MAT Registered Nurse/Care Manager

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse/ MAT Care Manager is a part of multidisciplinary team within Sun River Health that uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care and the use of resources. This position will monitor quality of care to ensure that infection control, risk management and all other aspects of services are appropriate. Serve as patient advocate, provide care management, and crisis management. Understand harm reduction approaches and demonstrate empathic understanding of medical and psychosocial development needs. Participate in opioid overdose prevention education and training of staff and patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Act as point person and primary contact champion for the site location
Complete MAT intakes by phone or in person
Complete MAT Patient care plans
Complete recovery support plans
Document all encounters
Complete all necessary consent forms to coordinate care with external agencies
Complete discharge paperwork in conjunction with the MAT provider; Drafting, scanning etcetera
Triage presenting issues & provide basic nursing skills in every visit to patients/attend all visits Pre – visit planning on all charts, loading correct templates, updated consents and check for any open referrals (i.e. SATP, MH/BPS)
I-STOP & PNP (completed in tandem with provider)
Opioid overdose prevention
Prior authorizations
Labs/Review and Flag
Collection of urine for UDS (urine drug screens) on all MAT patients; all women of childbearing age and premenopausal women get a urine pregnancy test.
Providing case management to MAT patients
Manage internal, external, and Health Home referrals
Attend and present at weekly case conferencing
Patient education including stigma & opioid overdose prevention
Liaison with pharmacy
Outreach, scheduling, & rescheduling MAT appointments
Panel monitoring (The nurse is responsible for MAT excel spreadsheets (case conference, discharge, and patient master list).
Provide opioid overdose prevention education and training.
Participate in MAT program initiatives or other duties as assigned.
Essential Job Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum Work-Related Experience: 1-2 year of experience in acute care setting
Minimum Requirement for Licensure/ Certification/Registration:
New York State License
BLS Certification
CPR Certification