Corporate Addiction Medicine Administrator

Overview

NaphCare  has an excellent opportunity for a Corporate Addiction Medicine Administrator to join the team at our Corporate Headquarters in Birmingham, AL.

The Corporate Addiction Medicine Administrator provides leadership and operational oversight for addiction medicine services across NaphCare’s jail and prison healthcare programs. This non-physician role supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of substance use disorder treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment, counseling, withdrawal management, physician collaboration, discharge planning, and continuity of care.

The Administrator works closely with corporate clinical leadership, addiction medicine physicians, behavioral health professionals, nursing teams, pharmacy, and site leadership to promote consistent, compliant, and effective addiction treatment programs across the organization.

Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Oversight

• Provide corporate oversight for addiction medicine and substance use disorder treatment programs across jail and prison contracts.
• Support program development, implementation, expansion, and evaluation, including medication-assisted treatment, counseling, withdrawal management, peer support, and reentry services.
• Work with site leadership to ensure programs are implemented consistently while addressing facility-specific operational, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Medication-Assisted Treatment

• Lead the development and implementation of medication-assisted treatment policies, procedures, workflows, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with physicians, pharmacy, nursing, behavioral health, and operations to support appropriate medication access, administration, monitoring, documentation, diversion prevention, and continuity of treatment.
• Review utilization, outcomes, and barriers and recommend opportunities for program improvement.

Counseling and Behavioral Health Coordination

• Provide leadership and guidance for counseling and therapeutic components of addiction treatment programs.
• Collaborate with behavioral health leadership on counseling models, staffing expectations, patient education, treatment documentation, and referrals.
• Promote an integrated approach connecting medical treatment, counseling, case management, and reentry planning.

Physician and Clinical Collaboration

• Serve as the primary administrative partner to addiction medicine physicians and other clinical leaders.
• Coordinate physician collaboration, coverage needs, clinical communication, and implementation of physician-approved standards.
• Facilitate communication among physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, behavioral health, pharmacy, and site operations.

Policy, Compliance, and Quality

• Develop and maintain addiction medicine policies, procedures, clinical tools, training materials, and operational guidance.
• Monitor contractual requirements, accreditation standards, and applicable state and federal requirements.
• Participate in program audits, quality improvement, corrective action planning, client reporting, and proposal development.

Education and Support

• Develop and coordinate addiction medicine education for clinical and operational staff.
• Serve as a corporate resource for site leaders managing addiction treatment programs.
• Provide guidance on staffing, workflows, documentation, interdisciplinary communication, and operational challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Current, unrestricted registered nurse license.
• Leadership experience in addiction medicine, substance use disorder treatment, medication-assisted treatment, or behavioral health.
• Experience developing or implementing clinical programs, policies, and workflows.
• Strong communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to travel to jail and prison facilities as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, behavioral health, public health, or a related field.
• Addiction nursing or substance use disorder certification or training.
• Experience managing MAT and SUD programs in the community
• Correctional healthcare experience.
• Experience overseeing multi-site clinical programs.

Why Join NaphCare?

NaphCare is one of the largest providers of healthcare services to correctional facilities throughout the US and we are growing. If you have never considered a career in correctional healthcare, now may be the time. In addition to competitive salaries and generous employee benefits, we strongly support career advancement within the company.

NaphCare Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include:

• Health, dental & vision insurance that starts day one!
• Prescriptions free of charge through our health plan, beginning day one!
• Lowest Cost Benefits!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
• 401K and Roth with company contribution that starts day one!
• Tuition Assistance
• Referral bonuses
• Term life insurance at no cost to the employee
• Generous paid time off & paid holidays
• Free continuing education and CMEs

If you would like to speak with me to learn more about this position and NaphCare, apply directly to the position to initiate the application process, and we’ll be in touch.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran

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