Office-Based Addiction Treatment Nurse Primary Care

• When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
• We are seeking a dedicated Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Nurse to join our Primary Care team at Beth Israel Lahey Health.
• This unique role offers a blend of on-site and remote work, supporting patients across multiple locations.
• The OBAT Nurse will spend one day per week at Quincy Square Family Medicine, one day per week at Chelsea Internal and Family Medicine, with the remaining days working remotely.
• In this role, you will play a key part in delivering compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals receiving treatment for substance use disorders, collaborating closely with primary care providers and interdisciplinary teams.
• The Office-based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Nurse position is primarily based in Chelsea and Quincy with plans to expand locations.
• This clinic is designed for patients with substance use disorder and will have a specific focus on equitable care which seeks to eliminate any disparities in access to or retention in treatment by race, ethnicity, or language.
• The nurse is responsible for assuring competent, compassionate, individualized nursing care for patients with SUD.
• This role collaborates with all members of the care team to ensure that patient care is coordinated, comprehensive, and that care transitions are seamless.
• This role also includes providing education and outreach with an interdisciplinary team.
• Some evening hours may be required.
• This position will Report directly to the Addiction Nurse Practitioner Program Manager and Director of Nursing.

Job Description

Responsible for assuring competent, compassionate, individualized, nursing care for patients with SUD. This role collaborates with all members of the care team to ensure that patient care is coordinated, comprehensive, and that care transitions are seamless. Provide competent, compassionate, evidence based nursing care utilizing the nursing process and interdisciplinary teamwork. Actively manage patient flow, including rooming and triaging patients. Expedite appropriate care and treatment of the patient utilizing assessment, critical reasoning and clinical judgment, Document nursing assessment, interventions, plan and outcome in the patient record in a timely manner. Assess, triage, provide nursing consultation, and perform follow-up and surveillance of patient status and outcomes, utilizing a variety of telecommunications technologies Create a therapeutic relationship with patient and family respecting and supporting patient and family's cultural beliefs and values, individual needs, health goals and treatment preferences utilizing the practice of harm reduction. Provide health education to facilitate patient treatment, including but not limited to medications for SUD and PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis), safer drug use, prevention of infections. Work with outside pharmacy to obtain medication orders, prescriptions, refills, and communication as needed. Administer injectable SUD pharmacotherapy as indicated Consult with members of the treatment team and other treatment professionals to devise an individualized plan for optimal psychosocial treatment for individual patients. Work as part of a team involved in intensive case management of individuals with substance use disorders in a Team based, patient centered model of care Review and timely follow-up with patients, and members of the health care team, to ensure that patients are current with all necessary tests, screenings and follow-up care Track and follow-up with care team and patient on all critical referrals and test results. Evaluate effectiveness of care and interventions for assigned group of patients, in collaboration with the health care team Attend all team rounds Required Qualifications: Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required. Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred. License Registered Nurse required., or Registration Licensed Practical Nurse required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required. 0-1 years related work experience required. CPR Certification Understanding of the philosophy of harm reduction Strong interpersonal skills. Strong patient communication and patient education skills. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.