Advanced Practice Professional; NP) Pain and Opioid Taper Clinic- Burlington Building

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This is an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) job opening.

Both qualified NP and PA applicants will be considered.

NPs are directed to apply to job # 285060, PAs are directed to apply to job # 285061.

A total of one(1), 0.2 FTE, Advanced Practice Professional (either NP or PA) will be hired to fill this job opening.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Clinical Scope)

• Complex Chronic Pain & Opioid Tapering:
  Evaluate and manage patients with complex spinal and musculoskeletal conditions. Formulate, execute, and monitor individualized medically supervised opioid tapering schedules for patients transitioning away from high-dose opioid therapy, incorporating multimodal non-opioid pharmacotherapy, interventional options, and physical rehabilitation modalities.
• Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Management:
  Diagnose and treat OUD in the context of chronic pain management. Initiate, maintain, and monitor Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), specifically buprenorphine, in an outpatient pain clinic setting.
• Multidisciplinary Care Coordination:
  Collaborate seamlessly within the Michigan Medicine Back and Pain Center's multidisciplinary framework, coordinating care closely with pain medicine physicians, pain psychologists, and addiction medicine specialists to provide holistic patient care.
• Clinical Safety and Compliance:
  Perform comprehensive substance use risk assessments, issue patient education on harm reduction and overdose prevention (including naloxone prescribing), and strictly utilize the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS) in accordance with legal and institutional guidelines
• Expectations for this position would include providing direct care to patients in the Back and Pain Center, to provide support to the physicians in the clinic, and contribute to the overall continuity of patients' care.
• This clinician would provide clinical leadership in practice, staff development and research. Participate in student, physician, and staff education and participate in ongoing quality improvement initiatives.
• Candidate would be expected to work with clinical staff for scheduling and triage issues as well as supporting clinic nurses in the provision of patient care as needed with the service.

NP

• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner specialty certification in the State of Michigan.
• Current specialty certification to practice as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner recognized by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
• Current DEA registration
• MATE Act Compliance:
  Documentation of compliance with the federal MATE Act training requirement (completion of the one-time, 8-hour education mandate on managing substance use…