NURSE PRACTITIONER

UHS•SAUTEE, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Black Bear Lodge is a 144-bed residential treatment center located in the serene forest foothills of northern Georgia, providing integrated treatment for co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns. We offer a comprehensive, evidence-based program that addresses the needs of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our system of care is personalized, evidence-based, and research-proven, allowing patients to find strength for life change amid the natural tranquility of our location.

Requirements

Unencumbered State of GA Licensed NP.
Appropriate educational and Board credentials as a Nurse Practitioner

Nice To Haves

Expertise, and interest, in treating patients with co-occurring and addictive disorders preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides addiction medicine, and psychiatric/ or medical evaluation and treatment services.
Performs routine addiction medicine evaluations and psychopharmacologic treatment of patients at admission and ongoing, completing documentation of all evaluations and treatment visits on the day of the session and according to FRN documentation requirements.
Ensures timely meetings with patients and timely documentation of related notes.
Communicates with attending physicians, psychiatrists, etc. regarding status and treatment of the patient.
Professionally and ethically relates to patients and peers at all times.
Participates in weekly staff and clinical meetings.
After hour on-call schedule as needed.
On-call Providers rotate throughout the week, and each provider may be on-call at least one weekend per month, as needed. Daily on-call hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the following day. Weekend on-call hours are from Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning.
The On-Call schedule is based on availability and scheduled around days off that the provider requests ahead of time.
Additional on-call is paid at bonus rates.