Nurse Practitioner New

The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced nursing care under the supervision of the Medical Director. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 
• Provides initial and annual history and physical evaluation, assesses eligibility for treatment, evaluates 
patients’ history of dependence on opioids. 
• Orders appropriate laboratory studies, reviews laboratory results and provides necessary education, 
referral and / or follow up services to patients. 
• Monitors the treatment plans of high-risk patients. 
• Prescribes medication for the treatment of substance abuse according to patient need as allowed by 
state regulation. 
• Consults and collaborates with Medical Director to plan and implement care according to Nurse 
Practitioner Guidelines. 
• Reports and documents significant patient issues and adverse events. 
• Communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the health care team. 
• Collaborates with Nurse Supervisor to optimize quality and efficiency. 
• Ensures that the program and employees’ transactions and activities are in full compliance with all laws 
and clinic legal compliance program policies and standards of conduct.