Weekend Nurse Practitioners - FNP

Avenues Recovery • Metairie, LA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Avenues Recovery Center is hiring Weekend Nurse Practitioners at its Metairie, Louisiana location. The organization operates drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers offering detox, residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient care. It is accredited by JCAHO and CARF and follows ASAM standards.

The Nurse Practitioner creates individualized medical treatment plans and provides medical monitoring and medication management throughout each client’s treatment. The role provides care to stabilize patients and support their participation in treatment, coordinates with medical, clinical, and utilization review teams, and maintains documentation and appointment schedules.

Requirements

• Valid state medical license.
• PMHNP qualification.
• Federal DEA certification.
• Acute observational and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong collaboration and multitasking skills.

Nice To Haves

• Three to five years of experience in a related clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Create individual medical care treatment plans and provide medical monitoring and medication management for each client throughout treatment.
• Provide quality medical care to stabilize patients and enable them to fully engage in treatment.
• Update pharmacy orders; create UDS, medication, and lab orders; and review and address UDS and lab results.
• Collaborate with medical, clinical, and utilization review teams to coordinate care.
• Maintain thorough documentation of medical interventions, consultations, and directives.
• Complete daily and weekly client appointment schedules in a timely and efficient manner.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• Compensation.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision coverage.
• Accident coverage.
• Critical illness coverage.
• Hospital indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary short-term disability.
• Voluntary long-term disability.
• Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• LifeTime Benefit Term Insurance with Long Term Care.
• Legal coverage.
• Pet insurance.
• Identity theft protection.
• Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program.
• Medical Flexible Spending Account.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed