Title: Supervising Nurse Practitioner
Department: Center for Healing
Job Location: 190 Mercer Street, NY, NY 10012
Availability: Monday – Friday, 6:15am-1:45pm
Job Status: Full-time
FLSA: Exempt

About Greenwich House: 

Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness supports, education and personal enrichment, and skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary 

Provide medical services, psychiatric services, and medications for opioid use disorder to Center of Healing patients under the direction of the Medical Director and provide supervision of the lead nurse and nursing team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform physical exams, diagnose substance use disorders, provide medications for opioid use disorder and hepatitis C.
• Provide primary care services to a subset of patients
• Order and review laboratory tests
• Respond to medical emergencies
• Supervise Lead Nurse and nursing team
• Provide oversight of nursing team’s dispensing of medication and DEA reporting
• Assist medical director in development of nursing protocols, policies and procedures
• Embrace and include harm reduction in treatment of patients as part of the spectrum of care for substance use disorders

Secondary responsibilities

• Identify problems and potential improvements in treatment process and enlist interest and support of other staff
• Consultation with program medical and treatment staff and external providers
• Assisting with medication dosing when needed

Administrative Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in staff meetings
• Attend and participate in supervision
• Provide supervision to Lead Nurse
• Complete all documentation within an Electronic Health Record within designated time frames
• Meet productivity standards
• Maintain accordance with all regulations
• Participate in the development of patient caseloads for nursing staff
• Supervise the delivery of care to patients by nursing staff
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor

Qualifications

• New York State Certified Nurse Practitioner
• 1 year experience treating patients with substance use disorders preferred, on-site training in addiction medicine provided for highly qualified candidates
• 3 year experience working as a registered nurse with supervisory experience
• Active DEA registration
• Enrollment in Medicaid and Medicare as a provider prior to start or application within 1 week of start date.
• At the time of and throughout employment cannot be listed in any of the federal or state Medicaid/Medicare exclusion lists, and Statewide Central Registry for abuse and neglect.
• Microsoft Suite literate, HEHR competent and able to function in a technology driven environment.
• Must be able to establish rapport with patients who have substance use disorders and other mental health conditions
• Must have clarity in oral and written communication when interacting with multidisciplinary treatment team and completing plans and case conference input
• Must be able to maintain the normal standard of ethics, conduct and organization policies in job related activities.
• Must be able to establish priorities and a course of action for handling multiple tasks.

Vaccination Requirement:

Greenwich House requires all new hires to be vaccinated and recommends all employees, interns, volunteers, and on-site contractors stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines (including booster shots). 

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https://www.greenwichhouse.org/about/