Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient
About The Position
Join our team at Longleaf Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner where you’ll provide advanced nursing care that transforms lives and fosters recovery. In this role, you’ll conduct comprehensive evaluations, develop personalized treatment plans, and prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations, all while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Guided by our Medical Director and Nurse Supervisor, you’ll play a vital role in optimizing patient outcomes and ensuring the highest standards of care. If you’re passionate about making a difference in behavioral health and substance use treatment, we invite you to bring your expertise and compassion. Longleaf Hospital is a 140-bed, inpatient behavioral health hospital in Alexandria, LA for adolescents, adults, and seniors who are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems Treatment is offered through a range of multi-disciplinary programs in a therapeutic, confidential and safe environment. Longleaf Hospital’s purpose is to provide high-quality services that respond to individual, family, and community needs in a healing place. We are committed to the highest quality medical and business practices.
Requirements
- Minimum of 1 year of experience as a practicing nurse practitioner preferred
- Previous experience in addiction recovery or behavioral health settings, such as outpatient, residential, or correctional facilities preferred
- Familiarity with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), including methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone
- Familiarity with state regulatory standards (e.g., 42 CFR Part 2, HIPAA, Joint Commission standards).
- No history of alcohol or drug misuse for a period of three years before employment
- Board Certified Nurse Practitioner
- PMHNP is required
- Licensed to practice in the state in which the facility operates
- DEA license
Responsibilities
- Provides initial and annual history and physical evaluation, assesses eligibility for treatment, evaluates patients’ history of dependence on opioids
- Orders appropriate laboratory studies, reviews laboratory results and provides necessary education, referral and / or follow up services to patients
- Monitors the treatment plans of high-risk patients
- Prescribes medication for the treatment of substance abuse according to patient need as allowed by state regulation
- Consults and collaborates with Medical Director to plan and implement care according to Nurse Practitioner Guidelines
- Reports and documents significant patient issues and adverse events
- Communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the health care team
- Collaborates with Nurse Supervisor to optimize quality and efficiency
- Ensures that the program and employees’ transactions and activities are in full compliance with all laws and clinic legal compliance program policies and standards of conduct
- Perform other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
