Anchorage Four Directions is an adult outpatient substance use treatment center, to include medication for addiction treatment (MAT). The Addiction Medicine Physician / Psychiatrist 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 / Psychiatrist 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
Additional Qualifications for Four Directions department:
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.
Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native-owned healthcare organization serving Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, and 60 rural villages in the Anchorage Service Unit.
Our Mission
Working together with the Native Community to achieve wellness through health and related services.
Our Vision
A Native Community that enjoys physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness.
SCF’s “Nuka System of Care” is a name given to the whole health care system created, managed, and owned by Alaska Native people to achieve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness.
The relationship-based Nuka System of Care is comprised of organizational strategies and processes; medical, behavioral, dental and traditional practices; and supporting infrastructure that work together - in relationship - to support wellness. By putting relationships at the forefront of what we do and how we do it, the Nuka System will continue to develop and improve for future generations.
