Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Addiction Treatment Medical Staff Office - Willimantic, CT

Hartford HealthCare • Willimantic, CT

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About The Position

Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network (HHC BHN), the largest and most comprehensive behavioral health system in New England, has a new opportunity available for a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) to provide admission physical exams, psychiatric evaluations and medication management at The Ridge, a newly created residential addiction treatment facility, located in Windham, CT. Practitioners are responsible for providing physical exams, psychiatric evaluations and addiction treatment including: diagnosis; prescribing; coordination of care, and patient education. Primary responsibilities will be in the inpatient withdrawal management and residential program, but may include Partial Hospital, Outpatient and community settings as determined by the Medical Director. The practitioners will work closely with the Residential Medical Director, staff psychiatrists, and clinicians in a patient centered multidisciplinary treatment team approach.

Requirements

• Knowledge of advanced practice of nursing/PA-C including anatomy and physiology, psychosocial/family systems, drug and alcohol addiction, diagnostic testing, interpretation of results and clinical decision making.
• Knowledge of professional nursing theory/PA-C, practices and regulations related to evaluating and providing patient care, and professional ethics related to the delivery of nursing care.
• Maintains good relations and fosters effective public relations with patients, medical staff and other departments as well as other hospitals and outside programs and providers that use services.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in service meetings, and workshops.
• Attends clinical disposition, supervision, and case review meetings as required.
• Meets the established quality and productivity measure of the department.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in addiction treatment and mental health services.
• Familiarity with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients through detailed physical exam, a full review of psychosocial comprehensive assessments, and development of a detailed medical history.
• Orders/performs appropriate laboratory diagnostic and other screening tests.
• In collaboration with clinical and nursing staff, develops and implements a treatment plan that involves and includes the patient in active participation in treatment.
• Writes orders for medications, treatments and other matters pertaining to patients care.
• Writes progress notes on patient’s charts indicating patient status and treatment recommended.
• Provides education to individuals or groups as appropriate and requested by the Medical Director.
• Assumes care for physical and psychological needs of patients during examinations and provides emotional support to family members when appropriate.
• Charts observations, test results and all patient communication in the medical record as directed by Rushford policy and procedure.
• Ensures accurate maintenance of patient’s medical records and that patient records are treated as confidential information.
• Advises patients on use of various medication including dosage, side effects and composition.
• Reviews and interprets results of diagnostic studies and tests, consults with supervisory physician when appropriate, incorporates information into plan of care.
• Determines and discusses diagnosis with patient, documents information on charts including billing codes.
• Recommends and develops new services and programs.
• Participates in peer review, chart reviews, staff education, clinical guidelines development, and other continuing education and quality assurance activities to demonstrate compliance with standards.
• Displays and upholds Rushford core values of dignity, compassion, service excellence, community and integrity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental, STD/LTD, matching 401(k), generous paid time off, CME, and more.
• Eligibility to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees