Nurse Practitioner Addiction Medicine Trainee

Job Duties

• Participate in Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in community-based settings.
• Engage in additional clinical training beyond the didactic component, including professional peer-to-peer support.
• Connect and manage patients receiving MOUD, providing behavioral health counseling and social support.
• Collaborate with care providers both within and outside the immediate care team.
• Demonstrate clear and effective communication with patients and the immediate care team.

Education

• Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Qualifications

• Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

About the Role

The Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Training Program will provide integrated mental health and SUD/OUD services in a primary care underserved community-based setting. The overall goal 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 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.

Initial and Ongoing Assessment

• Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
• History and physical examination.
• Development of assessment and treatment plan.
• Participation in clinical patient care.
• Recording of progress notes.
• Ordering of tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
• Arranging for discharge and aftercare.
• Writing and dictating admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
• Providing patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
• Performing procedures.

Work Environment

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Our Vision & Values

• 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.

Our Benefits

• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
• A place where you can lead a healthy lifestyle and follow your dreams.
• Only at Geisinger.
• Best employer for healthy lifestyles – National Business Group
• Access to 121 state parks