ARNP or PA-C - Addiction Medicine Provider (Corrections)
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Ideal Option PLLC
OR
Summary
The provider will conduct patient assessments and develop individualized treatment plans for substance use disorders. They will also manage maintenance medications, administer injectables, and monitor patient progress within a correctional facility setting.
Job Description
Description
Location: Deschutes County Jail, OR (100% on-site)
Compensation: $75.00/hr
Schedule: 08:00-11:00AM on Mon/Thurs or Tues/Thurs
Employment Type: In-person, Part time, Per-Diem
About Ideal Option
Ideal Option is a national leader in outpatient addiction medicine, dedicated to helping individuals overcome substance use disorders with evidence-based, compassionate care. Since 2012, we’ve grown to 80+ clinics across 9 states, empowering thousands of patients each week to reclaim their lives, reunite with family, and rebuild their futures.
Position Overview
We’re seeking a passionate part-time, on-site Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Deschutes County Jail clinic team. In this role, you’ll provide life-changing care to patients throughout the continuum of recovery - from initial stabilization to long-term maintenance.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct new and established patient assessments, and develop individualized treatment plans for patients with substance use disorders, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants, and sedatives
- Initiate and manage patients on buprenorphine and other maintenance medications for substance use disorders
- Administer long-acting injectable medications (buprenorphine, naltrexone)
- Monitor response to treatment, adjust medications, and review lab results
- Collaborate with behavioral health and care coordination teams
- Document appropriately in our EMR (eCW)
- Deliver care both in-person and via telemedicine
Join us in making a difference — one patient, one family, and one community at a time.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Active, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license
- Active DEA license
- Strong and efficient communication and documentation skills
- Commitment to compassionate, patient-centered addiction care
- No prior addiction medicine experience required!
Ideal Option is one of the nation’s largest outpatient providers of evidence-based medication-assisted treatment for addiction to opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, and other substances.
Founded in 2012 by two emergency medicine physicians, today Ideal Option operates more than 80 outpatient clinics in 9 states. Ideal Option’s mission is to provide underserved populations with low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment – saving lives, healing families, and helping communities.
We currently have clinics in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington.
More than 70,000 individuals suffering from substance use disorder – a chronic, relapsing medical condition – have been treated by Ideal Option.
Over the past 10 years, opioid misuse has become a public health epidemic, killing around 140 Americans every day. Medication-assisted treatment is widely regarded by the scientific community as the most effective approach for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
Ideal Option’s providers work collaboratively with every patient to develop a treatment plan that is based on published research, best practices, and the unique needs of each patient.
Founded
2012
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Kennewick, Washington
Ideal Option is one of the nation’s largest outpatient providers of evidence-based medication-assisted treatment for addiction to opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, and other substances.
Founded in 2012 by two emergency medicine physicians, today Ideal Option operates more than 80 outpatient clinics in 9 states. Ideal Option’s mission is to provide underserved populations with low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment – saving lives, healing families, and helping communities.
We currently have clinics in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington.
More than 70,000 individuals suffering from substance use disorder – a chronic, relapsing medical condition – have been treated by Ideal Option.
Over the past 10 years, opioid misuse has become a public health epidemic, killing around 140 Americans every day. Medication-assisted treatment is widely regarded by the scientific community as the most effective approach for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
Ideal Option’s providers work collaboratively with every patient to develop a treatment plan that is based on published research, best practices, and the unique needs of each patient.
Founded
2012
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Kennewick, Washington
