Addictions Nurse-OBAT Program

Harris Health is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon

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McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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The Addiction Nurse – Office Based Addiction Treatment Program facilitates the collaborative interdisciplinary care management of opioid‑dependent patients and their significant support systems, encompassing ongoing assessment, intake, evaluation, triage, teaching induction, stabilization, and monitoring of patients within the Opioid Treatment Program.

The AN-OBATP supports and provides services to patients referred to the program for stabilization and assessment, collaborates with team members, clinic settings at Harris Health Systems and outside referral sites, and works with providers from addiction settings in assisting patients and supporting their referral needs.

The AN-OBATP advocates for options and services to meet the patient's health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost‑effective outcomes for the identified patient population. The AN-OBATP participates in quality improvement activities, exemplifies professionalism, and promotes a customer‑friendly environment by utilizing Service FIRST behaviors in interactions with patients, families, and staff members.

• 1.Education/Licensure/Specialized Training:
  • a.
    
    Education:
    
    Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing. BSN preferred.
  • b.
    
    Licensure/Certification :
    • i.Licensed to practice nursing in the state of Texas
    • ii.
      
      Specialty certification in Case Management or Addictions (CARN) by the Addictions Nursing Certification Board is required within two years of employment.
• 2.
  
  Work Experience:
  • i.Three (3) years of work experience as RN in related area;
  • ii.
    
    One (1) year experience in mental health or case management; addiction setting preferred.
• 3.Management/
  
  Experience:
  
  One (1) year related leadership experience preferred.
• 4.Equipment Operated: PC and typical medical equipment related to job duties.

• 1.Communication
  
  Skills:
  • Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)
  • Writing /Composing (Correspondence / Report)
• 2.Other
  
  Skills:
  • Analytical Medical Terms Mathematics
  • PC Word Proc
• 3.Advanced
  
  Education:
  • Advance Training Specialty:
    Case Management or Addictions (CARN) certification within two years of employment
  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred) Major:
    Nursing
• 4.
  
  Work Schedule:
  
  Weekends Holidays Flexible Travel On Call