Nurse Practitioner

Company: New Season
Location: Manchester
Posted on: September 28, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary
New Season Treatment Centers is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Nurse to join our team at the Manchester Metro Treatment Center. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in providing safe, quality, and best-in-class care for individuals living with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Medical Director or Registered Nurse, you will participate in the promotion and restoration of patients' health, collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, and provide support to patients. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supplies and administers medication pursuant to physician order and records dosage administered in the medical record.
• Conducts an actual sight and counts inventory of the medication supply daily, maintaining absolute accuracy in daily accounting of medication that is supplied or administered in inventory.
• Assumes responsibility for safeguarding medication inventory, collects fees in the absence of a cashier position, and performs daily cash reconciliation.
• Receives and ensures the accuracy of incoming medication shipments, advises necessary staff of any discrepancies in a timely fashion, and ensures disposal of medical waste through proper protocol.
• Observes patient's demeanor prior to dosing and seeks guidance from the Medical Director or Registered Nurse when an issue or concern is noted.
• Promptly communicates patient issues or concerns to the Medical Director or Registered Nurse for medical matters and to the Program Director for other matters.
• Contacts other centers to verify dosages as needed, administers appropriate lab tests as required, and collects data for review by Medical Director or RN.
• Schedules and screens patients to be seen by the Medical Director, assists the Medical Director in collecting data for the history and physical as required, and makes medical record entries as directed by the Medical Director or RN.
• Receives medical orders, ensures that medical orders are documented and signed by the physician, and ensures orders are understood by Program Director and other staff members as needed.
• Maintains absolute control, tracking, and confidentiality of all patient medical paperwork, complies with federal and state privacy rules, and participates in CARF preparation and state audit process.
• Actively participates in all staff meetings, complies with all Local, State, Federal, and Colonial Management Group, LP rules, regulations, and policies, and acts always in the best interest of patients, the program, and company.
  Requirements
  To be successful in this role, you must have:
  
  
  • An active nursing license in the state in which the clinic is located.
  • Understanding of opiate addiction, medical terminology, general nursing knowledge, and techniques.
  • Basic mathematics skills and computer literacy, including proficiency in Microsoft products such as Word, Outlook, and Excel.
  • Minimum of 1-year direct patient contact experience, with prior experience in the clinical environment being helpful.
  • Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, with great attention to detail and accuracy in performing daily functions.
    Working Conditions
    This role requires the ability to operate in an open work area with moderate everyday noise, perform other duties as required, and maintain confidentiality. The ideal candidate will have advanced mathematics ability, reasoning ability, and language ability to read, analyze, and interpret general healthcare journals, professional journals, and technical procedures.

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