KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides Nursing care to patients in the Opioid Treatment Program Facility; Assists providers with examinations; gives medication, immunizations and nursing treatment as prescribed by a physician, and notes reactions of patients to medications and treatments; Obtains medical history of patients and screens for numerous age-appropriate biopsychosocial needs and/or problems, such as domestic violence, smoking, nutrition, parenting, substance abuse, tuberculosis and infectious diseases; Counsels and educates patients, parents and families regarding preventative health measures, chronic disease management, and prenatal issues; Post-counsels patients regarding the need for further medical attention and provider's orders, including medications, nutrition, physical activity and the need for further diagnostic tests, and initiates and/or completes referrals to specialists and/or ancillary support services; May serve as a member of various health center committees, such as quality assurance and infection control; May administer First Aid; Develops and revises nursing care plans; writes reports and maintains charts on the condition and progress of patients. Nurses in the Opioid Treatment Program function as part of a team also comprised of counseling/social work staff, vocational staff and other medical providers in an outpatient addiction services setting.