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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred experience in Addiction medicine

Competencies:

Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.

Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.

Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.

Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.

Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.

Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.

Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.

Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Age based Competencies:
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 – 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Pay Range:

$29.00 – $39.03

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled