NP-PA-Addiction Consult Srvc
About The Position
Southcoast Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its interdisciplinary inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service. The APP provides evidence-based, compassionate care to hospitalized patients with substance use disorders across three hospital sites. The service assesses and treats substance use disorders during hospitalization, including withdrawal management, initiation and continuation of medications for addiction treatment, harm-reduction counseling and interventions, overdose prevention, and coordination of care after discharge. The role is based at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is full-time at 40 hours per week on the day shift, with weekend and holiday rotation. The practitioner reports to the Director of Addiction Medicine for clinical responsibilities and to the Executive Director of the Medicine Care Center for operational responsibilities. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in addiction medicine and in caring for patients with medical, psychiatric, and social complexity. Southcoast Health describes itself as a not-for-profit charitable health system serving Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and emphasizes inclusive, ethical workplaces and comprehensive healthcare close to home.
Requirements
- Prior clinical experience caring for patients with substance use disorders.
- Experience in inpatient medicine, hospital medicine, emergency medicine, psychiatry, or another setting caring for medically complex patients.
- Experience initiating and managing medications for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
- Familiarity with community addiction-treatment and harm-reduction resources.
- Excellent clinical judgment and communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.
- Commitment to evidence-based treatment of substance use disorders and to respectful, patient-centered, trauma-informed, non-stigmatizing care for people with substance use disorders.
- Current Massachusetts Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license.
- Appropriate prescribing authority and credentialing eligibility.
Nice To Haves
- Formal training, continuing education, certification, or other focused experience in addiction medicine or addiction care.
- Prior clinical experience or formal training in addiction medicine is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based, compassionate care to hospitalized patients with substance use disorders as part of an interdisciplinary team across three hospital sites.
- Assess and treat substance use disorders during hospitalization.
- Manage withdrawal.
- Initiate and continue medications for addiction treatment.
- Provide harm-reduction counseling and interventions and overdose prevention.
- Coordinate care following discharge.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package.
- Generous Earned Time Off package.
- Employee Wellbeing Program.
- 403B retirement plan with company match.
- Tuition assistance and Federal Loan Forgiveness programs.
- Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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