Registered Nurse

Join Vynca

Join the dynamic journey at Vynca, where we're passionate about transforming care for individuals with complex needs. We're more than just a team; we're a close-knit community. Our shared commitment to caring for each other and those we serve is what sets us apart. Guided by our unwavering core values: Excellence, Compassion, Curiosity, and Integrity, we forge paths of success together. Join us in this transformative movement where you can contribute to making a profound difference every day. At Vynca, our mission is to provide comprehensive care for more quality days at home.

About the Job

Vynca is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) to play a pivotal role in our Clinical Care Delivery Team! As a RN with Vynca, you are a key part of the interdisciplinary team, helping to improve care through evidence-based guidelines for seriously ill patients through a hybrid model providing in-person visits and telemedicine visits. We're seeking someone with a genuine passion for this important work and a deep commitment to providing exceptional patient care. If you're ready to make a meaningful difference in healthcare, we'd love to hear from you!

This is a hybrid role that requires traveling throughout Humboldt, Coastal Redding, Shasta, and Far North territories, combining in-person patient visits with tele-health care. Candidates wishing to be considered must reside within 25-miles of the assigned territory due to frequency of travel.

What You'll Do

Patient Care

• Serve as the primary coordinator for your patient's care needs, facilitating services across the interdisciplinary care team to ensure all patient needs are being met
• Manage patients assigned to your Care Team, ensuring the RN and Interdisciplinary team visit frequencies align with the patient's acuity level and clinical needs.
• Communicate with patients via phone and video conferencing as well as provide in-person visits as needed and as outlined in the care plan.
• Provide patient care within your scope of practice and per provider orders.
• Assess and enroll patients, completing initial referral follow-ups as needed.
• Develop and update care plans based on ongoing assessments and clinical needs as determined by the care team.
• Collaborate with your care team to ensure patient's needs are being addressed as their clinical status changes
• Manage patient medications, including implementing orders, maintaining current medication lists, assisting with medication refills, and assisting patients with setting up consistent medication administration methods.
• Provide patient follow-up and education on new medication orders.
• Facilitate requisition of medical supplies and durable medical equipment.
• Engage in care coordination activities, ensuring timely documentation updates and communication with primary care providers, other community providers, care team members including family and caregivers, home health agency staff, and any other care provider.
• Coordinate with the Interdisciplinary team and external agencies as necessary, including facilitating advance care planning and hospice referrals.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on Vynca services, anticipatory guidance related to the patient's serious illness and potential complications, symptom management, and medication tracking—reinforcing the importance of contacting the care team first to help prevent exacerbations and unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Float Nurse

• Assist in covering patient care for other care teams during normal working hours.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted California (RN) license, with the ability and willingness to obtain licensure in other states.
• 1+ year experience as a professional nurse within the previous three years.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required
• Must have general computer skills and a working knowledge of MS Office and the internet.
• Willing and able to work Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm PDT, both in the field and remotely, with flexibility for potential evenings and weekends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oregon RN license, highly preferred.
• Hospice or palliative care experience, highly preferred.
• CHPN certification, or ability to obtain.
• Remote work experience.

Additional Information

• The hiring process for this role may consist of applying, followed by a phone screen, online assessment(s), interview(s), an offer, and background/reference checks.
• Background Screening: A background check, which may include a drug test or other health screenings depending on the role, will be required prior to employment.
• Job Description Scope: This job description is not exhaustive and may include additional activities, duties, and responsibilities not listed herein.
• Vaccination Requirement: Employees in patient, client, or customer-facing roles must be vaccinated against influenza. Requests for religious or medical accommodations will be considered but may not always be approved.
• Employment Eligibility: Compliance with federal law requires identity and work eligibility verification using E-Verify upon hire.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: At Vynca Inc., we embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We value all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other protected group under federal, state, or local law.