Behavioral Health

Addiction Nurse Care Manager Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program (APTP)

Provides skilled nursing services to patients struggling with substance use disorders. Ongoing assessment intakes evaluations triage teaching inductions stabilizations and monitoring of patients in Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) model. Provide psychiatric care of patients within the Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program (APTP) as well as support and services to patients from other settings referred to program for stabilization and assessment. Collaborates with team members clinic settings at BMC and outside referral sites works with providers from addiction and community health settings in assisting patients and supporting their referral needs.

Essential Responsibilities/Duties:

• Initial assessment and intake obtaining social medical mental health substance use and medication history.
• Review intake assessment with nursing team and provider and establish appropriate plan of care for patient.
• Revise patient plan of care with the addiction treatment team as needed to address patient needs and issues.
• Collaboration communication and meetings with addiction treatment team as needed and required.
• Review consents and treatment contracts with patients and significant others obtaining signatures and giving patient a copy and leaving a hard copy in patient paper chart.
• Ongoing management of patients receiving medications for addiction (opioids alcohol and stimulant use disorders).
• Education and assessment of patients looking to access opioid treatment programs.
• Assessment of signs and symptoms of opioid withdrawal using the COW (Clinical Opioid Withdrawal) scale.
• Assessment and monitoring of patients in the medication induction stabilization and maintenance phases of treatment.
• Ongoing education and support of patients in all phases of treatment including nursing visits scheduled and random urine toxicology screens routine labs and as needed medication teaching monitoring pill counts observed dosing and medication refills.
• Follow State and Federal guidelines in providing care to opioid dependent patients in collaboration with licensed prescribing physicians and pharmacy.
• Complete appropriate documentation with excellent record keeping.
• Ongoing psychiatric care of patients referred to the Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program.
• Provides follow up care in person and via telephone when needed.
• Works with the pharmacy and the Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program team in obtaining medication orders prescriptions refills and communication as needed.
• Perform other duties as specified by supervisor.

Job Requirements:

Education:

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred.

Certificates Licenses Registrations

Required:

Required:

Massachusetts licensure as a registered nurse. Maintain R.N. staff competencies on an annual basis. OBAT RNs are required to obtain CARN Certification within one year. Additional certifications a plus:
Certification in Treatment of Substance Abuse preferred. Certification from accredited clinical research program preferred.

Experience:

3 - 5 years clinical experience required. 2+ years of experience with patients with substance use disorders and/or mental health conditions preferred.

Knowledge and

Skills:

Computer skills required preferably with Word Excel and Access. Strong interpersonal skills. Strong patient communication and patient education skills. Ability to be highly organized detail-oriented and timely. Ability to work productively across academic clinical departments. Position requires tact and diplomacy to successfully motivate and educate faculty and advanced knowledge of research regulations and research compliance requirements including Protection of Human Subjects.

Compensation Range: $71,500.00- $