Are you looking to find personal and professional fulfillment, and align your career with your values?
At Gateway Foundation, our employees have an opportunity to make a difference every day by helping people with substance abuse issues gain control of their lives.
Gateway Foundation is a recognized non-profit leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine-including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses-deliver care that never stops. Throughout Gateway's proud history of helping others, dedicated and professional employees have been vital to accomplishing our life-saving mission.about the incredible recognition that we recieved!
If you are a collaborative professional who shares our commitment to helping people with substance abuse and mental health issues turn their lives around - GATEWAY IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!
Nurse Practitioner responsibilities:
- Serves as a key team member to deliver all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatments and consultations.
- Formulates initial client detoxification plan with diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions to stabilize client's medical condition.
- Provides guidance and counseling on health improvement, risk reduction, and disease prevention to nursing staff and clients.
- Acts as senior medical professional on site, and works in conjunction with consulting physician for continued client care.
- Evaluates client response to medication and treatment; initiates appropriate changes to client care plan.
- Monitors clients, evaluations of medical problems and potential barriers to detoxification and recovery.
- Documents and charts client examination and assessment data, medical needs, treatment plan, diagnostic and medical interventions, and referrals; maintains client records to ensure local state and federal compliance.
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
- Master's degree in Nursing, or post basic program certificate in a clinical nursing specialty, preferably with national certification
- Current license as an Advanced Practice Nurse or Nurse Practitioner
- Five (5) year experience in a health care setting, preferably including experience in the adult detoxification field
Physical Requirements:
- Normal or corrected vision and some color vision, necessary to read thermometers, blood pressure gauges, dipstick analysis results, and so forth; and to see and evaluate presented symptoms and injuries (critical).
- Communication abilities necessary to gather and exchange information with clients and staff in person or by telephone provide care instructions, and schedule appointments (critical).
- Proofreading and checking documents for accuracy, and reading reports, on a regular basis (critical).
- Ability to respond to telephone, pages and intercoms (critical).
Competitive Compensation and Benefits:
Gateway Foundation values its employees and provides an inclusive and diverse work environment where dedicated employees can make a difference. We are committed to engaging and rewarding our employees in meaningful ways. For eligible employees, we provide a Total Rewards Package that includes:
- Health Insurance - Including a wellness premium incentive opportunity
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off - Including 18 days of PTO and 9 paid holidays in the first year
- Short Term Disability - Accrue up to seven days annually, to be used during an extended personal illness
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Accounts
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Gateway is a qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Training & Development Programs
Gateway Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCPhere.