Job Description

Nurse Practitioner Addiction Medicine Trainee at Geisinger summary:

The Nurse Practitioner Addiction Medicine Trainee participates in an advanced clinical training program focusing on mental health and substance use disorder treatment, particularly Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), in community-based primary care settings. Responsibilities include patient assessment, developing treatment plans, providing counseling, ordering tests and medications, and coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams. The role emphasizes enhancing expertise in addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and supporting retention in care through behavioral health and social services linkage.

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner Addiction Medicine Trainee
Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Residents/Fellows, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Addiction Psychiatry Division
Date Posted: 09/18/2025
Job ID: R-84919
Job SummaryThe Addiction Medicine Advanced Practitioner Training Program will provide integrated mental health and SUD/OUD services, including Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) for PAs and advanced practice nurses (APNs) , in a primary care underserved community-based setting. The overall goal of the APP Trainee Program is to foster robust clinical training and augment expertise among clinicians who will see patients at access points of care and provide mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Job Duties

Trainee will participate in MOUD in community-based settings along with additional clinical training beyond the didactic component, including professional peer-to-peer support to assist trained APNs and PAs in initiating their provision of MOUD.

Trainee will connect and manage patients’ receiving MOUD in receiving behavioral health counseling and in connecting to social supports to retain patients in care.

Trainee will collaborate with care givers inside and outside of the immediate care team.

Trainee will be able to demonstrate clearly and effective communication with patients and immediate care team.

• Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
• Perform history and physical.
• Develop assessment and treatment plan.
• Participate in clinical patient care.
• Record progress notes.
• Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
• Arrange for discharge and after care.
• Write and dictate admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
• Provide patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
• Perform procedures.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

EducationMaster's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Our Purpose & ValuesOUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

Keywords:

Addiction Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Substance Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, Mental Health, Clinical Training, Patient Assessment, Behavioral Health, Care Coordination

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Traineeship, Immediate start,

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