Pain Management Nurse Practitioner

MedNOW Clinics; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MedNOW Clinics seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner to deliver outpatient pain-management services at our Colorado Springs location. You will evaluate complex pain conditions, craft individualized treatment plans, and coordinate with physicians and clinical teams to ensure safe, evidence-based care.

Required is direct pain-management experience, plus strong skills in assessment, documentation, and patient education.

Qualifications

• Graduate NP program completed
• Current national board certification for NP
• Colorado RN license and APN registration
• Colorado prescriptive authority
• Active DEA registration
• Prior pain-management experience
• Experience with controlled-substance prescribing and toxicology screening
• Current NPI and payer credentialing
• BLS/CPR certification
• Strong assessment, diagnostic, and documentation skills
• Understanding of medical necessity and coding

Responsibilities

• Evaluate acute, chronic, and complex pain conditions.
• Obtain medical histories and perform physical exams.
• Develop differential diagnoses and evidence-based treatment plans.
• Use multimodal pain-management strategies including meds, nonpharmacologic methods, and referrals.
• Prescribe and manage medications within license and clinic policies.
• Follow controlled-substance safeguards and risk assessments.
• Coordinate care with physicians, specialists, and therapists.
• Provide patient education on treatment expectations and safety.
• Complete accurate documentation, orders, and coding.
• Maintain licenses, credentials and payer enrollment.

Skills

Pain management experience

Risk assessment

Clinical documentation

Patient education

Education

Graduate NP program

National NP board certification

Colorado RN license and APN registration

Colorado prescriptive authority

DEA registration

Current NPI and payer credentialing

BLS/CPR certification

Tools

Athenahealth

Job description

MedNOW Clinics is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to provide outpatient pain-management services at our Colorado Springs location.

This position is designed for an NP with direct pain-management experience who is comfortable evaluating complex pain conditions, developing individualized treatment plans, managing medications responsibly, and coordinating care with physicians, specialists, and clinical support teams.

Prior professional pain-management experience is required.

What You Will Do

• Evaluate patients with acute, chronic, and complex pain conditions.

• Obtain complete medical histories and perform appropriate physical examinations.

• Develop differential diagnoses and individualized, evidence-based treatment plans.

• Use multimodal pain-management strategies, including medication management, nonpharmacologic treatment, patient education, referrals, and care coordination.

• Prescribe and manage medications within your license, prescriptive authority, approved privileges, and MedNOW Clinics policies.

• Follow applicable controlled-substance safeguards, including Prescription Drug Monitoring Program review, risk assessment, treatment agreements, toxicology screening, medication reconciliation, and appropriate follow-up.

• Recognize possible medication misuse, diversion, substance-use disorders, or unsafe treatment situations and take appropriate clinical action.

• Order, review, interpret, and follow up on laboratory testing, imaging, and other diagnostic studies.

• Coordinate care with physicians, specialists, physical therapy, behavioral health, pharmacies, and other healthcare professionals.

• Provide clear patient education regarding treatment expectations, medication safety, risks, benefits, alternatives, return precautions, and follow-up requirements.

• Perform pain-management procedures only when appropriately trained, privileged, and assigned.

• Complete accurate, timely, and compliant documentation, diagnoses, orders, and coding.

• Maintain current medication, allergy, and problem lists.

• Review assigned messages, refill requests, prior authorizations, results, referrals, and clinical work queues.

• Recognize conditions requiring consultation, emergency evaluation, or a higher level of care.

• Participate in quality improvement, peer review, team meetings, training, and continuing professional development.

• Maintain all required licenses, certifications, credentialing, payer enrollment, and professional records.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.

• Current national board certification appropriate to the applicant’s professional role and population focus.

• Current, unrestricted Colorado registered nurse license and Advanced Practice Nurse registration as a Nurse Practitioner, or documented eligibility to obtain the required credentials before starting.

• Colorado prescriptive authority appropriate for the position.

• Active DEA registration appropriate for the position’s prescribing responsibilities.

• Prior professional pain-management experience.

• Experience with controlled-substance prescribing, medication monitoring, risk assessment, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program review, and toxicology screening.

• Current NPI and ability to complete MedNOW Clinics and payer credentialing requirements.

• Current BLS/CPR certification.

• Strong assessment, diagnostic, treatment-planning, documentation, and patient follow-up skills.

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• Understanding of medical necessity, coding, patient privacy, and professional standards.

• Ability to work onsite at the Colorado Springs location for the approved full-time schedule.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing chronic and complex pain conditions in an outpatient setting.

• Experience with multimodal and non-opioid pain-management strategies.

• Experience identifying and responding to medication misuse, diversion, or substance-use concerns.

• Experience with Athenahealth or another electronic health record.

• Experience completing prior authorizations and coordinating specialty referrals.

• Experience with outpatient coding, documentation, quality measures, and clinical work queues.

Why Join MedNOW Clinics?

• Provide specialized care within a collaborative outpatient team.

• Work with patients who benefit from consistent assessment, education, and follow-up.

• Practice in an environment that values clinical judgment, patient safety, and responsible medication management.

• Receive support for MedNOW workflows, documentation, credentialing, and quality programs.

• Access opportunities for continued learning and professional growth.

• Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off and sick leave; a 401(k) match; voluntary insurance options; employee discounts; and training and professional-growth opportunities. Eligibility is based on employment status and applicable plan requirements.