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The Mountain Center is looking for a special person who would like to be part of an innovative team offering a harm reduction model MAT program to the community in Espanola, NM. Our team includes an MD for medical treatment, and LPCC/LCSW for counseling, and a case manager for support and connection for additional services and a clinical director for oversight and coordination of services.
Our MAT program is a recent addition to the needle exchange program that has been helping to support and save lives in Rio Arriba county since 2005. For the right person, this work is exciting, meaningful, and community-driven.
Our ideal candidate is a person of integrity who desires to offer compassionate treatment to those who desire to improve their quality of life through suboxone treatment for opioid dependence. Our ideal candidate is someone with a perspective on harm reduction as a client-centered treatment. Our ideal candidate is someone with an open mind, a non-judgmental approach, and a desire to work with a progressive and passionate team committed to serving those who want to improve their quality of life on their own terms.
This position is 15-16 hours per week working 11:30-4:30 on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Responsibilities:
Support the implementation with all team members to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for TMC clients enrolled in the MAT program.
Work closely with TMC clinical, testing and harm reduction staff and make client referrals as needed.
Prepare and close down work stations before for the prescriber and help ensure workflow of services goes uninterrupted
Upload client information in EMR database and ensure information is ready for billing.
Attend TMC MAT team meetings.
Other duties performed: take vitals, administer CIWA and COWS, PMP, assess patients clinically within skillset, draw blood, administering injections, triage, write brief nurses notes, coordinate care, follow up with pharmacies and patients, conduct UA’s sanitizing patient area, checking clinic voicemail daily.
Qualifications:
State of New Mexico Certified license R.N. in good standing.
Bachelor’s degree or higher.
CPR/First Aid Certification
Sound understanding of all federal and state regulations including HIPAA and OSHA.
Three (3) years of related work experience.
Excellent time management skills as well as meeting deadlines
Excellent communication written, oral, electronically
Pass a CYFD and other criminal background checks
Knowledge of the following:
Overdose Prevention, Recognition and Response training
Addiction (Substance use and misuse)
Harm Reduction Models and Best Practices
Health Promotion and Prevention Education
Data collection, evaluation and reporting
Ability to maintain highly confidential information in a professional manner (in accordance with federal HIPAA and 42CFR part 2 regulations)
Possesses the mental resolve to deal with complex, highly emotional and/or stressful situations
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively listen and offer solutions without passing judgment
Ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing
Ability to work with others in a team and collaboration efforts
Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, Access and Excel
Working knowledge of standard office equipment (personal computer/laptop, phone with voicemail, fax, copier, etc.)
Familiarity with the social, cultural and economic make-up of New Mexico or service area and ability and willingness to work with diverse populations
Preferred:
Bilingual, English and Spanish
Experience working in addiction medicine
This is an hourly position without benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The Mountain Center provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individual without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability.
Americans with Disabilities Specifications: The position is primarily in an outdoor setting working out of a motor vehicle, requiring long periods of standing and walking in and out of a vehicle. This position also requires some sitting at a desk in front of a computer. Presentation and community outreach tasks may require the employee to sit or stand for long periods of time. Extensive travel, typically by automobile; must be comfortable driving on unpaved/uneven roads and in inclement weather, during sunrise/sunset and in the dark. Employee must have the ability to clearly communicate in person and on the telephone in the decibel range of normal conversation levels. Employee must be able to hold a pen, type and grasp documents. The position requires the ability to safely lift 50 pounds unassisted.
Work Environment: Office environment and motor vehicle for out in the field for mobile HR services, requires physical acumen- lifting up to 50 lbs, walking for 4 hours a day, and being outside most of the day. Handling of biohazard materials.
Equipment Used: Personal computer and standard office equipment (phone with voicemail, fax, copier, scanner ten-key calculator).
Job Responsibilities Notes: The above statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential duties & responsibilities of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The Mountain Center may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
Our work centers around LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, individuals in recovery, people with various diagnoses and abilities, and other marginalized communities. Therefore, we strongly encourage people with these identities and from these and other marginalized communities to apply.
