What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at Transitions Medical?
APRN Job Description
REPORTS TO: Medical Director
POSITION SUMMARY: This is a highly responsible medical support position providing medical services for Addiction clients. The Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner will work closely with the clients, the Medical Director and clinical team. Accurate documentation, attention to detail, and the ability to perform crisis intervention is a must for this rewarding position. This position requires an unencumbered ARNP license and the ability to prescribe medications.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of Addiction Medicine, the ability to diagnose medical and psychiatric issues correlative to addiction/substance abuse and the ability to interact with patients to extract accurate information is preferred, but we will train.
- Knowledge of standards for security, ethics, confidentiality, rules of conduct and professionalism regarding medical records, medications, interpreting medical records from other facilities.
- Demonstrates skills and abilities in essential job functions, including but not limited to client screening, nursing intake procedures, client orientation, crisis intervention, coordination and scheduling of clients outside appointments, medication ordering, and appropriate documentation of medications taken by patients.
- Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills
- Ability to provide medical documentation within clinical records in a timely way.
- Able to acquire general working knowledge of clinical record management systems.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Be able to obtain or hold current CPR, First Aid, Triage, address signs and symptoms of chemical dependency withdrawal.
DUTIES INCLUDE:
- Responsible to assess clients medical and psychiatric needs and provide accurate information into EMR system and to Medical Director
- Demonstrate the competencies required for this position, including practice of program policies and procedures for implementing these duties specifically related to addiction withdrawal symptoms and ASAM protocols
- Demonstrate standards for security, ethics’, confidentiality, rules of conduct and professionalism for HIPAA compliance
- Ability to understand and respond to direction from clinical team and Medical Director
- Provide clear and accurate documentation of events occurring while on duty and accuracy of reporting to the Medical Director
- The ability to document pertinent medical information correlative to a client’s treatment placement and conforming to Utilization Review Standards
- Must have proven skills with EMR (electronic medical record keeping)
- Proven organizational skill to track supply needs of the medical department
- Promote a positive response to change, with clients as well as other staff members
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Must hold an unencumbered, valid and current Nurse Practitioner license in the state of Indiana
- Must be current on all professional development training hours
- Preferably 2 years experience in addiction treatment
- Fund of knowledge of differential diagnostic techniques for addiction withdrawal and psychiatric symptoms
- Must have proven skill with EMR systems, Microsoft Office programs, email etc.
- Must be fluent in verbal and written English and able to place medical orders to other physicians, psychiatrists, therapists clearly.
- Proven experience responding to medical crisis such as client in seizure, client experiencing a fall or suicide attempt.
Experience:
- Addiction medicine: 2 years (Preferred)
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $400.00 - $550.00 per day
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Addiction Medicine
- Primary Care
License/Certification:
- Certified Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $400 - $550