RN MAT Coordinator

Wellpath; Hanford (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

EAP (counseling)

Life Insurance (company paid)

HSA

Wellness program

Banking partnership discounts

Job summary

Wellpath at CA Kings County Jail is seeking an RN MAT Coordinator to lead the medication-assisted treatment program within designated facilities. You will coordinate clinical care with medical, behavioral health, and security teams to ensure integrated service delivery.

You will conduct patient assessments, support screenings and referrals, coordinate labs/drug screens, and ensure continuity of treatment. The role requires strong leadership, staff training, and collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Masters in clinical/counseling psychology or social work required.
• Nursing degree (RN) with state licensure required.
• Substance use disorder or behavioral health certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plans, manages, and coordinates MAT services across facilities with medical, nursing, behavioral health, and security staff.
• Provides clinical supervision, training, and staff development for the MAT program.
• Directs clinical services and assigns duties to healthcare staff per licensure and scope of practice.
• Conducts patient assessments, supports screenings and referrals, and coordinates labs, drug screens, and medication management.
• Coordinates MAT-related operations, including coordination with community methadone clinics.

Skills

MAT program coordination

Clinical supervision

Staff development

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Masters in clinical/counseling psychology or social work

Nursing degree (RN) with state licensure

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 RN MAT Coordinator provides leadership and oversight for the delivery of medication assisted treatment services within assigned facilities. This role coordinates the development, implementation, and ongoing management of the MAT program in collaboration with an integrated healthcare and custody team. The position directs clinical services, supports staff education and training, and ensures coordinated care delivery for patients receiving MAT. The RN MAT Coordinator also conducts assessments, supports screenings and referrals, and helps ensure continuity of treatment services. This role plays a central part in maintaining effective collaboration across medical, behavioral health, and security teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, manages, and coordinates MAT services, working closely with medical, nursing, behavioral health, and security staff
• Supports program development, expansion, and staffing while providing clinical supervision, training, and staff development
• Directs and oversees clinical services and assigns duties to healthcare staff in alignment with licensure and scope of practice
• Conducts patient assessments, supports screenings and referrals, and ensures appropriate labs, drug screens, and medication coordination
• Coordinates MAT-related operations, including medication administration schedules and collaboration with community methadone clinics

Additional Details

Candidates should have experience coordinating Medication-Assisted Treatment or substance use disorder services within a medical or behavioral health setting.

They should be familiar with CIWA and COWS assessments, withdrawal monitoring, SUD screenings, medication administration, laboratory and drug-screen coordination, and referrals to medical, mental health, psychiatric, or community treatment providers.

Strong candidates will also have experience leading multidisciplinary teams, developing clinical workflows, training staff, monitoring quality and compliance, and collaborating with providers, nursing, behavioral health, security, and outside methadone clinics.

Correctional healthcare, integrated care, CalAIM, reentry services, and working with multiple facility stakeholders are strongly preferred.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Minimum of Independent Licensure with a Masters Degree in clinical/counseling psychology or social work from an accredited college or university or be a graduate from an Accredited School of Nursing with a current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state in which employed.
• Other substance abuse certification would be desirable though not required.

Experience

• Experience in the coordination and administration of behavioral health or medical service delivery systems as well as knowledge and/or interest in the provision of integrated behavioral health/medical programming within a multidisciplinary framework.
• Professional experience in the behavioral health or medical field that indicates knowledge of management and supervision techniques, peer review, data collection and quality assurance.
• Experience successfully navigating a correctional healthcare setting in which there are multiple stakeholders and needs to consider while maintaining the patient’s needs as the primary focus.

Licenses/Certifications

• Related certification may be applicable based on specific state requirements.

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.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

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.

Job

26-188366

Facility

CA Kings Cty Jail

Type

Full-Time

Shift

Day 8 hour

Compensation Information

$55.8 - $62 / hour