The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rowan-Virtua SOM is looking for an experienced APN.  The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) provides comprehensive clinical services for veterans with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and co-occurring conditions under Rowan Medicine’s grant-funded Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) program.  This is a 5-year grant. The APN delivers evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, prescribing, care coordination, harm reduction, outreach, recovery support, and program development activities supporting SAMHSA grant objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct outreach and engagement activities to identify individuals who may benefit from MOUD services.
• Perform screening and assessment for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders using validated tools.
• Conduct DSM-5-TR diagnostic assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Prescribe and manage FDA-approved MOUD medications including buprenorphine and extended-release naltrexone and coordinate methadone access through OTP partners.
• Provide patient education, medication monitoring, relapse prevention, and recovery planning.
• Coordinate integrated care with behavioral health providers and recovery support organizations.
• Review Prescription Drug Monitoring Program data for new admissions and ongoing compliance.
• Implement low-threshold and telehealth treatment approaches to improve access and retention.
• Provide overdose prevention education, naloxone distribution, and harm-reduction services.
• Develop referral pathways for peer recovery services, recovery housing, transportation, and community resources.
• Provide infectious disease screening, prevention education, and linkage to treatment for HIV, HBV, HCV, STIs, and LTBI.
• Support tobacco cessation interventions integrated into OUD treatment services.
• Participate in quality improvement, program evaluation, grant reporting, and data collection activities.
• Assist in development of sustainability plans ensuring continuation of services after grant completion.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and community partnership development.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s or Doctoral Degree in Nursing.
• Current New Jersey APN licensure.
• National Nurse Practitioner certification.
• Current DEA registration and CDS certification or eligibility.
• Experience in addiction medicine, psychiatry, behavioral health, primary care, or related specialty preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with substance use disorder treatment programs.
• Grant-funded healthcare program experience.
• Telehealth experience.
• Addiction medicine training or certification.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of OUD treatment, recovery-oriented care, harm reduction, regulatory requirements, interdisciplinary practice, Strong communication, documentation, and patient engagement skills and outcome measurement.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Requires sitting, standing, walking, computer use, patient interaction, and occasional travel to partner sites and community outreach activities. Work is performed in office, clinic, community, outreach, and telehealth settings. Local travel and occasional evening or weekend hours may be required.

Salary:

In compliance with the State of New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Act, the salary range for this position is $110,000 to $125,000.  Placement into the range is determined by the candidate’s qualifications, professional experience and other factors. 

Benefits:

For eligible employees, benefits include comprehensive NJ state health, dental and retirement benefits, extensive accrued time off/paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement for employee, spouse, and dependents attending Rowan University, Glassboro. (Tuition reimbursement will apply to undergraduate degrees only for spouse and dependents).  

For more detailed information, please visit: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/benefits/ 

NOTES:

• Only completed, online applications submitted on or before the deadline will be considered.
• This position is non-tenure eligible.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US, and the university will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.