Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Trainee

4 weeks ago


Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States Geisinger Health System Full time

Job Summary

The Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Training Program at Geisinger Health System provides integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), for PAs and advanced practice nurses in a primary care underserved community-based setting.

The overall goal of the APP Trainee Program is to foster robust clinical training and augment expertise among clinicians who will see patients at access points of care and provide mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in MOUD in community-based settings along with additional clinical training beyond the didactic component, including professional peer-to-peer support to assist trained APNs and PAs in initiating their provision of MOUD.
  • Connect and manage patients receiving MOUD in receiving behavioral health counseling and in connecting to social supports to retain patients in care.
  • Collaborate with care givers inside and outside of the immediate care team.
  • Demonstrate clearly and effective communication with patients and immediate care team.
  • Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
  • Develop assessment and treatment plan.
  • Participate in clinical patient care.
  • Record progress notes.
  • Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
  • Arrange for discharge and after care.
  • Write and dictate admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
  • Provide patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
  • Perform procedures.

Requirements

  • Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
  • Certification(s) and License(s)
  • Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.

Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger.

We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.



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