Addiction Medicine SUD Nurse Practitioner Part Time BWFH

Job Summary

Part time 20hrs per week; (2)-10 hour days, 9am-6pm M-F. No weekends or holidays. Addiction Medicine SUD Nurse Practitioner BWFH Addiction Consult Team.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a licensed provider. This NP position works explicitly in a psychiatric setting, providing psychiatric assessments and establishing comprehensive plans that address a broad range of concerns for patients with psychiatric disorders. May perform additional duties, such as precepting a small group of learners.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to psychiatric patients.
• Complete biopsychosocial and psychopharmalogical evaluations on patients.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high-quality and timely documentation, including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes, and discharge summaries.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

This position provides expert clinical care to patients with substance use disorder on the hospital Addiction Consult Team. Addiction consultation in the hospital and Emergency Department setting includes providing rapid assessment, diagnostic clarification, withdrawal management, pharmacotherapy initiation, treatment planning, and linkage at discharge to ongoing addiction treatment. This position works within a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, resource specialists, and recovery coaches.

Qualifications

Education: Master's Degree Nursing required. Massachusetts Licenses and Credentials: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse required. Experience: 2 yrs NP required, experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner preferred. Candidates must have their CARN-NP or be willing to obtain it in the first 18 months of employment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skilled in taking medical histories to assess medical condition and interpret findings.
• Ability to maintain quality control standards.
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
• Ability to communicate clearly and establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.