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Join Our Team!
We are excited to announce we are opening a brand-new residential treatment facility in Columbus, Ohio and we are seeking compassionate and dedicated professionals to join our team!
Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (LBHS) provides individual, outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential, psychiatric services, and medication assisted treatment for mental health and substance abuse treatment needs. We are a treatment facility that prides itself in a welcoming and compassionate approach to substance use and mental health treatment. We believe our clients can achieve recovery and be valued community members through positive engagement and meaningful participation in treatment.
Our Goal:
Our comprehensive approach to addictions treatment provides a continuum of care that begins with asking for help and continues through to ongoing peer support. In addition to our state-of-the-art treatment facilities and peer support centers across Central Ohio, we work to remove barriers and promote access to care through our integrative approach and evidence-based clinical treatment.
Join our exciting and fast-growing company in which you will have an impact on improving people’s lives! Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (LBHS) is looking for quality candidates who are pursuing professional growth in a supportive environment and can thrive in a collaborative team-focused culture.
Position: Physician Assistant – Residential Withdrawal Management
Job Summary: To ensure the delivery of high-quality medical care in the residential withdrawal management (RWM) setting, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, as well as CARF standards of care; providing general medical care and directing nurses and supportive staff in the treatment of clients experiencing withdrawal from substances of misuse. This position reports to the Medical Director.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Perform comprehensive medical examination of clients in (RWM) when referred by the client’s managing psychiatric provider.
- Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illnesses.
- Prescribe and order all necessary medications, treatments, laboratory studies or testing.
- Monitor client health progress, communicating updates effectively to members of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Evaluate outcomes of care delivered to patients and initiates changes in the treatment approach accordingly.
- May provide supervision and guidance to nursing or ancillary staff.
- Remain informed about current evidence-based practice in the fields of primary care and internal medicine.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience/Certifications:
- Valid and current state physician assistant license
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, or general medical hospital setting
- Knowledge of federal, state, and other applicable standards for clinical practice in assigned area(s)
- Completion of a Minimum of 24 Hours of Buprenorphine Training via ASAM or Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
- Valid Ohio driver’s license and insurance.
Must pass BCI check, all corporate compliance checks, and employment drug screen
Desired Experience/Certifications:
Addiction experience preferred
Lighthouse is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, genetics, gender identity and/or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
LBHS adheres to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as amended, Ohio Civil Rights Act, and all applicable rules and regulations. LBHS is an equal opportunity employer.