MAT Licensed Practical Nurse/Care Manager
About The Position
The MAT License Practical Nurse/Care Manager is a part of multidisciplinary team within that uses the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care and the use of resources. This position will monitor quality of care to ensure that infection control, risk management and all other aspects of services are appropriate. Additionally, this person will serve as patient advocates, community resource referral coordinators, provides crisis management, and understand patient health status. This candidate should understand harm reduction approaches and must demonstrate empathic understanding of medical and psychosocial development needs in addition to having strong crisis management skills.
Requirements
- Valid New York State LPN License
- CPR Certification
- Infection Control Certification
- Minimum Education Requirement: High school diploma/ GED
- Minimum Work-Related Experience: 0-1 year
Nice To Haves
- Preferred Education Requirement: Vocational/ Technical School/ Diploma Program - Nursing
- Preferred Work-Related Experience: 2-4 years
Responsibilities
- Act as point person and primary contact champion for the site location.
- Complete MAT intakes by phone or in person.
- Complete MAT Patient care plans.
- Complete Recovery support crisis pans.
- Document all encounters.
- Complete all necessary consent forms to coordinate care with external agencies.
- Complete discharge paperwork in conjunction with the MAT provider; Drafting, scanning etcetera.
- Triage presenting issues & Provide basic nursing skills in every visit to patients/attend all visits.
- Pre – visit planning on all charts; loading correct templates, updated consents and check for any open referrals (i.e. SATP, MH/BPS).
- ISTOP & PNP (completed in tandem with provider).
- Opioid overdose prevention.
- Prior authorizations.
- Labs/Review and Flag.
- Collection of urine for UDS (urine drug screens) on all MAT patients; all women of childbearing age and premenopausal women get a urine pregnancy test.
- Providing case management to MAT patients.
- Manage internal, external, and Health Home referrals.
- Attend and present at weekly case conferencing.
- Patient education including stigma & opioid overdose prevention.
- Liaison with pharmacy.
- Outreach, scheduling, & rescheduling MAT appointments.
- Panel monitoring (The nurse is responsible for MAT excel spreadsheets (case conference, discharge, and patient master list)).
- Participate in MAT program initiatives or other duties as assigned.
- Attend training related to substance use and other related training.
Benefits
- Sign-On Bonus: $2,700 Sign-On Bonus for Eligible External Applicants – Terms and Conditions Apply.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
