PRN Provider - Nurse Practitioner/ Physician's Assistant
Avenues Recovery•Baton Rouge, LA
About The Position
Avenues Recovery Center is hiring a PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant at its Baton Rouge location. The provider will deliver medical care to clients throughout treatment, including developing individualized treatment plans, monitoring patients, and managing medication. The role also involves coordinating care with medical, clinical, and utilization review teams; maintaining complete medical documentation; and managing client appointments. Avenues Recovery Center operates a nationwide network of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers offering services across levels of care, including detox, residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient treatment.
Requirements
- Master's degree in a medical field and related certifications.
- Valid state medical license.
- Federal DEA certification.
- Acute observational and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong collaboration and multitasking skills.
Nice To Haves
- 3–5 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 insurance.
- 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 (FSA).
- Dependent Care FSA (DCF).
- Eligible for HRSA STAR federal student loan repayment.
