NURSE PRACTITIONER | ACUTE ADDICTION TREATMENT UNIT |FULL-TIME FLEX NIGHT SHIFT (25440)

Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Join Our Team at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center!

We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider, we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is looking for an Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner.

Job Duties

• Completes assessment for new patients admitted to the service, including history and physical, medication reconciliation, problem list and plan of care.
• Performs assessment and plans for ongoing treatment for patients in the service.
• Experience and/or interest in working with patients with addiction. Experience with opioid agonist therapies (buprenorphine and methadone).
• Provides medication monitoring and counseling as necessary to assigned patients.
• Orders lab and diagnostic tests for patients in the service as appropriate to formulate diagnosis, develop treatment plan.
• Reviews results of lab and diagnostic tests and makes adjustment to the treatment plan accordingly.
• Plans a response for follow up for patients with abnormal test results and intervenes with patient according to medical center policy and procedure.
• Assures all entries to the medical record, paper or electronic, are appropriate, timed, dated, signed and legible.
• Provides patient education and feedback to promote health and wellness.
• Promotes throughput for the service by achieving and maintaining medical center expectations for productivity.
• Participates in department performance improvement initiatives, collects and aggregates data as needed, works with leadership to develop a plan of correction.
• Adheres to all medical center policies and procedures and bylaws of the medical staff.
• Communicates pertinent information to the supervisor of the service, collaborating physician, treatment team and other community providers as necessary and in adherence to all standards of privacy and confidentiality.
• Fosters and promotes teamwork with other staff members of the service as well as providers from other agencies involved with the patient's care.
• Documents in the patient's record all pertinent patient interactions and care.
• Performs comprehensive physical examinations.
• Participates in interdisciplinary quality improvement efforts to improve clinical practice.
• Provides discharge instructions with prescriptions given and follow-up visits arranged, including prescriptions for buprenorphine and other controlled substances when indicated.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards. Assesses gaps in policies and procedures and creates necessary policies and procedures to fulfill these gaps.
• Customer Service: respect, flexibility, knowledge, confidence, professionalism, pleasant attitude, patience and helpfulness. All responses should be timely, professional, caring, and respectful in accordance with Customer Service Performance expectations.
• Familiar with the Medical Center's Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
• Understands and adheres to the Medical Center's Code of Conduct.
• Participates in continuing education activities; attends scheduled in-service programs; shares information gained at conferences with colleagues.

Position Qualifications

• Experience working with patients with addiction is strongly preferred. A desire to work with patients with addiction is required.
• Experience with medications for opioid use disorder (buprenorphine, methadone) and medications for alcohol use disorder (naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfram) or interest in learning about them.
• 2 years of related nurse practitioner experience is preferred.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Education

• Graduation from an approved Nurse Practitioner program.
• Current NJ licensure and certification as a Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry.
• BLS certification required.
• Holds current certification for prescriptive privileges.

Salary commensurate with experience within posted range $68.14-$84.60 / Hour | $1.00 more for doctorate & 2% more for Acute Certification

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plans. We prioritize work-life balance with a generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave and nine paid holidays. Additionally, we are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees, offering robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs to help support our employees ongoing development.

Please note that selection of the candidate for any position will depend on several factors, including the individual's educational background, skills, and professional experience.

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