What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse (Telehealth/SUD) position at Boulder Care?
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:
About the role
Essential Functions - Patient Care (50%)
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:
- 1pm - 9pm EST (10am - 6pm Pacific Time)
About the role
- This position is 100% remote but you must reside in one of the following states: AL, AK, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, MD, MI, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, WA, 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
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
- 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
- Meetings (department, company-wide, ECHO, meetings with your manager)
- Maintain HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 compliance and all levels of required patient confidentiality
- Manage and maintain individual schedule of assigned patients
- Chart prep
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, preferred
- Preference given to candidates with 2 years specialized nursing experience in outpatient substance use disorder treatment
- Embrace a harm reduction philosophical approach to care
- Compassion, empathy, and deep dedication to patient care
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Extraordinary customer service skills, computer skills and record keeping
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize based on severity of need, while working independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to achieve specified outcomes in collaboration with all members of the leadership team
- Demonstrates quality in clinical performance as evidenced by creativity in problem solving and interdisciplinary communications
- Ability to work collaboratively with medical staff including Clinicians, Care Advocates , Peers, Case Managers and colleagues in all aspects of care provision
- Experience in office-based nursing preferred
- Knowledge of Hepatitis C, HIV preferred
- Membership in a relevant professional nursing organization (e.g. International Nurses Society on Addiction) or specialty certification (e.g. CARN) preferred
- A dedicated, private workspace with a lockable door and high-speed internet to maintain a secure, distraction-free environment, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and confidentiality standards
- Due to privacy protocols, we are unable to employ individuals who are or have previously been patients at Boulder Care
- 40 hours per week (salaried)
- Shift Options: Monday-Friday
- 1pm - 9pm EST (10am - 6pm Pacific Time)
- Pay range: $80,000 - $95,000 (determined by several factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience)
- Phone Interview: 30-minute phone
- Panel Interview: 60-minute video
- Final Interview (may be requested): 20-minute video
- Tentative start date: August 2026
- Health, Dental and Vision coverage through Cigna
- Short-Term Disability
- Mental Health Services
- 4 weeks of PTO accrued per calendar year with a tenured increase to 5 weeks at 2 years of employment
- Sick leave accrued at 1 hr for every 30 hrs paid
- 9 Paid Holidays per year
- 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child (eligible after 6 months of employment)
- 401(k) retirement savings
- Remote friendly with hardware provided to complete your work duties
- We also cover costs associated with licensing, credentialing, and malpractice
- Patients always come first
- Our opportunity is also our duty
- Move the industry forward, follow the data
- Facts to change minds, empathy to change hearts
- Turn bold ideas into even bolder action
- Strong individuals, stronger together
- 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.
Salary : $80,000 - $95,000