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Addiction Medicine SUD Nurse Practitioner BWFH

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$136k-$174k

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Job Description

Site: Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care.

We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Addiction Medicine SUD Nurse Practitioner BWFH Addiction Consult Team

The envisioned schedule for this position is 9-6pm and has the ability to work 4 - 10 hour shifts. No weekends or holidays.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a licensed provider. This NP position works explicitly in a psychiatric setting, providing psychiatric assessments and establishing comprehensive plans that address a broad range of concerns for patients with psychiatric disorders. May perform additional duties, such as precepting a small group of learners.

Essential Functions

Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to psychiatric patients.

  • Complete biopsychosocial and psychopharmalogical evaluations on patients.
  • Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
  • Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
  • Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
  • Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
  • Consistently provides high-quality and timely documentation, including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes, and discharge summaries.
  • Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

This position provides expert clinical care to patients with substance use disorder on the hospital Addiction Consult Team.

Addiction consultation in the hospital and Emergency Department setting includes providing rapid assessment, diagnostic clarification, withdrawal management, pharmacotherapy initiation, treatment planning, and linkage at discharge to ongoing addiction treatment.

This position works within a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, resource specialists, and recovery coaches.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Master's Degree Nursing required
  • Licenses and Credentials
  • Massachusetts Nurse Practitioner required

CARN-NP preferred or obtained it in the first 18 months of employment.

Experience

2 years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Solid understanding of psychiatric clinical practices.
  • Skilled in conducting psychiatric assessments/evaluations.
  • Ability to maintain quality control standards.
  • Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
  • Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 249- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital.

Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location: 1153 Centre Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

  • $135720.00 - $173,867.20/Annual
  • Grade
  • 7

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization.

Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors.

The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.

In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

EEO Statement

2410 Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.

We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success.

These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides expert clinical care to patients with substance use disorders as part of the Addiction Consult Team. Responsibilities include conducting psychiatric evaluations, managing withdrawal, initiating pharmacotherapy, and coordinating treatment plans within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychiatric assessmentSubstance use disorder treatmentBiopsychosocial evaluationPsychopharmacological evaluationPatient counselingClinical documentationEmergency responseInterdisciplinary collaborationDiagnostic testingPatient educationHistory and physical examination

Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Mass General Brigham ranks #6 of 20 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 60% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$155k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $146k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.9
Better work-life than 30% of Addiction Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 222 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$813k≈ 6.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,338/mo≈ 30% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits
Career advancement opportunities
Differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable