Family Nurse Practitioner

Brookdale, part of the Discovery Addiction Services family, is a one-of-a-kind, picturesque place for addiction treatment. Nestled in the secluded Pocono Mountains, Brookdale can help you overcome the darkness of a substance use disorder through proven treatment and holistic approaches. We aim to create a culture of delivering optimum care and help build skills that you will carry for a lifetime.

Brookdale does this by providing tailored, measurement-based treatment from a team of caring experts.

• Work will be performed on-site
• Pay range: $60.00 - $70.00 dollars per hour

Position Summary

We are seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner who can work 1 to 2 weekends per month and every Tuesday. The Family Nurse Practitioner will work under the direction and collaboration with the Medical Director and Physician, provides and assesses medical care provided to all patients admitted to Brookdale and interfaces with other departments to coordinate and meet patient care needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Providing approved detox protocols for a wide range of substance use disorders.
• Evaluate scheduled patients consistent with prevailing practices standards. This includes collection of psychiatric history, relevant medical history, social and family history, mental status exam, diagnosis and devising a treatment recommendation
• Establish rapport with patient and relevant members of their social system to assist them in understanding and accepting treatment recommendations within a shared decision-making model
• To prescribe and implement treatment consistent with diagnosis and relevant standards, including the prescription of medications consistent with the ARNP’s scope of practice
• Complete records accurately and in a timely fashion. Generally, this means the same day of the service provided, but no later than one week after seen
• Code services consistent with ethical and legal billing standards while supporting billing adequate to support the position financially
• Strive to seek 80% productivity based upon CPT code time elements. Extra time is allotted to complete an initial evaluation per utilization policy for medical services
• Cooperate with other medical services around vacation coverage, both direct and medication refills as necessary
• Collaborate with internal and external clinicians, administrative staff and management staff to provide the best care to all clients/patients
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

Core Competencies:

• Able to build and establish trust and rapport with patients.
• Creates a relationship with patients by providing comfort and emotional support.
• Maintain confidentiality while communicating patient results, data or plans.
• Ability to complete patient assessments accurately and thoroughly.
• Ensuring accurate diagnosis of clients, consistent with current DSM and ICD codes
• Ability to generate knowledge from clinical education and practice to improve patient outcomes.
• Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of care on patients’ health
• Evaluate patient response, then modify treatment plan as necessary.
• Willingness to follow through with ethical responsibilities to patient, including occasional engagement off hours to support necessary medication coverage (refills, etc.)

Knowledge, Education,

Experience:

• Master’s degree in Nursing, Health Care or other related field
• Possess and maintain an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner licensure in state of practice
• Proficient understanding of TMS treatment protocols
• Ability to engage patients in the therapy, or a willingness to learn
• Ability to use electronic medical records
• Experience providing care to patients with substance use disorders is required

Physical Demands:

The physical demands outlined here represent those that are typically required of an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do the following:

• Engages in sustained power grasping and pushing/pulling motions
• Exposure to dust, gas, odors, liquids, or fumes
• Intermittent lifting and carrying up…