Remote RN Overnight

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Position Summary:

The Remote Overnight Registered Nurse (RN) provides clinical consultation and oversight for all California-based programs during overnight hours. This role serves as a key clinical resource to support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and nursing best practices. The Overnight RN functions as a centralized clinical consultant, offering guidance to on-site staff, overseeing chart audits, and supporting statewide nursing operations remotely.

Key Performance Responsibilities:

• Serve as the on-call overnight RN for all California programs, providing real-time clinical guidance to on-site nursing and program staff.
• Support assessment and decision-making related to changes in patient condition, medication-related questions, escalation of care and provider notification, and incident response and documentation guidance.
• Assist staff in determining when to escalate concerns to providers, leadership, or emergency services.
• Document consults and trends as appropriate.
• Conduct routine and targeted chart audits for California programs to ensure compliance with state regulations and licensing requirements, accuracy and completeness of nursing documentation, and adherence to Newport clinical standards and policies.
• Identify documentation gaps, trends, and risk areas, provide written feedback and recommendations to nursing leadership and support corrective action planning as assigned.
• Quality & Risk Support: Assist with preparation for audits, licensing visits, or correction action follow-ups, and support quality improvement initiatives related to nursing practice.
• Nursing Operations Support: serve as a clinical resource for policy interpretation and application and assist with competency tracking and skills validation documentation.
• Communication & Handoffs: provide overnight-to-day shift clinical handoff summaries to nursing leadership when needed, communicate urgent follow-ups or unresolved clinical concerns to appropriate leaders or nursing staff, and maintain clear documentation of consults.
• Data & Reporting: track overnight consult volume, themes, and outcomes; assist with development of reports related to overnight nursing utilization, documentation compliance and clinical risk trends in California programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, License Requirements:

• Active California RN license in good standing.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in behavioral health, residential treatment, adolescent care, or similar settings preferred.
• Strong knowledge of California nursing regulations and documentation standards.
• Comfort providing clinical guidance remotely and independently.
• Excellent critical thinking, communication, and documentation skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records (EHR).
• Prior experience in nursing leadership or charge nurse roles preferred.
• Experience with chart auditing or compliance review, quality improvement or risk management preferred.
• Multi-site or centralized nursing support experience preferred.
• Demonstrate sound clinical judgment and decision-making.
• Ability to provide clear, calm communication in high-stakes situations.
• Ability to work independently during overnight hours.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills.

Pay range for this position is $37 to $58.87 depending on education and experience.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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