Registered Nurse (Telehealth)(SUD)

About Boulder

Boulder Care is an award-winning digital clinic for addiction medicine, recognized for both innovation and high quality of patient care. Founded in 2017 by CEO Stephanie Strong, our mission is to improve the lives of people with substance use disorders through compassionate, evidence-based care.

We provide Boulder patients with a fully virtual, multidisciplinary care team—including medical providers, behavioral health clinicians, and peer recovery specialists—who deliver personalized treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and ongoing support. Our approach is grounded in clinical excellence, patient-centered care, and a commitment to reducing barriers to recovery. Boulder partners with leading health plans, employers, and community organizations to ensure that our services are accessible and covered for the people who need them most.

Named by Fortune as one of the Best Workplaces in Healthcare, Boulder fosters a culture of kindness, respect, and meaningful work that delivers outstanding patient outcomes and moves the addiction medicine industry forward.

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:
  • 12pm - 8pm EST (9am- 5pm Pacific Time)
  • 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
• 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 ca