Licensed Practical Nurse

Join our Medication-Assisted Treatment team and play a vital role in supporting individuals on their journey toward recovery from opioid use disorder. This is an opportunity to combine your nursing expertise, compassion, and clinical skills to provide safe, supportive, and person-centered care that makes a meaningful difference in people’s lives

• Medication Administration & Safety: Oversee the daily dispensing of methadone, including medication preparation and administration, while ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state regulations and DEA requirements.
• Patient Care &
  
  Education:
  
  Provide nursing assessments, care management, and education to individuals receiving treatment for opioid use disorder, promoting safety, wellness, and recovery.
• Collaborative Care: Coordinate patient care with prescribing providers and the clinical team to support effective, integrated treatment and positive patient outcomes.
• Clinical Assessment & Support: Assess patients’ health needs, recognize situations requiring additional medical attention, and coordinate referrals to emergency services, hospitals, or primary care providers as appropriate.
• Provider & Team Support: Assist medical providers with patient rooming, clinical support, and other patient care responsibilities as needed.
• Team Collaboration Across Programs: Provide backup nursing support for both our Methadone and Buprenorphine treatment programs, helping ensure continuity of care across services.
• Electronic Health Records: Navigate both electronic health record (EHR) systems used in daily operations to support accurate documentation and efficient patient care.

In this role, you’ll be an important part of a multidisciplinary team committed to improving health, supporting recovery, and treating every individual with dignity and respect. Your nursing skills, attention to detail, and compassionate approach will help create a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment for individuals working toward meaningful change in their lives.

The Lane County Medication Assisted Treatment Program uses a holistic model of treatment that embraces traditional abstinence-based recovery as well as harm reduction principles. We have a small, but dedicated team who provides medication assisted treatment services to help program participants reduce and ultimately end the use of heroin and other opioid drugs.

Monday - Friday; 5:00am - 2:00pm. and rotating Saturdays.

* These positions are represented by AFSCME Local 2831.*

• Graduation from an approved school for Licensed Practical Nursing.

• Possession of a State of Oregon license as a Practical Nurse at time of appointment.
• Diploma
• A current CPR/BLS.
• NPI
• Immunization record and TB test within 10 days of hire

• This position is subject to a full criminal offender information record check.
• Offers of employment are contingent upon consenting to and successfully passing a drug screening test.
• Please note that as part of the screening process Lane County will verify license and certification status.

Must be in possession of a valid driver's license at time of application, and a valid Oregon Driver's license by time of appointment.

Studies have shown that women and BIPOC individuals are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they are able to perform every task in the job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. The county will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and…