Medical Director

Medical Director – Fora Health Treatment & Recovery

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Position Summary

This position is anticipated to begin in Summer 2026. We are posting early to allow ample time for a thorough search and transition process.

Do you lie awake at night dreaming of changing the world and transforming dominant paradigms? Are you excited about providing trauma-informed, person-centered care to vulnerable people with substance use disorders? Do you believe a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? Have we got a job for you!! Come join an inspired, curious, innovative multidisciplinary team offering radically kind medical care and loving compassion to patients with substance use disorders.

The Medical Director works closely with the Chief Medical Officer to provide vision for and implementation of medical programs and services across Fora Health’s Departments. The Medical Director is an integral part of a collaborative leadership team, which includes the Director of Psychiatric Services, Medical Operations Director and Nurse Manager. This team, in turn, collaborates with Fora-wide leadership, representing other programs in the continuum of care to support Fora Health’s mission of providing excellent care for those with substance use disorders.

The Medical Director will provide direct patient care in 3.7 level withdrawal management and medically managed residential programs. Additionally, the MD will direct expansion of both outpatient and residential MAT services. The MD will also direct the development of expanded medical services for patients enrolled in Fora Residential and Outpatient SUD programs. The MD will collaborate with Operations & Admissions leadership to develop and strengthen rapid access pathways from local hospitals into appropriate levels of care at Fora.

The Medical Director will join the Chief Medical Officer in nurturing a program culture that centers excellent medical care within a framework of loving kindness, harm reduction, and trauma informed care.

Expected allocation of time is approximately 60% administrative and 40% clinical.

Essential Job Duties

• Completing medical intakes on patients admitting to withdrawal management and residential treatment
• Formulating treatment plans for those patients and communicating with nurses and case managers as necessary regarding implementation of medical orders and ongoing assessment of patients
• Reviewing medical referrals to Medically Managed Residential Program and communicating with referents, including hospitals and outpatient settings.
• Continuing expansion of MMR program to include patients on IV antibiotics, with complex wound care needs, and those newly dependent on insulin
• Developing curricula & structure for residential medical groups to address PAWS, tobacco cessation, and MAT for AUD
• Providing clinical education to nurses
• Sharing overnight phone call with Chief Medical Officer and advance practice providers, typically one week per month.
• Supervising advanced practice providers
• Supervising and mentoring medical learners throughout their rotations at Fora
• Providing education to patients about medications and treatment options.
• Collaborating with Access Department to develop and expand relationships with community partners and pathways into Fora medical services.
• Collaborating with Chief Medical Officer on development and implementation of new programs
• Collaborating with Chief Medical Officer & Medical Operations Director on writing and revision of policies & procedures, creating & maintaining EMR order sets, addressing grievances & incident reports.
• Other duties as assigned

Additional Job Duties

Organizational Relationships

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Experience in withdrawal management strongly preferred

Other Requirements

Evaluation Criteria

Physical Demands

Internal Candidates

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About Fora Health

Looking for a meaningful career? At Fora Health, we employ a team of passionate, diverse and caring people who are committed to carrying out our mission to provide treatment, care and advocacy for all who are affected by substance use disorder. We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our experienced team of professionals in the fight to overcome the stigma of addiction and mental health. Come join one of Oregon’s largest and most reputable providers of substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health treatment for adults!

Fora Health is committed to providing a wide range of accessible, coordinated, and well-integrated services that benefit the community and support our clients to recover and to maintain recovery from addiction. To maintain an organizational culture which supports Fora's mission, each employee will, at a minimum :

Benefits

Education Grants

Equal Opportunity Employer

Fora Health is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Recovery Encouragement

Fora Health encourages applications from those who are in recovery. Please note that we require individuals in recovery to certify that they have at least six months of sobriety for non-patient facing positions or two years of continuous sobriety for patient-facing positions upon hire.

Second Chance Employer

Fora Health is a second chance employer and complies with applicable laws regarding consideration of criminal background for employment purposes. Fora Health conducts a background check for all positions upon offer of employment. Government regulations, contractual requirements, or the duties of certain jobs may require us to take appropriate action to address prior criminal convictions.

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