NP or PA Advanced Practice Clinician - Addiction Medicine - Espanola - Part-Time

NP or PA Advanced Practice Clinician - Addiction Medicine - Espanola - Part-Time

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Location: 1010 Spruce Street, Espanola, New Mexico , United States of America

Type of Opportunity: Part time (FTE 0.4)

Divide clinical time between the Presbyterian Espanola Hospital (PEH) PMG Renewal Clinic and the PEH Addiction Medicine Consult Service (inpatient and emergency department), treating patients with multiple substance use disorders both in-person and via telemedicine.

Presbyterian Medical Group seeks a Board Certified or Board Eligible Addiction Medicine Advanced Practice Clinician NP or PA to join our practice in Espanola, New Mexico. We offer a nationally competitive salary, CME allowance and fully paid malpractice insurance.

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• Provide care to patients in PEH Renewal Clinic, and while serving on the PEH AMCS, to patients on the inpatient units (including L&D) and the ED as assigned.
• Staff patients in all clinical areas with attending physician until approved to manage patients independently on that service.

• Evaluate patients with substance use disorders in the PEH Renewal Clinic, in person and via video (payor permitting).
• Communicate and collaborate with the nursing staff, care coordination, and patients' primary care and other providers.
• Collaborate with peer support workers and behavioral health professionals (as available and as applicable).
• Order appropriate laboratory studies.
• Prescribe applicable medications, and order outpatient injectable medications as applicable.
• Address co-occurring behavioral health conditions (e.g. insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc.) as able (depending upon experience and/or training).
• Provide care instructions related to SUD treatment and other conditions addressed.
• Write encounter notes in Epic and enter appropriate coding for encounters.
• Collaborate with the Renewal clinic team and leadership to treat vulnerable patient populations (e.g. housing insecure patients).
• Potentially provide treatment for pregnant women and adolescents (as per training and experience).

• Provide services as outlined above to non-Presbyterian clinics (only after such clinic is fully contracted and approved by Presbyterian administration), depending on scheduling and staffing of the Renewal Clinic.
• Emphasis on providing service to rural clinics in Rio Arriba County and other underserved areas of northern New Mexico.
• Provide services as outlined above via telemedicine to patients in other Presbyterian clinics (depending on scheduling and staffing of the Renewal Clinic).

• Evaluate patients in-person at PEH with substance use disorders as needed in the hospital units, including the ICU, PCU, L&D, Emergency Department, etc.
• If able, assist with nursery care of newborns experiencing withdrawal in collaboration with pediatricians and L&D nursing staff (if have applicable training in pediatrics).
• Communicate and collaborate with the attending physician/provider, nursing staff, and care coordination.
• Collaborate with peer support workers and behavioral health professionals (as available and as applicable).
• Order appropriate laboratory studies.
• Initiate medication for withdrawal management and initiation of long-term medication management of SUDs.
• Address co-occurring behavioral health conditions (e.g. insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc.) as able (depending upon experience and/or training).
• Prescribe applicable medications at discharge, and order outpatient injectable medications as applicable.
• Write discharge instructions related to SUD treatment.
• Write a consultation note in Epic (and follow‑up notes as indicated) and enter appropriate coding for the consultation.

• Provide services as outlined above via telemedicine to other Presbyterian hospitals as possible (depending on scheduling and staffing of the PEH AMCS, ensuring that consultations needs of PEH are met).
• Provide services to non-Presbyterian hospitals/facilities (only after such facility is fully contracted and approved by Presbyterian administration), depending on scheduling and staffing of the AMCS.

• Understand that extensive studies of much of the medication used in addiction medicine is limited.
• Strive to keep up with medical literature as well as successful practices employed in other institutions.
• Approach each patient's treatment options as a risk‑benefit balance (e.g. some medications used to treat alcohol use disorder may be hepatotoxic, but the risks of such…