Nurse Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Review nursing intake screening report and results of validated substance use screening tools.
• Conduct a multidimensional assessment of patients’ medical, psychiatric health, social, substance use, and substance use treatment histories.
• Establish substance use diagnosis and determine severity using DSM-5 criteria.
• Perform physical examination and obtain appropriate lab tests to identify comorbidities that interact with or are caused/exacerbated by substance use.
• Collaborate with patients to develop treatment plans that meet their individual needs and preferences.
• Initiation, titration, or continuation of MAT medications using evidence-based pharmacological interventions.
• Address and treat patients' acute medical issues and refer patients with co-occurring chronic medical conditions to other medical providers in ADC.
• Conduct follow up visits based on the patient’s clinical status, treatment compliance and degree of control to optimize patient outcomes and minimize risks.
• Recovery management checkups to identify and address potential obstacles to recovery and refer patients to CAF, BH and re-entry Services.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient encounters, treatment plans, and progress notes in EMR, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Participate in weekly MAT meetings with other medical providers, CSB behavioral health and CAF staff and other stakeholders to provide expert consultation and coordinate care.
• Support effective transitions in care to ensure uninterrupted MAT medication regimens as patients re-enter the community or transfer to another carceral facilities.
• Be available for 24-hour on-call availability to provide nurses with counsel, verbal orders, and facilitate MAT releases.
• Manage alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, or other substance intoxication and withdrawal.
• Utilize SAMHSA guidelines to screen, assess, and provide treatment for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder.
• Regularly order and maintain stock of MAT medications.
• Engage in continuous professional development activities, including ongoing education and training, to remain up to date with the latest guidelines in MAT and addiction medicine.
• Focus on a MOUD chronic care education plan for MAT patients and work with other providers for additional chronic care needs.

Licensure & Certification: NP License and DEA Certificate

No. of patient or Patient Ratio: 40-50

Business Unit candidate needs to work:
Detention Center

Power DMS Training, PREA, New Employee Orientation & HIPAA / Half of the 10 hours paid by the Sheriff's Office, as this training need to be completed prior to coming into the facility.

30 Days Training with current MAT/MOUD NP – / Paid by the Sheriff’s Office

Shift Timings: 07:30 AM to 04:00 PM (On call).

Overtime required: MAT on call week rotation discussed, to include weekends that week via phone/computer. A company cell phone and computer will be issued that will need to be returned. Will be paid an additional 7 hours that week.