Nurse Practitioner or PMHNP: Addiction Medicine

Outpatient County Addiction Medicine Opportunity – Part Time, Two Days Per Week

Compensation Range: $41,860 - $55,378

Saratoga Hospital seeks an experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) for Saratoga County Mental Health and Addiction Services – to be a part of a vibrant, creative team. Work as a member of Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Behavioral Health in this community mental health setting.

The Nurse Practitioner will work in a treatment team of psychiatrists, community mental health nurses, clinical social workers, licensed mental health counselors and credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors. The Nurse Practitioner conducts initial patient evaluations and periodic reviews; provides addiction treatment and medication management to clients and monitors participant progress towards the attainment of individual goals; attends and participates in weekly supervision, weekly staff meetings and periodic in‑service trainings and may present issues/cases for review.

The practice utilizes the eCR Ten Eleven electronic medical record.

At Saratoga County Mental Health and Addiction Services, our full‑time providers work a 35‑hour work week. This will be 14 hours weekly, 28 biweekly.

There is some flexibility with hours. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, with a one‑hour lunch break, and the practice is open until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Saratoga County Mental Health Clinic and Addiction Services is located in a bright, spacious building renovated in 2013, within walking distance to downtown Saratoga and Saratoga Spa State Park.

• Patient assessment and treatment: This provider will meet with patients of our outpatient addiction treatment program (2 days per week) who have expressed a need for addiction services. This provider will gather relevant history, assess symptoms and prescribe medications as appropriate. This provider will have discretion as to how often to follow up with patients and will be allotted ample time with, generally one hour for assessments and 30 minutes for follow-up sessions.
• Medication Assisted Treatment: This provider will assess patients who struggle with relapse, urges and cravings and prescribe, when deemed appropriate, certain medications to support addiction recovery. These include Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, Vivitrol and potentially others. This provider may be asked to perform injections of Vivitrol when prescribed or to perform any other injections that emerge in addictions treatment. This provider will work with the Program Coordinator and Medical Director to ensure that any controlled substances are prescribed carefully with special attention to the characteristics of the population and the potential to abuse or divert medication.
• Health Assessments: This provider will work with the program coordinator and medical director to ensure that regulatory requirements are met regarding assessing patient health status, referring to healthcare services and encouraging patient follow through. In addition, this provider will act as the Health Coordinator for Addiction Services. This will include face‑to‑face, noninvasive meetings with individual patients to assess their health status.
  
  Beyond regulations, this provider will have the opportunity to craft a plan for encouraging the good health of our patients, potentially including individual or group work around health topics.
• Multidisciplinary Team: This provider will participate in team meetings, collaborating with various other providers to ensure quality, comprehensive care. This provider will receive clinical supervision from a psychiatrist with decades of experience in psychiatry and addiction medicine. This provider will receive assistance from registered nursing staff with regard to coordinating patient care, managing medication refills and prior authorizations, and administering injectable medications.

This provider must be a licensed Nurse Practitioner in NYS by the time of credentialing, with experience in the assessment of psychiatric disorders…