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Provider Careers at NYC Health + Hospitals

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center is one of New York City’s premier acute care hospitals. Located in Downtown Bronx, Lincoln is a teaching hospital renowned for its Centers of Excellence, and a recognized industry leader in the implementation of state‑of‑the‑art medical technology and best practices. Our team of highly trained and caring medical professionals is dedicated to providing the highest quality health care that is safe, compassionate, culturally competent and patient‑centered.

Comprehensive services are offered in three major primary care areas:
Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health in addition to more than eighty (80) specialty services. At Lincoln, the safety and comfort of our patients is our number one priority.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person‑centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

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The Addiction Consult Service is a multidisciplinary service that provides acute substance use disorder (SUD) care to patients in Emergency Departments (EDs), inpatient (IP) units, and SUD walk‑in clinics, throughout the hospital. The team includes medical providers with addiction training, social workers, peer counselors, and community health workers. Together they provide expertise in medications for AUD and OUD, SUD screening, brief intervention, referral to ongoing treatment (SBIRT), peer support, care coordination, and harm reduction.

Within the Addiction Consult Service, the post‑discharge arm provides intensive, patient‑centered support to high‑risk patients post‑discharge from the ED through ongoing outreach, support surrounding social determinants of health (SDOH), and assistance with linkage to treatment.

• As a member of the multidisciplinary addiction consult service team under the clinical direction of the Social Worker III provide addiction counseling to high‑risk patients with substance use disorders post‑discharge from the Emergency Department.
• Conduct screening, psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, brief intervention, referral to long‑term substance use treatment (inpatient and outpatient) and harm reduction services, and short‑term individual counseling as indicated.
• Maintain a caseload of clients who require additional clinical support in addition to case management services commensurate with the clinician’s credential level.
• Provide crisis intervention and support by responding to and following‑through in crisis situations, seeking additional assistance to manage crisis situations as needed.
• Develop and continually monitor treatment/recovery plans in collaboration with patients and multidisciplinary team members, including establishment of short‑ and long‑term goals.
• Prepare and maintain confidential case records and files and record patient progress in a timely and accurate manner and in compliance with all applicable standards, to ensure appropriate reimbursement.
• Participate in evaluating patients’ treatment progress, completing appropriate level of care (LOC) assessments using patient‑criteria tools.
• Conduct patient follow‑up telephonically and/or in the community, including providing warm hand‑offs to referrals and appointments, aiding non‑clinical team members as needed.
• Provide opioid overdose education and harm reduction resources including naloxone kits and fentanyl/xylazine test strips to patients and their support systems.
• Educate patients and their support systems on the etiology and impacts of substance use disorders, treatment options, and the recovery process.
• Provide support to non‑clinical team members with regards to substance abuse treatment and service navigation. In partnership with clinical supervisor, facilitate and encourage continued professional development in the addiction services…