What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Clinical Provider position at Meharry Medical College?
The Family Clinical Provider will be licensed to work in the State of Tennessee as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Preferred would be a prescriber who is comfortable, educated, and experienced with addiction and recovery, and able to prescribe and manage buprenorphine products alongside providing primary care services. This position will have the responsibility to provide services to clients with substance use disorder employing a harm reduction approach. These services include but are not limited to the following : assess, diagnose, plan, implement, intervene, manage and evaluate plans of care - including treatment of typical conditions addressed via primary care (high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.) as well as conditions more prevalent among people with drug use disorders (viral hepatitis, injection wound site infections, etc.). They will also be accountable for working as a part of an interdisciplinary care including behavioral health counselors, physicians, peer recovery workers, and case-managers. Serving as a preceptor to nursing students may also be expected as needed. This is a full-time position working in Nashville, TN via telehealth, mobile health clinic, and in-clinic.
Daily Operations
- Assists in the development, implementation and evaluation of addiction treatment services provided to patients
- Supervise buprenorphine treatment for clients as well as providing primary care services in coordination with the Medical Director and / or primary physician, when indicated by client's medical condition.
- Provide supervision to any nurse / medical staff and students of the facility
- Maintains clinical records and required paperwork in compliance with agency standards.
- Evaluation and Diagnosis- see patients, perform physicals, order and interpret lab work and determine diagnoses, manage chronic illnesses
- Attends all appropriate client care conferences and staff meetings. Be courteous, tactful, and discrete in relating to the public, other staff, and clients.
- Ensures client participation in care planning and service coordination
- Acquires, maintains, and practices skills regarding sensitivity to the cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds of clients and others contacted in carrying out job responsibilities.
- Participates in agency training activities as required.
- Provides didactic training on substance use disorder and treatment to residents and students rotating through the clinic
Required Skills
Required Education and Experience