MAT Registered Nurse

Description

Job Responsibilities:

The Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) Registered Nurse will primarily be responsible for ensuring that the MAT team complies with established nursing standards. In addition, the MAT Registered Nurse will also assess and provide comprehensive treatment of care while observing and maintaining security requirements.

• The MAT Registered Nurse will be part of a team that provides care to inmates who receive medicated assisted treatment (suboxone, subutex, methadone, sublocade, etc)
• This nurse will be responsible for passing MAT medications
• Monitoring treatment services for all of the patients who receive medicated assistant treatment
• Monitoring and recommending methods to improve operational efficiency and cost containment effectiveness for the MAT team.
• Verifying medication compliance with MAT medications
• Providing other services and performs other duties as assigned by Nurse Supervisor, Health Services Administrator, head nurse, or corporate staff.
• Maintaining accurate records of all controlled substances, narcotics, and sharps in accordance with applicable state and federal laws
• Providing health counseling to inmates/patients
• Conducting sick call for inmate/patients and provide provisional diagnosis and treatment for selected minor illnesses and injuries defined by written protocol and approved by PCM Director
• Observing, reporting, and documenting symptoms, reactions and progress of inmate/patients and participates in the formulation of the plan of nursing care
• Implementing treatment care plans which promote maintain and restore the well-being of inmate/patients
• At a minimum of every shift, at the beginning of the shift, taking vital signs, doing a complete assessment and documenting findings on dispensary care of all inmates/patients housed in the medical unit and/or mental health unit.

This position provides a 2-week orientation period where you will be training on-the-job and shadowing with the nursing staff.

Benefits:

PrimeCare believes in offering a competitive compensation and benefits package to their employees. Standard benefits for full-time employees include Medical, Dental, and Vision (Single and Family plans are both available). We also offer Life Insurance and Disability options, Generous PTO, Floating Holidays, 401k with match, and a tuition reimbursement program.

Additional Compensation:

In addition to the hourly pay rate PrimeCare Medical also offers Overtime Pay, Shift Differential and Weekend Differential compensation, Premium Holiday Pay, and Employee Referral Bonus opportunities.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Pennsylvania.
• Clinical decision-making ability.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to function independently and demonstrate clinical competency.
• Ability to gain the trust of patients and build a working relationship