including chart review and physicals when needed.


• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.


• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.


• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.


• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.


• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.


• Assess and monitor residents experience signs and symptoms of withdrawal using appropriate withdrawal scales.


• Provides timely review and approval of medications, orders, and other provider‑level tasks as needed to support safe and continuous patient care during program operating hours.