Addiction Nurse Care Manager – Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program (APTP)
POSITION SUMMARY:Provides skilled nursing services to patients struggling with substance use disorders. Ongoing assessment, intakes, evaluations, triage, teaching, inductions, stabilizations, and monitoring of patients in Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) model. Provide psychiatric care of patients within the Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program (APTP), as well as support and services to patients from other settings referred to program for stabilization and assessment. Collaborates with team members, clinic settings at BMC and outside referral sites, works with providers from addiction and community health settings in assisting patients and supporting their referral needs.Position: Addiction Nurse Care Manager – Addiction Psychiatry Treatment Program (APTP) Department: PsychiatrySchedule: Full TimeESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:Initial assessment and intake obtaining social, medical, mental health, substance use and medication history.Review intake assessment with nursing team and provider and establish appropriate plan of care for patientRevise patient plan of care with the addiction treatment team as needed to address patient needs and issuesCollaboration, communication, and meetings with addiction treatment team as needed and requiredReview consents and treatment contracts with patients and significant others, obtaining signatures and giving patient a copy and leaving a hard copy in patient paper chartOngoing management of patients receiving medications for addiction (opioids, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders)Education and assessment of patients looking to access opioid treatment programsAssessment of signs and symptoms of opioid withdrawal using the COW (Clinical Opioid Withdrawal) scaleAssessment and monitoring of patients in the medication induction, stabilization, and maintenance phases of treatmentOngoing education and support of patients in all phases of treatment including; nursing visits scheduled and random, urine toxicology screens, routine labs and as needed, medication teaching, monitoring, pill counts, observed dosing, and medication refills.Follow State and Federal guidelines in providing care to opioid dependent patients in collaboration with licensed, prescribing physicians and pharmacyComplete appropriate documentation with excellent record keepingOngoing psychiatric care of patients referred to the Addiction Psychiatry Treatment ProgramAssesses the patient in a systematic and ongoing manner for both overt and covert signs and symptomsCollects pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniquesPrioritizes data according to the patient’s immediate conditions and needsInvolves the patient, significant others and appropriate health care providers in the collection of data when appropriateConsistently uses clear concise and effective communication written/oral and comply with departmental policies when sharing/documenting relevant patient care data.Provides fol...