NP-PA-Addiction Consult Srvc

Southcoast Health System, Inc.•New Bedford, MA

5d•$66 - $83•Onsite

About The Position

Southcoast Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its interdisciplinary inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service. The Advanced Practice Provider 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 post-discharge care. The role involves caring for patients who may have significant medical, psychiatric, and social complexity, with a commitment to patient-centered, non-stigmatizing care. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, on the day shift, with weekend and holiday rotation. The location is St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, Massachusetts. For clinical responsibilities, the independent practitioner reports to the Director of Addiction Medicine; for operational responsibilities, the position reports to the Executive Director of the Medicine Care Center.

Requirements

Prior clinical experience caring for patients with substance use disorders.
Formal training, continuing education, certification, or other focused experience in addiction medicine or addiction care.
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.
Commitment to respectful, patient-centered, trauma-informed, and non-stigmatizing care for people with substance use disorders.
Current Massachusetts Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license is required.
Appropriate prescribing authority and eligibility for credentialing.

Nice To Haves

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 across three hospital sites as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Assess and treat substance use disorders during hospitalization.
Manage withdrawal and initiate or continue medications for addiction treatment.
Provide harm-reduction counseling and interventions and overdose prevention.
Coordinate care following discharge.
Care for patients with potentially significant medical, psychiatric, and social complexity.
Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team.