Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Nurse Practitioner (NP)
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Job Description
- You Matter
- Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
- Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
- Excellent career growth opportunities
Join Us and Find a Career That Supports
- Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
- Autonomy in a warm team environment
- Growth and training
Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
- DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
- Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
- Company paid life insurance
- Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
- Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
- Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
Why Us
Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.
Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.
For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How You Make a Difference
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is responsible for providing a full range of medical services for patients under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site Physicians.
They work within established policy and procedure, as well as state guidelines, to deliver high-quality care to patients seeking MAT for substance abuse disorders.
The NP also ensures accurate documentation of services and communicates effectively with the Medical Director and site director to maintain coverage of medical services.
Key Responsibilities
Conducts on-site chronic care clinics and sick call as established by Site Medical Director, Health Services Administrator, or designee.
- Provides emergency treatment on-site and responds appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
- Prescribes a planned regimen of total patient care, which is adequate, problem-oriented, and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
- Supports standards of medical care through adherence to existing policies and procedures.
- Reports any doubts or questions regarding the lack of appropriate referrals, nursing or medical intervention necessary for the realization of established patient goals to the Medical Director or Health Services Administrator for disposition.
- Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing or an accredited education program for Physician Assistant
- Advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
Experience
2 years’ experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Licenses/Certifications
- Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant within the state of employment.
- Must have and maintain current CPR certification.
- Must have or be willing to obtain DATA 2000 Waiver prior to employment.
- This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.
We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license and have at least two years of relevant experience. A DATA 2000 waiver and current CPR certification are also required for this position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Wellpath a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 14,216 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$160k (42 salary observations; 292 listings), vs ~$152k nationally (1,314 salary observations; 6,094 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 58% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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