Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant - Part-Time

Job Details:

Job Location:

VV
- Bradford
- Bradford, VT 05033, Position Type:
Part Time, Salary Range: $65.00 - $75.00 Hourly, Travel Percentage:
Negligible, Job Shift: Any, Valley Vista is seeking a qualified Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) to provide medical services primarily within its outpatient substance use disorder treatment program.

• Conduct comprehensive and focused medical evaluations.
• Evaluate patients presenting with acute and chronic medical complaints within the provider's authorized scope of practice.
• Obtain and review relevant medical histories, medications, allergies, laboratory findings, and other clinical information.
• Perform appropriate physical examinations and clinical assessments.
• Establish diagnoses and develop appropriate treatment plans.
• Order and review laboratory testing and other diagnostic services as clinically indicated.
• Prescribe and manage medications within the provider's authorized scope of practice.
• Monitor medication effectiveness, adverse effects, contraindications, and potential drug interactions.
• Provide patient education regarding medical conditions, medications, treatment recommendations, and follow-up care.
• Determine when a patient's medical needs require referral to primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency services, or another appropriate level of care.

• Complete medical evaluations for patients being considered for or entering Valley Vista programs when required.
• Review medical history, medications, allergies, substance use history, laboratory findings, and other available clinical information.
• Identify medical conditions that may affect a patient's ability to safely participate in the proposed level of care.
• Collaborate with admissions, nursing, medical, and clinical staff regarding medical appropriateness and treatment needs.
• Assist with coordination of care when patients require additional evaluation or services outside Valley Vista.

• Evaluate patients for medication treatment of substance use disorders.
• Initiate, prescribe, manage, and monitor evidence-based MAT/MOUD within the provider's authorized scope of practice.
• Prescribe and manage buprenorphine and other clinically appropriate medications used in the treatment of opioid and other substance use disorders.
• Conduct initial and ongoing MAT appointments.
• Adjust medications and treatment recommendations based on patient needs and clinical response.
• Monitor medication adherence, effectiveness, side effects, safety, and potential diversion.
• Review laboratory results, toxicology testing, medication history, and prescription-monitoring information when clinically indicated.
• Coordinate MAT with counseling and other substance use disorder treatment services.
• Provide overdose-prevention education and prescribe or facilitate access to naloxone when clinically appropriate.
• Maintain compliance with applicable federal and Vermont requirements governing controlled substances and MOUD.

• Provide medical coverage for inpatient and residential treatment programs as needed.
• Evaluate patients experiencing acute or chronic medical complaints.
• Assist with admission-related medical evaluations.
• Review medical histories, medications, laboratory findings, vital signs, and relevant clinical information.
• Provide medication evaluation, reconciliation, prescribing, and management within the provider's authorized scope of practice.
• Collaborate with nursing and clinical staff regarding changes in a patient's medical condition.
• Provide medical consultation and guidance to nursing staff.
• Determine when a patient's condition requires evaluation or treatment outside Valley Vista.
• Facilitate referrals or transfers to primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency services, or other appropriate healthcare resources when clinically indicated.
• Assist with continuity of medical and MAT services when patients transition between Valley Vista's inpatient/residential and outpatient programs.

• Providing telephone or secure electronic consultation to nursing and clinical staff regarding patient medical concerns.
• Reviewing available clinical information and providing medically appropriate recommendations within the provider's authorized scope of practice.
• Addressing medication-related questions and clinically appropriate medication orders.
• Assisting staff…