Medication-Assisted Treatment; MAT Team Nurse - RN

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Team Nurse - RN (Healthcare)

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Amoskeag Health is seeking a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Team Nurse RN who can provide comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care to individuals with opioid use disorder and their support systems within the MAT program. This role utilizes sound clinical judgment to conduct ongoing assessments, intakes, evaluations, triage, and monitoring while actively engaging patients in their treatment goals and recovery process. The MAT Team Nurse delivers education, advocacy, and coordinated care, ensuring patients understand their rights and are supported toward independence and improved health outcomes.

The nurse documents and communicates care effectively, serves as a liaison between patients and providers, assists with inductions and stabilizations, and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and external partners to facilitate continuity of care across healthcare and addiction treatment settings.

• Conduct initial patient assessments and intakes in collaboration with Behavioral Health Clinicians, including medical, mental health, substance use, and medication histories.
• Provide patient education, assessment, and ongoing nursing care throughout all phases of MAT treatment (induction, stabilization, and maintenance).
• Monitor and manage patient treatment through scheduled and unscheduled nursing visits, urine toxicology screening, lab coordination, medication education, observed dosing, pill counts, and refill management.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with MAT providers, clinical staff, pharmacies, and external healthcare and behavioral health partners to ensure coordinated, compliant care.
• Perform triage and respond to patient inquiries via phone, walk-in, or urgent encounters; determine need for provider involvement and facilitate timely appointments and continuity of care.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant documentation in the medical record, maintaining patient confidentiality and adhering to state and federal regulations.
• Provide empathetic, non-judgmental patient-centered care while supporting, cultural sensitivity, and age-appropriate competence.
• Assist with primary care coordination, emergency referrals, patient paperwork, and access to community resources.
• Participate in team meetings, policy and protocol development, ongoing professional education, and organizational initiatives.
• Support clinic operations by assisting with non-scheduled nursing needs and other duties as assigned.