What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner Addiction Medicine Trainee position at Geisinger?
Job Summary
The Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Training Program will provide integrated mental health and SUD/OUD services, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) for PAs and advanced practice nurses (APNs) , in a primary care underserved community-based setting. The overall goal of the APP Trainee Program is to foster robust clinical training and augment expertise among clinicians who will see patients at access points of care and provide mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. *Training Start Dates: January 2027 / July 2027
Job Duties
Trainee will participate in MOUD in community-based settings along with additional clinical training beyond the didactic component, including professional peer-to-peer support to assist trained APNs and PAs in initiating their provision of MOUD.
Trainee will connect and manage patients receiving MOUD in receiving behavioral health counseling and in connecting to social supports to retain patients in care.
Trainee will collaborate with care givers inside and outside of the immediate care team.
Trainee will be able to demonstrate clearly and effective communication with patients and immediate care team.
This is a one-year training program.
Two candidates are hired in January and July each year.
Candidates must include a cover letter that addresses their interest in Addiction Medicine.
Position Details
Education
Bachelor's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience
Certification(s) and License(s)
Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
The Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Training Program will provide integrated mental health and SUD/OUD services, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) for PAs and advanced practice nurses (APNs) , in a primary care underserved community-based setting. The overall goal of the APP Trainee Program is to foster robust clinical training and augment expertise among clinicians who will see patients at access points of care and provide mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. *Training Start Dates: January 2027 / July 2027
Job Duties
Trainee will participate in MOUD in community-based settings along with additional clinical training beyond the didactic component, including professional peer-to-peer support to assist trained APNs and PAs in initiating their provision of MOUD.
Trainee will connect and manage patients receiving MOUD in receiving behavioral health counseling and in connecting to social supports to retain patients in care.
Trainee will collaborate with care givers inside and outside of the immediate care team.
Trainee will be able to demonstrate clearly and effective communication with patients and immediate care team.
This is a one-year training program.
Two candidates are hired in January and July each year.
Candidates must include a cover letter that addresses their interest in Addiction Medicine.
- Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
- Perform history and physical.
- Develop assessment and treatment plan.
- Participate in clinical patient care.
- Record progress notes.
- Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
- Arrange for discharge and after care.
- Write and dictate admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
- Provide patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
- Perform procedures.
Position Details
Education
Bachelor's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Experience
Certification(s) and License(s)
Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.