Telehealth Triage Nurse (NY + Compact License RN required)

About

Are you looking for a role in a company that's solving one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime? Ophelia helps people end their opioid use and restore their quality of life with respect for their time and dignity. Our mission is to make evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) accessible to everyone... and we're looking to bring more people onto our team to help us achieve it.

Ophelia is a venture-backed, healthcare startup that helps individuals with OUD by providing FDA-approved medication and clinical care through a telehealth platform. Our approach is discreet, convenient, and affordable. We've been successfully operating in 14 states for almost four years and we're excited to continue our growth. We are a team of doctors, scientists, startup veterans, and White House advisors, backed by leading technology and healthcare investors working to re-imagine and re-build OUD treatment in America.

Ophelia's Telehealth Triage RN are the primary point of contact for active Ophelia patients with clinical questions or needing additional support. Triage RNs have experience working with patients with substance use and are comfortable conducting ongoing medication management, performing check-in calls and urine drug screens, assessing bridge prescription requests, and identifying escalation events requiring clinical oversight. We are looking for a full-time Telehealth Triage RN to work 40 hours per week; a Friday is required, and a weekend day is preferred.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage inbound clinical communication with patients
• Manage all bridge prescription requests
• Provide brief interventions using evidence-based treatments such as behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, and other focused treatment activities, as needed
• Troubleshoot pharmacy issues
• Conduct check-in calls, UDS visits, and brief patient evaluations as needed
• Identify and manage escalation events and triage non-progressing or complex patients to clinicians
• Support medication management by communicating with patients regarding medication dosing, interactions, and taking meds as prescribed; discussing comfort medications during the induction phase, and educating patients on proper dosing method of buprenorphine
• Facilitate communication between Prescribing Clinicians and Clinical Care Managers about active clinical issues
• Provide thorough documentation in EMR on all patient encounters
  
  

Training, Schedule, And License Requirements

• Full-time (40 hour) availability; Friday required (in addition to a weekend day, preferred)
• Registered Nurse
• Active License in Compact State; Active NY License (can't live in NY)
• Weekend availability
• OUD experience (preferred)
  
  

Our Benefits For Full-Time Employees Include

• Remote work anywhere in the United States
• Accrued PTO
• $950 Work From Home Stipend
• 401k Contribution Platform
  
  

Ophelia Compensation Overview

• We set compensation based on the level and skills required for the role. We value pay transparency and equity, and are committed to fair pay. In order to prevent pay disparities and reduce time spent in negotiations, we take a "first and best" offer approach: this means we're not holding any compensation back from our candidates, and you can feel confident that our pay is fair and does not vary based on the strength of someone's negotiation skills.
• Compensation is dynamic at Ophelia: as long as the company performs well and meets our targets, there will be opportunities for increased compensation annually. We're happy to discuss this approach and our bands if you have questions during the interview process.
  
  

Compensation Range

$90,000-$90,000 USD

Interested in learning more about Ophelia and this role? Apply to work with us!

Nice-to-have skills

• EMR
• New York, New York
  
  

Work experience

• Healthcare
  
  

Languages

• English