Registered Nurse - Senior Care - Remote

Avel eCare; France; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 74,000; Part time

Job summary

Avel eCare Senior Care seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver high‑quality, telehealth‑enabled nursing care for assisted living, long‑term care, and related populations. The RN will triage, plan, and coordinate with Advanced Practice Providers and Physicians across the Senior Care service lines via two‑way video technology.

Responsibilities include documenting care, coordinating with the Senior Care Medical Director, and supporting afterhours patient calls to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary

Qualifications

• Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited school of Nursing is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree from four‑year college or university school of nursing preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience required.
• Long Term Care, Assisted Living, or clinic triage experience strongly preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of LTC regulations and quality programs, MDS certification or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collects resident health data and prior records; assess via two‑way video technology.
• Identify expected outcomes and plan safety, effectiveness, and cost considerations.
• Implement interventions and coordinate with the local care team and eCare provider.
• Evaluate progress toward outcomes and request new interventions as needed.
• Collaborate with eCare and rural providers, nursing staff, residents and others to ensure quality of care.
• Efficient use of EMR processes.
• Collaborate with management on facility project support.
• Work with partners on performance improvement projects.
• Participate in advanced care planning discussions.
• Assist with development and implementation of organizational plans for the Senior Care service line.

Skills

Assessment/Diagnosis

Outcome Identification/Planning

Implementation/Evaluation

Quality of Care

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Minimum of 3 years nursing experience

Long Term Care, Assisted Living, or clinic triage experience

MDS certification or experience preferred

Tools

Two-way video technology

EMR processes

Job description

General Hours of Work:

4 PM to 10 PM, with night shift availability

Exempt/Nonexempt:

Non-Exempt (hourly)

Department/Unit:

Avel eCare Senior Care

Hours/FTE:

24 hours weekly/ 0.6 FTE

Reports To:

Nurse Manager

Summary:

The RN is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide nursing care through innovative means for assisted living, long term care residents, and other populations through two‑way phone & video technology. The RN will play an integral role in the management of the day‑to‑day functioning of the Advanced Practice Providers and Physicians in the Senior Care Service line. The RN is instrumental in the daily operations of the Senior Care Service Lines and will focus streaming how information is triaged to assure efficient processes are in place and the team is meeting responsiveness expectations. The position will collaborate closely with other clinical members of the Senior Care team to review long‑term care residents, post‑acute care residents and assisted living residents in sites we serve. The RN will coordinate both the clinical components and operational components of the Senior Care Service line. The RN will answer home care afterhours patient/caregiver calls to improve outcomes by providing knowledge that empowers self‑management of their healthcare conditions and reduces unnecessary visits to the emergency department. RN will communicate to the health care team (Hospice, Home Health and Care Transition) as indicated.

The RN will complete documentation for various areas of the clinical work being conducted, register and document proper information for new residents in the program, coordinate aspects of the business and service carried out by the Senior Care Medical Director and service line. This position will cross train to the other nursing functions within eCARE Senior Care as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Assessment/Diagnosis: Collects resident health data, obtains prior medical record from medical facilities, nursing facilities, or assisted living facilities as applicable. Helps assisted living sites by assessing residents via two‑way video technologies. Advises and delegates resident care, as appropriate. Analyzes the assessment data in determining nursing diagnosis/problem focus for all pillars of services within Senior Care.
• Outcome Identification/Planning: Identifies expected outcomes/goals individualized to the resident. Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and delivering resident care.
• Implementation/Evaluation: Implements the interventions identified in the plan of care coordinating efforts with the local care team and eCare provider as appropriate. Evaluate residents’ progress toward attainment of the outcomes and obtains orders for new interventions if needed.
• Quality of Care: Collaborates with eCare and rural providers, nursing staff, universal workers, residents and others to ensure the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Efficient in the use of various EMR processes.
• Collaborates with the management team in developing facility project support.
• Works closely with internal and external partners on performance improvement project.
• Participates in advanced care planning discussions.
• Assists with the development, and implementation of the organizational plans which assures growth and development of the service line that are aligned with strategic initiatives of Avel eCare Senior Care.
• Assists with the benchmark goals to guide the service line activities and effectively deals with variances. Works with other members of the team to analyze and determine next steps.

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate from a CCNE or NLN accredited school of Nursing is strongly preferred. Graduate from an approved nursing program is acceptable.
• Bachelor’s degree from four‑year college or university school of nursing preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience required.
• Long Term Care, Assisted Living, or clinic triage experience strongly preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of LTC regulations and quality programs, MDS certification or experience preferred

Certification, Licensure, and/or Registrations:

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse with one unrestricted state license is required.
• RN Licensure required within the states that Ave eCare Senior Care is providing service within 120 days of hire.
• Gerontological Certification preferred.
• Completion of state specific certification/education within the initial and renewal time periods is required.
• Additional state‑specific training and education as required by licensure is required within 120 days of hire.

ABOUT AVEL eCARE

Avel eCare is a nationally recognized telemedicine care provider offering the largest and most comprehensive virtual health networks in the world. Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avel operates a multispecialty telemedicine network, partnering with more than 650 health care systems, rural hospitals, outpatient clinics, long‑term care facilities, school districts, prisons, skilled nursing facilities and law enforcement agencies to deliver innovative telemedicine care across the country.

During the past three decades, Avel has developed eight distinct telehealth services, —Behavioral Health, Critical Care, Emergency, Hospitalist, Pharmacy, Specialty Care, Senior Care and School Health—in response to needs expressed by the communities and clinicians whom Avel serves. Within the past year alone, Avel’s virtual health care delivery model has impacted the lives of nearly two million patients. The efficiency of these telehealth services have saved health care costs and unnecessary time and travel for patients and physicians. On a national and world level, we are a model of how telehealth presents effective solutions today and tomorrow’s most daunting challenges.

An innovative spirit among Avel eCare employees provided the spark that started Avel eCare’s telemedicine movement and is what continues to fuel our ability to transform the way healthcare is delivered across the world today. When you join the Avel team, you’ll appreciate the dedication, collaboration and support of other highly skilled professionals who work with you onsite in our virtual hospital hub or through our remote workforce.

MISSION

We transform access to high‑quality healthcare for people and communities through integrated virtual solutions.

VISION

Setting the standard for healthcare delivery by creating the nation’s most trusted Virtual Health System, through innovation and partnership.