Addiction Psychiatrist or MD/DO Addiction Medicine
Posted Jan 8, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
We offer residential treatment, an opioid treatment program, office-based treatment, IOP and SOP. Where along that continuum is your strongest experience?
What they are checking: Whether the physician can work across multiple levels of addiction care and is honest about where they need support.
Many of your patients will have co-occurring mental illness. How do you coordinate with our psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists?
What they are checking: Whether they can work in an integrated system rather than treating addiction in isolation.
The posting talks about helping build a model for the future. What would you want addiction care here to look like in five years?
What they are checking: Whether they have program-building ideas and the leadership interest this role invites.
Teaching and research are supported here. What role would you want them to play in your work?
What they are checking: Whether their academic interests fit a teaching hospital and support long-term engagement.
What would you do
A patient on buprenorphine has a urine screen positive for fentanyl. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they treat return to use as clinical information and adjust care rather than discharging the patient.
We have a new EmPATH Unit, the first in Wisconsin. How would you see addiction medicine fitting into an emergency psychiatric setting like that?
What they are checking: Whether they can think about engaging patients in crisis and starting treatment early in the encounter.
A patient on high-dose prescribed opioids for chronic pain is referred because their primary doctor is worried. How do you approach the first visit?
What they are checking: Whether they can tell dependence from use disorder and avoid stigmatizing a pain patient.
How do you handle a patient who is angry and demanding a medication you don't think is appropriate?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold a clinical boundary while keeping the therapeutic relationship intact.
About the work
How do you decide between methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone for a patient with opioid use disorder?
What they are checking: Whether they match medication to the patient's history, goals and risks rather than defaulting to one option.
How do you manage a patient with alcohol use disorder and a history of complicated withdrawal?
What they are checking: Whether they can assess withdrawal risk and choose the right level of care and medications.
You'll need a license across our multi-state region. What's your status, and are you board certified or working toward it?
What they are checking: Whether the candidate meets the stated credentialing requirements or has a clear timeline to meet them.
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