Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Trainee

Location:

Geisinger Multi-Specialty Clinic Olive Street

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Exemption Status:

Yes

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 Physician Assistants (PA's) and advanced practice nurses (FNP's or PMHNP's), 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.

*This is a one-year training program.
*Training Start Dates: January 2027 / July 2027

Job Duties:

Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Trainee (PA's/FNP's/PMHNP's)

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.
• Opportunity encompasses all substance-use disorders.
• Current active license required or must obtain within 3 months of start.
• Smartphone required.

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.

Position Details:

Education:

Master's Degree-Physician Assistant (Required), Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):

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

Skills:

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, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

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.