Registered Nurse (Telehealth)(SUD)

Boulder Care is looking for Registered Nurses who are aligned with Harm Reduction principles and have experience supporting patients receiving buprenorphine-based treatment for opioid use disorder in an outpatient setting.

This is a 100% remote, full-time, W2 position. 

We are looking for RNs who:

• Have an active, unrestricted RN license in your state of residency
• Have a minimum of 2 years of specialized nursing experience in outpatient substance use disorder treatment.
• Are interested in full-time work (40 hours a week) with a Monday-Friday schedule:
  • 11am - 7pm EST (8am - 4pm Pacific Time)
  • 1pm - 9pm EST (10am - 6pm Pacific Time) 

If this sounds like you, please continue applying.

About the role

• This position is 100% remote but you must reside in one of the following states: AK, AZ, CO, FL, ID, KS, MD, NH, NM, NY, NC, NV, OH, OR, WA, or WY
• The Registered Nurse works directly with patients to deliver medication-assisted recovery for substance use disorder (SUD) and empowers patients in their recovery journeys in coordination with the Care Team (primarily Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants and Peer Recovery Specialists)
• Our team delivers compassionate and empathetic telephonic, text-based, and video-based (telehealth) patient engagement and monitoring
• Boulder Care recognizes the value that lived experience can provide to our organization, community, and patients. Applicants with lived experience and/or training as a peer recovery specialist are encouraged to apply

Success in this role 

Essential Functions - Patient Care (50%)

• Provide compassionate, empathetic telephonic, text based & video-based (Telehealth) patient engagement and monitoring, assisted by clinical decision support tools
• Provide support to patients within the Boulder application to ensure successful engagement and initiation of treatment
• Educate patients about addiction, medications, and available support services; answer questions regarding treatment and program protocols, and provide guidance to patients and providers within scope of practice
• Provide opioid overdose prevention, education, and reversal, safer consumption education, and safer sex education and testing
• Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Program information, facilitate patient adherence monitoring protocols, for each assigned patient
• Assess progress, patient functioning, and stage in recovery; in collaboration with other care team members and the patient, develop and update treatment care plans for each individual
• Assess and advocate for acute withdrawal management
• Assess for pain and collaborate findings with Clinician
• Provide Buprenorphine initiation education and follow up 
• Maintain effective, proactive, and superior follow-up communication with patients, providers and care team
• Maintain an accurate and updated medical record of individual patient progress during all clinical interactions
• Identify and provide crisis intervention, within scope of practice
• If applicable: facilitate placement for adjunctive or higher level of care; maintain contact with these placements to provide continuity of care and to streamline transitions of care 
• Obtain and review drug testing results and recommend further testing as appropriate, guided by clinical decision support tools

Essential Functions - Care Coordination (30%)

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary care teams via telehealth to guide treatment planning and delivery including the following functions; 
• Collaborate with pharmacies to facilitate medication refills and support patients with medication-related concerns
• Collaborate with outside providers and community care agencies to maintain accurate and timely data exchanges between all organizations and individuals involved in patient care
• Assist with the management of patient appointments with other care team members and referrals outside of Boulder
• Report patient change in status (e.g. high risk for returning to use) and potential support services to prescribing clinicians in a timely manner
• Provide patient updates and outcomes reports to the prescribing provider in alignment with Boulder Care goals

Essential Functions - Administrative (20%)

• Meetings (department, company-wide, ECHO, meetings with your manager)
• Maintain HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 compliance and all levels of required patient confidentiality