Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner:  Full-Time

Valley Hope has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced professional to join our team in the key role of Nurse Practitioner.  This position will provided services to patients at our residential facilities in Parker and Littleton along with our outpatient facility in Centennial.  Availability to be on-call 24/7 (phone call only) is required.

With a near 60-year legacy of helping patients and families, Valley Hope is nationally known as a trusted provider of addiction treatment and recovery support. Since treating our first patient in 1967, Valley Hope has established a national footprint, with 14 treatment programs across Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. We have helped more than 350,000 people find and restore their lives.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Required:

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license to practice in the state of employment.
• State License practice unrestricted.
• Six (6) plus years of clinical nursing care work experience.
• Six (6) plus years of progressive work and relevant industry experience including three (3) plus years of charge-nurse experience.
• Four (4) plus years of supervisory and/or management experience.
• Work experience with healthcare accreditation with preference within the substance abuse treatment industry.
• Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.

COMPENSATION: 

• Starting salary ranges from $130,000 - $155,000 (based on education and experience)

BENEFITS: 

• Affordable health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition Assistance 
• Student Loan Repayment
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
• 8 Paid Holidays (Including 1 Personal Holiday)
• PTO – Up to 27 Days per year based on years of service
• Paid Parental Leave 
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Health Saving and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• And much more!

JOB SUMMARY:

• Ensures proper and adequate treatment provided during emergencies by nursing staff and that established policies and procedures for all medical emergencies are consistently followed (i.e., convulsions, suicides, Delirium Tremens, etc.).
• Participates in facility performance improvement activities and leads efforts specific to medical nursing services and improving nursing care quality. Collaborates with facility management staff to identify and implement improvement activities across the facility.
• Oversees and manages the security, control, and administration of drugs, medications, treatments, and tests as allowed by law.
• Maintains appropriate standards of patient confidentiality; ensures nursing staff adheres to all policies and procedures regarding patient information protection and HIPPA.
• Oversees and Assists with medical nursing tasks and activities required to maintain compliance with Joint Commission as well as any other regulatory bodies.
• Assists the efforts to build the skills and competencies of the nursing staff as needed to meet minimum requirements as specified by customary standards of nursing practice, external accrediting agency guidelines, and internal organizational guidelines.
• Ensures effective communications between the medical department and all other clinical and support-service department.
• Participates in the annual budgeting process including development of the facility’s medical nursing services budget; partners with the Executive Director, Director of Nursing, Clinical Program Director, and Business Operations Manager throughout the process to ensure budget meets the facility’s medical nursing operational needs.
• Manages the facility’s medical nursing services annual budget to ensure financial goals are being achieved and budget met. Communicates areas of concern and issues to Executive Director, Clinical Program Director, Director of Nursing, and/or Business Operations Manager as appropriate.
• Assists the facility Safety Officer and is responsible for the coordination, development, implementation, and monitoring of plans for safety management activities; this includes security management, hazardous materials and waste management, emergency preparedness, life safety management, medical equipment management, utility systems management, space allocation management, and infection control programs.
• Maintains and demonstrates a current working knowledge of nursing procedures and substance abuse treatments in accordance with company policy and State and Federal guidelines.
• Maintains and coordinates with facility team the use of MAT Therapy and follow up care post treatment.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of trends within substance abuse treatment industry and with State and Federal regulatory requirements and guidelines.
• Provide medical services to primarily Valley Hope Residential and secondary Valley Hope IOP as needed. For all patients admitted to the facility for a history, physical, follow-up, psychological evaluations, and medical management that may require Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) options.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

• Residential treatment facility setting; requires walking throughout the facility.
• Direct contact with patients.
  
  

Salary : $130,000 - $155,000