Registered Nurse (RN)-Telehealth/Virtual -Remote
Need a break from hospital life?
We have several remote based Virtual RN positions available!
Summary
Are you a registered nurse looking for a remote opportunity that allows you to balance work with other commitments? We have several full-time remote Virtual RN positions available for nurses passionate about using technology to provide top-notch patient care from the comfort of their home!
- Shifts Available:
- Days
- Training: First week of Clinical Orientation: 8 am to 4 pm (Eastern Time)
- Orientation and training period schedules will differ from schedules once training is completed based on your assigned clients.
- Hours: Shift times will vary based on client need, opportunities to pick up additional shifts as available.
- Rotating weekends and holidays
- Salary: $30/hr. to $32/hr. depending on experience
- Additional $2.00/hr. for Certified Bilingual-Spanish (Must pass client’s certification.)
- Night and Weekend Premium Pay
- Nights: Extra $1.75/hr.
- Weekend Days: Extra $2.25/hr.
- Weekend Nights: Extra $4.00/hr.
- Location: Work from Home (Remote)
- Must have an active New York Nursing License
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
- Work from home requirements:
- Wired high-speed internet required. No Wi-Fi or satellite internet, IT will validate and audit.
- Must have a HIPAA secure work environment.
- Workspace must be free of noise and distraction.
Why Join Us?
- Perfect for those looking to work early shifts before school or during school hours.
- Great for retired nurses wanting to stay current with their licenses and patient care.
- Support bedside nurses in non-direct care activities like admissions, discharges, patient education, and rounding.
- Engage directly with patients through a virtual platform using in-room television sets for seamless communication.
PREREQUISITE SKILLS:
- Must have the ability to read, write, and follow English verbal and written instructions, and have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, conflict resolution, presentation, time management, and positive personal influence and negotiation skills.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English, Hospital certification preferred
- Leadership skills to delegate, functionally supervise, provide direction/guidance to staff and hold others accountable are required.
- Must have the ability to work independently with a minimum of direction, anticipate and organize workflow, prioritize and follow through on responsibilities.
- Must have strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills necessary to provide utilization review/discharge planning services appropriate to patients with complex medical, emotional and social needs.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy is required.
- Must have the ability to work in a high-volume case load environment and deal effectively with rapidly changing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to work constructively with a broad spectrum of health care professionals is required.
- Must be assertive and creative in problem solving, system planning and management.
- Proficient computer skills are required including use of Electronic Health Record and other IT applications.
- Must be effective as both a team member and a leader.
Assessment/Care Coordination/Discharge Planning
- Reviews initial hospital admission and gathers additional medical, psychosocial and financial data from needs assessment, client/family, physicians, and other health care providers.
- Collaborates with physicians to facilitate timely resolution of situations such as client concerns, need for referrals and discharge barriers to expedite the discharge plan.
- Effectively deals with resistance and conflict in working with member of the patient care team, physicians, clients, and families.
- Mobilizes resources to effect rapid and timely movement of the patient through the system to achieve targeted discharge times established by organizational policy and procedure.
Department Operations and Professional Development
- Actively participates in department meetings and operations, including process development or improvement (e.g., department orientation, internal mentor/training programs and initiates, disease and population management strategies, appropriate measures for evaluation of outcomes) and establishment of department goals, objectives.
- Ensures all applicable department and regulatory targets for productivity and department performance process improvement are attained (e.g., hospital length of stay, average cost per discharge, and re-admission rates, HCAHPS, etc.).
- Complies with all reporting requirements for mandated, risk management, and other medical/legal situations consistent with confidentiality policies and department standards.
- Actively contributes to the development and maintenance of a care delivery system which is sensitive to individual patient needs, promotes effective resource utilization, while emphasizing coordination across the continuum.
- Positively contributes to team’s decision-making process, effectively collaborates with other team members on interdependent tasks, and actively supports implementation of plans to accomplish team objectives.
- Adheres to department and facility policies and procedures and supports philosophies and initiatives.
- Maintains accurate, current, and legible patient records using approved forms and format, according to department and entity standards, including patient assessments, plans, interventions, patient/family involvement, outside agency communications, and interdisciplinary contacts.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Education: Completion of a Registered Nurse program, preferred BSN program
- Experience:
- Three (3) or more years of nursing in an acute care hospital inpatient setting is REQUIRED, in medical-surgical/ PCCU/ED/ICU.
- Broad nursing clinical background strongly preferred.
- Experience working efficiently with multiple computer applications in a fast-paced work setting
- Experience with Epic and/or Cerner – REQUIRED
- Experience demonstrating leadership skills and inter-disciplinary collaboration preferred.
- License/Certifications: Must hold a valid RN unrestricted license.
- BLS from the American Heart Association
- Hours of work:
- Shifts available
- Full Time – 36 hours per week
- Rotating Weekends and holidays
- Shifts available