Job Offer: MAT Registered Nurse/Care Manager

MAT Registered Nurse/Care Manager

Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who see it, regardless of insurance status and capability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a full-time Registered Nurse/MAT Care Manager to join our team supporting the Monticello location.
The Registered Nurse/MAT Care Manager is a part of multidisciplinary team within Hudson River Health that uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care and the use of resources. this job offer will monitor quality of care to ensure that infection control, risk management and all other aspects of services are appropriate. Additionally, this person will serve as patient advocates, community resource referral coordinators, provides crisis management, and understand patient health status. This candidate should understand harm reduction approaches and must demonstrate empathic knowledge of medical and psychosocial development needs in addition to having strong crisis management expertise
Essential tasks and Responsibilities of a Registered Nurse/MAT Care Manager:

»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 Relapse avoidance crisis pans

»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 expertise 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)

»ISTOP & PNP (completed in tandem with provider)

»Opioid overdose avoidance

»Prior authorizations

»Labs/Review and Flag

»Collection of urine for UDS (urine drug screens) on all MAT patients; all women of child bearing 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 avoidance

»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).

»Participate in MAT program initiatives or other tasks as assigned.
Minimum Education Requirement: Associate's Degree with Vocational/ Technical School/ Diploma Program - Nursing
Preferred Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree with Vocational/ Technical School/ Diploma Program - Nursing
Minimum Work Related practice: 0-1 year
Preferred Work Related practice: 2-4 years
Minimum Licensure:

»Valid New York State LPN License

»CPR Certification

»Infection Control Certification
Hourly Range: $41.21 - $48.35/hour