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Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient
Join our team at Longleaf Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner where you'll provide advanced nursing care that transforms lives and fosters recovery. In this role, you'll conduct comprehensive evaluations, develop personalized treatment plans, and prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations, all while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Guided by our Medical Director and Nurse Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in optimizing patient outcomes and ensuring the highest standards of care. If you're passionate about making a difference in behavioral health and substance use treatment, we invite you to bring your expertise and compassion.
Longleaf Hospital is a 140-bed, inpatient behavioral health hospital in Alexandria, LA for adolescents, adults, and seniors who are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. Treatment is offered through a range of multi-disciplinary programs in a therapeutic, confidential and safe environment. Longleaf Hospital's purpose is to provide high-quality services that respond to individual, family, and community needs in a healing place. We are committed to the highest quality medical and business practices.
Age Group/Range: Adolescents to Seniors
Compensation: $1,000 on average, per week day DOE
Practice Setting/Type: Inpatient
Schedule: PRN, 0-20hr per week
On Call: 1 weekend per month; $1500 per day
Role as Nurse Practitioner
The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced nursing care under the supervision of the Medical Director; may also be directed by Nurse Supervisor for the clinic under the state licensure guidelines for Nurse Practitioners; evaluates and monitors treatment of patients as part of a healthcare team at the clinic. May prescribe medication as allowed by state regulation.
Provides initial and annual history and physical evaluation, assesses eligibility for treatment, evaluates patients' history of dependence on opioids
Orders appropriate laboratory studies, reviews laboratory results and provides necessary education, referral and / or follow up services to patients
Monitors the treatment plans of high-risk patients
Prescribes medication for the treatment of substance abuse according to patient need as allowed by state regulation
Consults and collaborates with Medical Director to plan and implement care according to Nurse Practitioner Guidelines
Reports and documents significant patient issues and adverse events
Communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the health care team
Collaborates with Nurse Supervisor to optimize quality and efficiency
Ensures that the program and employees' transactions and activities are in full compliance with all laws and clinic legal compliance program policies and standards of conduct
Perform other duties as assigned
Education & Experience Requirements
Minimum of 1 year of experience as a practicing nurse practitioner preferred
Previous experience in addiction recovery or behavioral health settings, such as outpatient, residential, or correctional facilities preferred
Familiarity with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), including methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone
Familiarity with state regulatory standards (e.g., 42 CFR Part 2, HIPAA, Joint Commission standards).
No history of alcohol or drug misuse for a period of three years before employment
Licenses/Designations/Certifications
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner
Licensed to practice in the state in which the facility operates
DEA license
Our Comprehensive Treatment Network
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they're at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
Worksite address
alexandria, LA, 71302, US
Who can apply
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