Job Description
Role:
- Routine Health Management
- Combination of Behavioral Health with Some Primary Care
- Fulltime, M-F 7:30 am-3:30 pm
- Call: Some Saturday Phone Coverage Required 8:00 am - 12:30 PM
- Medication Assisted Treatment
- Manage and Educate Patients Withdrawal Symptoms
Key Duties:
- Promotes high level of integrated medical services to substance use disorder patients, arranging prompt assessments, visits in compliance with all timelines enumerated in regulations.
- Follows agency specific protocol prior to prescribing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), including federally regulated methadone management.
- Completes brief medical assessments and makes recommendations based on observed acute and/or protracted withdrawal symptomology.
- Completes emergency assessments (if patient has medical needs that require the skill of a nurse practitioner) on patients, as needed....