Nurse Educator at Mindoula Health

The Substance Use Disorder Program at Mindoula Health is looking for a skilled Nurse Educator (RN) to join their team. The SUDP works with health plans and physicians to identify, engage and support women who are pregnant and facing substance-exposed pregnancy, to help them stabilize their lives and mitigate the risk of neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome. Our market operations span across Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Washington, Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas with substantial growth on the horizon.

Nurse Educator provide nursing education and support to prenatal and postpartum clients. The clients served by the Substance Use Disorder Program are in varying stages of recovery from substance use and dependence. The Nurse Educator utilizes the Substance Use Disorder Program guidelines in planning care, assessing client needs, and completing health screenings and assessments. The Nurse Educator coordinates with the Substance Use Disorder Program team, primary care providers, managed care organizations, and community agencies to provide quality care for clients.

Responsibilities:

• Provides education and support to clients through the use of video-conference visits, teleconference, and text messaging.
• Completes all recommended assessments/screenings following the Substance Use Disorder Program guidelines.
• Identifies individual client needs and documents intervention based on standardized assessment.
• Refers clients to other members of the Substance Use Disorder Program or community resources as determined by assessment of individual client needs. Documents outcomes for each referral made.
• Contributes to case management meetings to ensure team approach is delivered for each client.
• Engages in after-hours consults as needed.
• Responsible for achieving set goals/Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
• Completes documentation for client contacts, cancellations, and care plan updates based on Substance Use Disorder Program policies.
• Communicates professionally with clients, families, physicians, community agencies, agency leadership, and office staff.
• Promotes responsible and ethical stewardship of Substance Use Disorder Program resources
• Maintains excellent punctuality and attendance during work hours.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Demonstrates the philosophy of Substance Use Disorder Program and practices that integrate trauma-informed care into client-centered services.
• Graduation from an accredited RN program (associate degree, diploma, or BSN).
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse through the State of Florida or another nursing compact state.
• 3+ years of experience with obstetrical/women’s health nursing/pediatrics/NICU.
• Basic computer proficiency, teleconferencing, and be able to type and navigate Cloud-based environment.
• A background working in behavioral health.
• A background in maternal / substance abuse populations.

We launched Mindoula because each of us has had personal experience with mental illness, either directly or through a loved one. We realized that the behavioral health system was broken and decided to take it upon ourselves to fix it by focusing on the people we serve, not their diagnoses or symptom sets. Each of us, and everyone we serve, is a person first, and a set of challenges second. We address the full range of behavioral health challenges. We deploy tech-enabled teams of case managers, care managers, community health workers, peer support specialists, and psychiatrists to provide 24/7 support to even the most complex and underserved behavioral health populations. Our member engagement and predictive analytics technology platform has made the company a market leader in hospital re-admissions reduction, collaborative care, care coordination for the seriously mentally ill, and measurement-based psychiatry.